Andrews wins bronze in 1km time trial

Andrews, already a four-time Olympic medallist, has been a fraction off her best in Glasgow, but she showed the fight of a champion.

Andrews was the last of the 17 riders to go in the time trial and she followed shortly after Welsh marvel Emma Finucane had blazed her way to a time of 1min 05.285s, a Games record.

The New Zealander was quick and for much of the torturous journey she looked as if she'd grab the silver medal, but she faltered slightly in the closing stages and eventually recorded 1min 05.737s for the bronze.

For a person who won three golds and a silver at the last Commonwealth Games, she was still extremely happy with her bronze medal in Glasgow. 'It was good to be on the podium. I'm stoked with that,' she said.'The kilo is a brutal race. The tactics are you really crunch it in the first lap, and the second, then you keep on rolling in the third and on the fourth you hold on as long as you can.

'It was a bit off my PB, but I did absolutely everything i could out there, and when you can say that you can't be mad.'

Andrews wasn't the only New Zealand cyclist to put in a big effort today. Ally Wollaston threatened for much of the demanding 25km points race to get up among the medallists.

Her problem was that five riders put two laps on the field, and she wasn't one of them. Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts of Wales and Australian Georgia Baker were the three who benefited the most and they shared the medals.

Wollaston picked up one lap and also pocketed 23 sprint points, the most of any rider in the race. Her total was 43 points.

She wasn't the only New Zealander who rode well in the points race. Bryony Botha placed eighth with 25 points and Emily Shearman was ninth with 23.

In the men's 10km scratch race, Keegan Hornblow finished seventh, Marshall Erwood 10th and George Jackson 12th.