Joe Truman horror crash overshadows track cycling at Commonwealth Games

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two-time Commonwealth champion Glaetzer found himself boxed on the penultimate lap and caught the back wheel of New Zealand’s Sam Webster, hitting the deck and bringing Truman down with him. “Hopefully, it’s not too serious and he’ll be back on the bike again in a matter of weeks.” open image in gallery Joe Truman was taken away in a wheelchair after the crash Gold was won by Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Paul, the 200m time trial world record holder, who stole a march on the field with a surge launched with a lap to go. I’ve not got a gold yet but I’m 25, there are still two years to Paris, and I still feel like I’m getting stronger.” open image in gallery Jack Carlin won silves in the men’s keirin The home nations have now won ten track cycling medals here and only one of them gold - courtesy of Scotland’s Neil Fachie. The 19-year-old claimed a statement victory in an epic three-race battle with England’s Sophie Capewell, one of the principle riders on the Great Britain Cycling Team and a world bronze medallist.