Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold

England's Charlie Tanfield, from Great Ayton, beat Scotland's John Archibald to win gold in the men's individual pursuit at the Commonwealth Games today.

Tanfield, an amateur looking to break into Great Britain's elite programme, won in a time of four minutes 15.952 seconds, beating Archibald by 0.704 seconds over the 4,000m distance.

Earlier both riders had broken the Commonwealth Games record in a blistering qualifying session which saw five riders go under the previous mark, with Tanfield lowering the bar to 4:11.455.

The 21-year-old admitted he had surprised himself by breaking the Commonwealth

record in qualifying, particularly as many riders that went before him got some aero assistance by catching weaker opponents in their heats.

The 21-year-old admitted he had surprised himself by breaking the Commonwealth record in qualifying, particularly as many riders that went before him got some aero assistance by catching weaker opponents in their heats.

This was Tanfield second medal at the games; he was part of the England squad which took silver at yesterday's team pursuit.