Top of the European Athletics rankings, now Eilidh Child has a silver medal and memories galore after a famous night at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The noise was immense as Scotland’s Child finished second at Hampden Park on Thursday in a tremendous 400m hurdles final.
As Jamaica’s world No. 1 Kaliese Spencer won in 54.10, Child was second in 55.02 with Janieve Russell, also from Jamaica, third in 55.64.
It was a brilliant achievement from Child who will now be looking for more glory at this month’s European Athletics Championships in Zurich in what is proving a fabulous year.
She leads the rankings with 54.39, ironically run on this track in Glasgow at the Diamond League meeting three weeks ago, but this time it was only about the medal.
Spencer proved just too strong but Child was delighted with her performance, having dealt also with the pressure of being one of the poster girls of the Games.
'The first emotion is relief,' said Child in the Edinburgh News. 'It’s been a nervous couple of days and I wanted to execute the race well. I felt I did that and I am delighted to come away with a medal.'
Speaking to the BBC, she added: 'I will cherish my silver medal. That's one of my best moments ever.'
The women’s 200m confirmed the progression of England’s Jodie Williams, one of the leading young sprinters in Europe.
In the past four years she has bagged 100m and 200m gold at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn in 2011 and then last summer won the 200m title at the European Under-23 Championships in Tampere.
Still only 20, she now has Commonwealth Games silver to add to that collection after running a 200m personal best of 22.50 behind Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare who won in 22.25 with Williams’ English teammate Bianca Williams - also 20 and no relation - taking bronze in a lifetime best of her own, 22.58.
It was a superb run by both the English girls and Jodie Williams said: 'I'm overwhelmed, it's amazing.'
England celebrated another silver in the long jump as Jazmin Sawyers produced 6.54m, a mere two centimetres behind Nigeria’s Ese Brume with Canada’s Christabel Nettey in third with 6.49m.
Friday night’s finals include the women’s 800m which could be another big night for Scotland as European champion Lynsey Sharp will be looking to set the stadium rocking again.