Sickness struck England's team pursuit squad on Thursday morning, but a late gamble and fine ride secured Commonwealth Games gold in the velodrome.

England had taken silver in the men's team pursuit at the past three Commonwealth Games Will Tidball is being modest. England's team pursuit win at the Commonwealth Games was far from straightforward. Earlier in the day, after a ragged qualifying run, world champion Josh Charlton threw up over his team-mate's bike. It meant a late change in the line-up - to one they had never run before. Still they beat Olympic champions Australia to gold. "I wasn't actually meant to be doing this event this evening," Tidball told BBC Sport. "To get subbed in, having not done any efforts in this team, or in this track, or in this order, it was always going to be a bit of a gamble." In the team pursuit, riders start as a quartet before dropping to three when the one at the front has given everything. Those final three are supposed to cross the line together but Charlton, the world champion from the individual event, became detached with four laps to go and was still emerging from the final bend when team-mates Charlie Tanfield and Ethan Vernon crossed the line ahead.