{"id":1367,"date":"2018-04-16T00:40:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T00:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2018-05-13T01:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T01:12:05","slug":"commonwealth-games-2018-scotlands-best-ever-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/commonwealth-games-2018-scotlands-best-ever-result\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games 2018: Scotland&#8217;s best-ever result"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Results in the Gold Coast may mark Scotland&#8217;s finest Commonwealth Games achievement, according to performance director Mike Whittingham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fifty-three medals were won in Glasgow four years ago &#8211; nine more than in Australia this time round.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KpPyMdxtCTs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Report Below From; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/commonwealth-games\/43782136\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/commonwealth-games\/43782136<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- responsive1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-slot=\"3379014842\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8934562929349122\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>But Whittingham points out that, in 2014, 13 medals were won in judo, which was not included in the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You could deduct those 13. That&#8217;s almost, arguably, the best-ever result by a Scottish team,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>It was Scotland&#8217;s second highest medal tally &#8211; and highest at an overseas Games &#8211; with nine golds compared to 19 in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Glasgow, we won six golds on the judo programme,&#8221; director of high performance at the Scottish Institute of Sport Whittingham said. &#8220;The judo programme isn&#8217;t here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m delighted. We&#8217;ve reached our headline goal. I was hoping for over 35 medals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Athletes win medals, but I&#8217;d like to think that systems win them consistently and what we&#8217;ve been doing since 2010 is consistently beating a series of best-evers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I think this is the best-ever away team, best-ever prepared team, best-ever away medals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But also little things like best-ever team result by basketball. Look at Duncan Scott &#8211; best-ever result by a single athlete.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And not forgetting Alex Marshall &#8211; most decorated athlete. So we can take a lot away from this and I&#8217;m delighted 2018 is as we&#8217;ve planned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Swimmer Scott won six medals, while bowler Marshall took his fifth Commonwealth Games gold and the basketball side finished fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Whittingham conceded that, while the Scots had surpassed the 44 medals won in Melbourne in 2006, they had not matched the 11 golds mined on their last visit to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, well, we weren&#8217;t far away,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But obviously we were down. We won 19 gold medals in Glasgow 2014. That&#8217;s why countries bid for home soil games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you have home soil games, you do invariably very well and we did in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look at Australia here. They&#8217;ve won more golds than anywhere else. Yes, we&#8217;ll look at that, we&#8217;re never content.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wittingham is looking for more improvement at the next Commonwealth Games, in England in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll go back and challenge the sports and we&#8217;ll challenge ourselves and we&#8217;ll come out wanting to do even better in Birmingham,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the moment, we just need to accept the fact that Scotland has consistently delivered medals on the world stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results in the Gold Coast may mark Scotland&#8217;s finest Commonwealth Games achievement, according to performance director Mike Whittingham. Fifty-three medals were won in Glasgow four years ago &#8211; nine more than in Australia this time round. Report Below From; https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/commonwealth-games\/43782136 But Whittingham points out that, in 2014, 13 medals were won in judo, which was not included in the Gold Coast. &#8220;You could deduct those 13. That&#8217;s almost, arguably, the best-ever result by a Scottish team,&#8221; he said. 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