SCOTLAND hailed a new heroine last night as Erraid Davies became the nation's youngest ever medallist at the Commonwealth Games.
The 13-year-old from the Shetland Islands claimed a bronze in the women's SB9 100m breaststroke on a day when Scotland also added two silvers and two more bronze medals to take their tally after four days to 30.
The final one was landed late in the evening by the men's 4x200m freestyle relay team, the quartet of Dan Wallace, Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott and Robbie Renwick knocking five seconds off the Scottish record in finishing just behind Australia and ahead of South Africa.
This was a day for Scotland's women, though, with Davies stealing the headlines. Scotland's youngest Games competitor surpassed expectation in front of an enthralled crowd at the Tollcross Swimming Centre.
"I am really, really happy," said the teenager. "I knew there were only seven of us in the event and while there was a chance, I didn't really expect this. I came here wanting to do my best, I've been working hard on my starts and my turns for the past few weeks and that's helped me a lot."
There was further Scottish success in the pool. Hannah Miley added to the gold medal she won in the 400m individual medley by earning a bronze in the 200m version of the event. "To be honest I thought the 400m individual medley was my only shot of a medal so I'm very surprised at getting a bronze," she admitted.
Earlier in the day there had been two further medals won in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston had to settle for silver again in the women's 100m time trial B2 tandem, while there was also a bronze for Katie Archibald in the women's points race.
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