Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Scots given heroes’ welcome

Handout photo dated 17/04/18 provided by Jeff Holmes of Team Scotland athletes arrive at Glasgow airport following the conclusion of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday April 17, 2018. See PA story COMMONWEALTH Scotland. Photo credit should read: Jeff Holmes/PA Wire. NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Handout photo dated 17/04/18 provided by Jeff Holmes of Team Scotland athletes arrive at Glasgow airport following the conclusion of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday April 17, 2018. See PA story COMMONWEALTH Scotland. Photo credit should read: Jeff Holmes/PA Wire. NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Duncan Scott believes coming home to a freezing flat will soon bring him back down to earth after his Commonwealth Games heroics.

But the swimmer was careful not to get too high after his six-medal haul in Australia, which was the best by a Scot at a Commonwealth Games.

The Stirling University student won one gold, one silver and four bronze medals to add to the relay silver he collected at Glasgow 2014. However, the 20-year-old does not expect life to change much.

“My flatmate was away so I reckon my flat will be freezing,” he said after arriving at Glasgow Airport. “I’ve got an exam in three weeks so it will be the same old, same old.”

Scott was Team Scotland’s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony but he shielded himself from much of the hype.

“When I’m in a competition like this, the night before I swim I turn off all social media,” he said. “It will be a day or two after I finish competing before I turn it on.

“But it’s controlled the way I turn it on. I don’t see notifications. I have gradually been seeing messages coming in and all the hype.

“The support and messages I’ve had have been amazing and I’ve always had great support from family, friends and beyond.

“A couple of people in the airport noticed me but other than that it’s the same.”

Scott insists he took as much pleasure in being part of Scotland’s historic 44-medal collection as his own success.

“It’s an honour,” said Scott, who clinched a place in the Great Britain squad for Glasgow’s European championships in August.

“Everyone’s contribution was phenomenal. The bad thing with swimming is you don’t get to go to the opening ceremony, but you have time afterwards to spectate.

“Every night we went to the diving to support Grace Reid, Lucas Thomson, Gemma McArthur and James Heatly, and they brought home two medals as well.”

Heatly took bronze in the one metre springboard to claim Scotland’s first diving medal since his late grandfather, Sir Peter Heatly, won gold 60 years earlier.

The 20-year-old was happy to come home to some extra publicity after his surprise success.

“My phone has been going off so I can’t wait to reply to all these messages,” the Edinburgh athlete said.