Anna Meares was the star of the show in the women's 500 metres time trial as she sealed her third straight gold in the event, and fifth Commonwealth Games title.

The gold also brings the two-time Olympic sprint champion in a tie with compatriot Bradley McGee for the most Games track cycling top prizes.

In the final of the time trial, Meares had to overcome stiff competition from team mate Stephanie Morton and England's Jess Varnish, who took silver and bronze respectively.

The Aussie's second gold came courtesy of the men's 4,000m team pursuit team, as the reigning world and Commonwealth champions blew away the English contingent to put a dampener on Sir Bradley Wiggins' return to the track.

Australia's men dominated England in the gold medal final of the 4,000m team pursuit
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The team of Jack Bobridge, Luke Davison, Alex Edmondson and Glenn O'Shea clocked 3 min 54.851sec - a new Commonwealth Games record - to demolish the English quartet by almost five seconds in the gold medal final.

It looked as though England, consisting of Sir Bradley, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant, could catch the Aussie's when Davison dropped out at around the seven lap mark to leave just three riders in gold and green on the track.

This proved not to be the case, however, as Australia continued to pull away and showed the sort of form that earned them silver at London 2012.

The bronze medal in this event fell to the New Zealanders as they recovered from a disappointing qualifying to catch the Canadians with just seven laps to go.

In the men's team sprint, favourites New Zealand backed up their gold medal from the 2014 World Championships in Cali, Colombia, with a comprehensive win over England in the final.

Sam Webster, Eddie Dawkins and Ethan Mitchell set a new Commonwealth Games record and avenged their second-place finish from Delhi 2010.

England were left to settle for silver again in the men's team sprint as New Zealand took top honours ©Getty Images



Australia, the defending Games champions in the event, settled for bronze after defeating Canada.

In Para-cycling's debut Commonwealth Games event, England's world champion Sophie Thornhill continued her reign on the track with a gold medal win over local rider Aileen McGlynn in the women's Para sport sprint B2 tandem.

The bronze medal heat was an all-Australian affair, with Brandie O'Connor defeating compatriot Felicity Johnson 2-0.

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