Laura Muir was hailed as the “complete athlete” as two Scottish raiders stole the show at the track on a dramatic final night of competition.
Twenty four hours after scrapping for 800 metres bronze in her ‘bonus’ event, Muir delivered a masterclass to win the 1500m.
She then saw tartan team mate Eilish McColgan follow up her epic 10,000m triumph on Wednesday with the gutsiest of silver medals in the 5,000.
At a Games where host nation England managed only one relay gold medal in the non paralympic track programme - after being disqualified from women's 4 x 400m gold for a lane infringement - Scotland made off with the bragging rights.
Long distance legend Paula Radcliffe’s description of Muir as the “complete athlete” was made even before the 29-year old crossed the line to win in a time of four minutes 2.75 seconds.
Radcliffe knows racing pedigree when she sees it and Muir, who competed on four of the six days here, now has 11 major medals, six of them gold.
But this was the title she had coveted since being tripped and left heartbroken coming off the final bend when in medal contention at the 2014 Glasgow Games.
“The one I wanted, the one I set out at the start of the year to get,” she said. “The 800m I was so chuffed with. That was a bonus.
“But this is the one, especially with Glasgow – that was the most heart-breaking race I ever ran. To come back and win in that event means so much.”
If Muir was thrilled, McColgan struggled to put into words her emotions at the greatest week of her career which will end with her carrying her nation's flag at tonight’s closing ceremony.
“It's just been a rollercoaster of emotions,” she said. “It honestly has been so overwhelming.”
England fell short on the individual front but had the consolation of a golden performance from their men's 4 x 100m relay team.
Jona Efoloko, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Ojie Edoburun combined to win the men’s 4x100m in 38.35secs at lunchtime ahead of Trinidad and Tobago.
England thought they had a second in the very last race of the Games when Victoria Ohuruogu, Jodie Williams, Ama Pipi and Jessie Knight held on valiantly to beat Canada in a photo finish.
But after Knight won on the dip, stopping the clock on 3:25.83secs to get the verdict by 0.01secs, the quartet learned that they had been disqualified - with arch rivals Scotland promoted to bronze.
Williams was adjudged to have stepped out of her lane as she took the baton from Ohuruogu at the start of the second leg.
It spoiled what should have been a fine day for Ohuruogu, the younger sister of British 400m great Christine, who had taken silver ahead of Williams in the woman’s 400m.
Elsewhere, an England quartet minus Dina Asher-Smith bagged silver behind Nigeria in the women’s 4 x 100m relay, with Daryll Neita bringing the baton home after being set up by Asha Philip, Imani-Lara Lansiquot and Bianca Williams.
Ben Pattison and Cindy Sember completed England's athletics medal tally for the day with bronzes in the women's 100m hurdles and men's 800m.
