It was adequate, although, to earn him the title of Scotland’s most adorned Olympic athlete, together with his two gold and 6 silvers taking him past bicycle owner Sir Chris Hoy.
Scott – whereas thrilled together with his night time’s work – was not having any of that speak, although.
“I imply… I should not be in the identical sentence as that man or Andy Murray,” he instructed BBC Scotland. “These two have been an enormous inspiration to every thing I’ve carried out.
“Certain, I’ve received just a few medals however I could not have gotten this many with out being a part of a load of unbelievable relays.”
May there be extra of these relays to come back over the subsequent couple of days?
Regardless of not planning to have them in his schedule for this meet, Scott is now eager for a task in both the combined or males’s 4x100m medley. Hoy’s mark won’t solely be crushed, however eclipsed totally by Sunday night time.
“I am at all times going to throw my hand up,” mentioned Scott, after embracing his Saltire-wielding household within the stands because the cameras lower to the aforementioned Murray amid the gang.
“I simply love racing in these environments and it brings one thing particular out of me. Again-to-back silvers within the 200m IM is fairly cool and what an evening it has been.”
