Scotland's Gold Medal Haul Hits 11

Team Scotland has taken its gold medal haul to 11 after another successful day at the Commonwealth Games. The team won ten medals on day three of the Games taking their overall tally so far to 25. Mike Whittingham, director of high performance at the Sportscotland institute of sport, said: To have won 11 gold medals during the first three days of competition is testament to the hard work of the Team Scotland athletes, coaches, and support staff.2There were some phenomenal performances today, with Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean adding a second gold medal to their tally, the judo team picking up another five medals, and Ross Murdoch proving his class with a bronze in the pool." With the overall tally currently at 25 it's looking extremely positive and with great momentum behind Team Scotland hopefully more medals will continue to come.'' Euan Burton secured a golden end to his judo career today where Scotland produced their biggest ever single-sport medal haul, but there was disappointment for his wife Gemma Gibbons, who had to settle for silver. Burton had come out of retirement when the opportunity presented itself to fight for Scotland in Glasgow - and the twice middleweight world championship bronze medallist needed all of his experience having chosen to step up two weights after moving into coaching following London 2012. The 35-year-old, who suffered a disappointing first-round exit at the Olympics, produced some sublime judo against heavier men to make it to the final, where he threw Shah Hussain Shah of Pakistan before holding him down to submission and taking in the wave of euphoria as the Saltires flew around Hall 3.

Euan has been speaking to Clyde News about his win:

Flower of Scotland was to be the anthem of judo's final session on its return to the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 12 years, as heavyweights Sarah Adlington and Chris Sherrington also won gold. Edinburgh Ratho fighter Matthew Purssey, born and raised in Surrey before moving to Edinburgh in 2002, had to settle for silver as he was beaten by South African Zack Piontek in the final of the under-90kgs, while Glasgow's Andrew Burns won bronze through the repechage. Scottish tandem riders Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean raised the roof of the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome with a second gold in as many days, roared on by the man who leant the venue its name. Visually impaired para-cyclist Fachie and his vastly experienced pilot MacLean, a silver medallist alongside Hoy in the team sprint 14 years ago at the Sydney Olympics, came from 1-0 behind in their best-of-three final against Australia's Kieran Modra and Jason Niblett to win 2-1. They had already tasted Glasgow glory in Friday's 1,000 metre time-trial, but looked as though they would have to settle for silver this time as they laboured in the opening effort. However, with the deafening cheers of the home crowd spurring them on, the duo summoned two mighty performances from their weary legs, clinching gold with one last sprint for the line.