Wales golden girls Emma Finucane and Anna Morris won the Commonwealth Games battle of Britain by defeating England in Glasgow.

Finucane won her second gold in two nights as she eased to team sprint success against Sophie Capewell, while Morris beat Josie Knight in the 4,000m individual pursuit final.

There was further drama for Morris, who finished second in the scratch race just over an hour after her gold medal race before she was demoted to fifth.

With Rhian Edmunds picking up a surprise bronze in the sprint, Wales have won six medals on the opening two nights at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, three of them gold.

With Finucane and Morris about, there is set to be more success.

“These Games have been the highlight of my career alongside the Olympics,” said Finucane.

“It’s been amazing what we’ve achieved as such a small nation.

“We’ve had Anna winning today and pulled it through. I believe it’s the passion and belief we have.”

Finucane is working her way into the record books.

After adding individual sprint to team success, she became the first Welsh woman to win two golds at the same Commonwealth Games since athlete Kirsty Wade in 1986 in Edinburgh.

Based on this domination, there will be further podium finishes to come in Scotland, with Finucane still due to take part in the time trial and keirin in the next two days.

The 23-year-old from Carmarthen bossed this day from start to finish. In short, she was a class apart from the moment her bike hit the track.

In qualification, Finucane set a new Games record of 10.322 seconds and defeated reigning Commonwealth and Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews in the quarter-finals with ease.

Victory in an all-Welsh semi-final against Edmunds – who she had won team sprint gold alongside on opening night – followed to set up the Team GB final against Capewell.

The pair were part of the Great Britain team sprint squad that won gold at the Paris Olympics in 2024 and were now competing against each other.

Capewell had made the final after a controversial semi-final success against Malaysia’s Nurul Mohammed Asri, who was disqualified in one of the races because of delaying race tactics.

Capewell eventually prevailed to make the final but it mattered little who Finucane would face as she sped to gold, with Edmunds also ending up on the podium.

“Today was a rollercoaster because qualifying first, you have that expectation of winning at the end of the day,” said Finucane.

“There are so many riders you’ve got to get through and so many races to win to even make it to the final against Sophie.

“We had a great fight out there and I was so glad to cross the line first.”

The respect between Finucane and Capewell was obvious at the medal ceremony.

For a few days they are rivals before going back to being team-mates.

Finucane described her day as a “rollercoaster”. In comparison, Morris’ was the mother of all “big dippers”.

Powering to the pursuit title was the highlight. You have to remember Morris did not own a road bike until she was almost 20 and had not so much as set foot in a velodrome.

The trained doctor, now 31, has gone on to become a double world individual pursuit champion and is now a Commonwealth gold medallist.

This was the first time the event had been held over 4,000m in the Commonwealth Games, having previously been a 3,000m contest.

There was an individual rivalry between Great Britain team-mates Morris and Knight in the pursuit of glory.

They rode alongside each other in the team squad that won Olympic bronze in Paris in 2024. Morris then defeated Knight in the world final of the 2025 individual pursuit final as she defended her title.

The battle lines had been drawn in the morning session when Knight recorded the fastest qualifying time of 4:25.719, with Morris just outside in 4:25.817.

But Morris produced a commanding performance in the final to clinch gold in a time of 4:24:272.

The medal ceremony was just under an hour later.

Morris had heard her victories played out for GB with a different anthem but she looked to be overcome when celebrating this one with the Welsh national song.

No time to immediately reflect on what she had just achieved though.

There was a quick chance for a picture with the Welsh flag and then off it was to the next task.

The scratch race started just 10 minutes later where Morris lined up with Welsh team-mates Megan Barker and Carys Lloyd.

It looked like they had concocted an almost perfect plan, with Barker going off a few laps out and Morris driving through to finish second behind Australian winner Georgia Baker.

A gold and a silver all in one day. Or so we thought.

Morris had already done some interviews celebrating this fact before she was given the message in the media mixed zone about her demotion.

Morris had been relegated for entering the sprinter’s lane when her New Zealand opponent was already there, and Scottish cyclist Erin Boothman was promoted to bronze.

Morris returned to do a couple more interviews, ironically, while the scratch closing ceremony was going on.

Morris reflected on her golden moment.

“It was just a dream,” said Morris. “We get that opportunity once every four years, so for it to come together tonight was amazing.

“I have my family and friends in the crowd and the support team from Welsh Cycling were also there.

“I’m going to carry that with me forever, it’s amazing.”

Morris seemed unaware of her dominance in the race.

“It was only when I crossed the line I knew I’d won the race,” said Morris.

“I focused on my ride and tried to execute it well and really leave it all out on the track.”

It had been a day of mixed emotions and, when asked to sum up her feelings about the scratch race, Morris was whisked off so we will have to wait for that verdict.

So, disappointment to finish the day but that should not take away from her pursuit domination and golden moment.

Morris is a world champion for a reason and she proved why.

Wales cycling have two special world-class talents in Finucane and Morris.