Scotland's Gregor Tait hails his 200m individual medley triumph

Gregor Tait won the 200m individual medley to add to his 200m backstroke title as he secured Scotland's sixth gold of the Games so far.

Earlier, England's Christopher Cook added the 50m breaststroke title to his 100m crown as he pushed team-mate Darren Mew into second place.

Liam Tancock continued England's gold rush, winning the 100m backstroke.

Tait triumphed - in a new British record time of two minutes 0.73 seconds - over Dean Kent, beating the New Zealander by 0.35 seconds with Canada's Brian Johns third.

"I just gritted my teeth and went for it and had to hold on for dear life at the end," Tait said.

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"It's unbelievable what's happened to the Scottish swimmers here. No-one thought we could come here and get six gold medals.

"To come and prove everyone wrong is amazing."

Tancock admitted: "I'm relieved. To win the 100m gold makes up for losing the 50m.

"I couldn't have asked for anymore - becoming the Commonwealth champion and setting a new British record.

"I've trained every day for years for this moment and it feels just great."

Cook was also delighted with his gold medal in the 50m breaststroke but admitted: "I wasn't expecting that.

I've been working so hard on my finish Christopher Cook

"That wasn't really my event but in for a penny in for a pound - it's great as I've been working on my finish so much."

Silver medallist Mew was delighted to get on the podium, although he was not happy with his end to the race.

He said: "I had a shocking finish. That's my first international medal since coming back from injury, so I'm on my way back."

Elsewhere, Ryan Pini won Papua New Guinea's first ever Commonwealth pool medal when he won the gold in the 100m butterfly.

Pini touched first in 52.64 ahead of Australia's Michael Klim (52.70) and New Zealand's Moss Burmester (52.73).

Scotland's Todd Cooper was sixth (53.31) with Matthew Bowe of England seventh (53.64).

England veteran Mark Foster, competing in his fifth Games and the 50m freestyle champion in 1994 and 1998, reached Tuesday's final after finishing third in his heat in 22.12 seconds.