The 42-year-old stormed to victory in the Men’s Tandem B 1000m Time Trial with pilot Aaron Pope before both men clambered into the crowd to celebrate with their families.

At the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, the jubilant home crowd erupted when Fachie made it six golds among seven medals, following his debut at Glasgow 2014, to become the most successful Scottish athlete in Commonwealth Games history.

“I've been saying this a lot, but I genuinely came here thinking this was going to be my last cycling event," Fachie said.

"I came here to say farewell to the crowd.

“At the end of last year, while I was on holiday, I had a big conversation with myself. I asked, 'Could you do it, not win, and just come and enjoy it?'. I decided, 'Yeah, why not? Let's give it a crack'."

Fachie only returned to training with Pope earlier this year yet the duo's steady progress convinced them a medal was within reach.

“You hear people say that 'fun is fast', and that's exactly what happened," Pope said.

"As we spent more time together, I got to know Neil and his family. Pretty much his whole family is visually impaired in one way or another.

“Seeing how they live their lives, and then having them all here watching today, makes this about so much more than just winning a medal.”

Wales's James Ball took silver with Kane Perris, of Australia, in third.

World records fall on fast first day

Trinidad and Tobago secured third place in the Men’s Team Sprint. The trio of Zion Pulido, Njisane Phillip and Nicholas Paul finished on the podium after Wales withdrew from the bronze-medal race. Australia beat England to gold.

“We were really pumped to go into the final,” Phillip said.

“We set a personal best as a team this morning, so we were really trying to go for it again this afternoon. We're just happy that we're able to bring a medal back home to our country.”

Australia's Emma Foy overcame a crash before going on to win the Women’s Tandem B Sprint title. Defending champion Jessica Gallagher won the first race before a bike malfunction resulted in a collision ahead of the second heat.

“I'm not going to lie, it's a little scary and a little nerve-wracking," Foy said of the incident.

"But you just have to refocus and do one thing at a time and do what you practised.”

She went on to clinch the decider and her maiden Commonwealth Games title.

“We went in with a plan of what we wanted to do and basically just did that,” Foy said.

In a fast start to the opening morning of competition, Australia's Tara Neyland, and Morgan Newberry of England each broke world records in Women's C4-C5 4000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying. The pair returned in the evening session to contest the final, with Neyland taking the title ahead of Newberry in silver.