Team Scotland return from Commonwealth Games

Our medal winners are on their way back from Gold Coast 2018

Published 17th Apr 2018

Scotland's preparing to welcome back our recording breaking Commonwealth Games medal winners from Gold Coast 2018.

The Team Scotland athletes will be reunied with their families at Glasgow airport this lunchtime It was our most successful overseas games with 44 medals won.

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

6 of those were won in the pool by swimming star Duncan Scott, which was the best ever result for a single athlete.

Alex 'Tattie' 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: "44 medals represents Scotland's most successful overseas Commonwealth Games ever - thanks to all the athletes and support staff for making us all so proud.''

Sport Scotland bosses say there's a case for calling it our most successful games yet.

Although we won 53 medals here in Glasgow in 2014, 13 of them came from Judo which was not included in the sports this time.