Woods crossed the line first in Wednesday night’s original race but appeals over a first-lap crash involving Noemi Alphonse of Mauritius and Australia's Eliza Ault-Connell led to the race being rescheduled for Friday without Canada’s Nandini Sharma, who was disqualified after finishing second.

Woods put aside all the background noise in the rerun, starting strongly and taking the lead after 100 metres at EDF Scotstoun Stadium. She was never headed, winning in a Games record of three minutes, 32.20 seconds with Alphonse second and Ault-Connell third.

England’s Ellis Kottas and Mikaela Dingley of Australia, who were initially upgraded to silver and bronze on Wednesday after Sharma's disqualification, finished fourth and sixth respectively.

“It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster,” Woods said of the previous 40 hours.

“But ultimately when the decision was made it was about parking what had happened, focusing on what was ahead of us, looking to the race fresh and going out there and doing it all again.

“I had to take the confidence that I had going into the first race, leading it out, staying out of trouble, and knowing that I'd be strong enough at the end - or hoping that I'd be strong enough. Luckily, I was today.

“I was so grateful that people showed up this morning and were there cheering me on. I thought it would be a bit more of an empty stadium this morning, but it felt special.”

Woods, who has used a wheelchair since being hit by a car while out cycling in 2018, has the chance to go for a double after qualifying fastest for Saturday’s T54 400m final. She competed in Friday heats little more than 90 minutes after her gold-medal race.

Difficult to refocus

“I'm no stranger to things not going my way,” the 31-year-old said. “I've been there, done that.

“Having to rerun a race is the least of my worries, and I think that probably helped. I am pretty chilled, and being able to come back out here and do it all again was an easy task.”

Alphonse, 30, was thrilled with her silver - a first Commonwealth Games Para sport medal for Mauritius.

"It was quite difficult to refocus after what happened but my mental coach did his best to help me,” she said.

“This medal is dedicated to all the disabled children watching at home, all the disabled people watching, and even the able-bodied. They know how hard I've been working.”

Ault-Connell was delighted with her fourth Commonwealth medal, 24 years on from taking bronze at Manchester 2002.

"We’re really grateful that we've had the opportunity to have a rerun and actually have a good race," the 44-year-old said.

"At the end of the day, that's what everyone is here for - to watch a good race.

"To crash out just over 100 metres into the race (on Wednesday), I don't really know how to describe it.

"Being left on the side of the track and watching everyone go by for a few laps gave me a bit of time to let it all sink in.”