Josh Kerr and Melanie Woods made it a golden end to the athletics programme at Glasgow 2026 as the sport recorded their most successful Games since Edinburgh 1970.

World record holder Josh Kerr created a moment which will live long in the memory as he secured Team Scotland’s fourth and final gold on the track in an absorbing men’s one mile final.

It was a fairly ragged affair for long stages of the race with lots of chopping and changing with the field so congested for long stages. Kerr and Wightman were both major players, but with contact throughout, it wasn’t a race for the faint hearted, and both battled through to be involved in the final sprint on the last lap.

Kerr, infamous now for his last lap kick on his way to major success in recent years, made a move at the bell, and using all the noise created by the Scotstoun crowd, he left his competitors in his wake, streaking away to a special victory in front of the Scottish crowd, adding Commonwealth gold to his world triumphs.

Just two weeks after setting a mile world record at the London Diamond League, he crossed the line in 3:54.12 ahead of Australia’s Cameron Myers and Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot.

Jake Wightman gave everything and finished sixth in 3:56.36.

Melanie Woods made it double golden success with a superb triumph in the women’s T54 400m, ending a memorable Games as one of the most decorated athletes on Team Scotland.

After the drama of the 1500m, the one lap race was a calmer affair, and Woods showed her prowess as she obliterated the field, finishing well over a second ahead of second place Noemi Alphonse in a time of 56.43. It never looked it in doubt for the early stages as she pushed ahead early, fired on by a full Scotstoun, and she came home in style to take a memorable win.

Joanna Roberton ended her Commonwealth Games with a seventh place finish in 1:06.66.

The Mixed 4x400m relay team produced a solid display for a top five placing on home soil. Brodie Young was on the lead off leg, handing over to his partner Rebecca Grieve in seventh position. Grieve nabbed one place back on leg two, with Bradley Francis holding that position on the third leg. 400m finalist Nicole Yeargin showed her quality on the final lap as she brought the team home in fifth in 3:18.21.

In the Women’s Mile, Scottish pair Sarah Calvert and Jemma Reekie pressed on at the front of the field to ensure the pace was true, but as the race wound up, Reekie fell to the back of the field, while Calvert went with the main group as she battled for position. The Australians dominated in the end as they secured a 1-2-3, while Calvert claimed seventh in a time of 4:40.90 with Reekie tenth in 4:42.93.

The Women’s 4x100m quartet of Lucy Fraser, Kaya Slater, Alyson Bell and Alisha Rees picked up from their morning heat, and ran to a solid time of 44.81 for seventh place.

In a fast and furious 5000m, Andrew Butchart was 18th.

Unfortunately, Jax Thoirs’ pole vault competition came to an early end as he no heighted at 5.10m, his opening height.