Commonwealth Games 2026: England cyclist Robertson breaks Games record again to claim gold

England cyclist Matthew Robertson broke the Commonwealth Games record for a second time to earn gold in the men’s C1-C3 3,000m individual pursuit.

Robertson, 27, had already taken the Games record in the morning qualification session, only for Scotland’s Fin Graham to break it and set up an intriguing gold-medal match.

In the afternoon racing, Robertson set another record of three minutes and 22.597 seconds to put the pressure on his training partner.

Graham went out hard to try and beat the new record but his energy sapped and Robertson claimed the gold medal.

“That was probably the hardest end to a bike race I’ve ever watched,” said Robertson.

“It was so close. I knew roughly what times Fin could do because we train together all the time, and I knew I’d done a good ride, even without looking at the clock, just from how it felt. It was really nerve-wracking watching him.”

Meanwhile, Matthew Bostock won the Isle of Man’s first gold medal since 2006 as he held off Australia’s Oliver Bleddyn to win the men’s 40km points race.

And Joe Truman took silver in the men’s 1,000m time trial behind winner Leigh Hoffman of Australia.