Team Scotland is celebrating its most successful Commonwealth Games overseas

Team Scotland finished in eighth place with a total of 44 medals won on Australia's Gold Coast.

Among the haul at the close of the Games were nine gold medals, 13 silver and 22 bronze.

Highlights included swimmer Duncan Scott, who won six medals in the pool, becoming Scotland's most decorated athlete at a single Games.

Alex Marshall claimed two medals in lawn bowls to become the Scot with the most Commonwealth titles, while Grace Reid won Scotland's first Commonwealth diving medal in 60 years.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon offered her `massive congratulations' on Twitter.

She said: `Forty-four medals represents Scotland's most successful overseas Commonwealth Games ever - thanks to all the athletes and support staff for making us all so proud.'

Meanwhile athlete Callum Hawkins said he was feeling `much better' in a statement released from his hospital bed following his collapse towards the end of the men's marathon on Sunday.

The 25-year-old Scot fell while leading with a mile-and-a-half left and was struggling on the ground for several minutes in the heat before eventually being helped into an ambulance.

Hawkins, speaking from hospital, said: `Thanks for all your messages of support today and to the Gold Coast University Hospital staff. I am now feeling much better.'

He will be kept in hospital overnight as a precaution before follow-up checks by its medical team on Monday.