If Matthew Glaetzer owed Australia for his shocking blunder at the velodrome, he's paid the nation back with golden interest.
A reinvigorated Glaetzer was on a mission to make amends as he powered to Commonwealth Games gold in the kilo time trial on Sunday, a day after the world champion bombed out in the first round of the sprint.
"It's a big day, I bounced back after a shocking day yesterday whic h was life-shattering for me," Glaetzer told the Seven Network.
"This is really good to come back and prove to yourself that you can do it, get one back for Australia, because I owed them one for yesterday."
He made a basic tactical blunder in the sprint when he took it too easy against the 16th fastest qualifier but made no mistake on Sunday at the Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane.
The fastest man in the world at sea level for the 1000m dash, Glaetzer clocked a Games record 59.340 seconds to claim the gold.
Within an hour, Australia continued its dominance at the velodrome, with two more gold, to Amy Cure in the scratch race and Stephanie Morton, who claimed her third gold of the Games in the keirin.
Morton's was Australia's eighth gold medal for Sunday and 10th of the Games in track cycling as the host nation stretched its lead on top of the medal table.
The day started with walkers Dane Bird-Smith and Jemima Montag opening the athletics program with double gold and continuing Australia's command of Commonwealth walking events.
Bird-Smith and Montag both won gold medals in their 20km road races, while shooter Dane Sampson also won gold for the host nation.
But Montag's victory came with heartbreak for Claire Tallent who was disqualified while leading the race with two kilometres to go on the beachside course at Currumbin.
Hers is the 13th Australian gold medal from the past 15 men's and women's walking events since the 1994 Games.
Bird-Smith followed his Rio Olympic bronze as he held off a mighty challenge from Englishman Tom Bosworth to take his first Commonwealth gold.
Matt Denny won silver in the men's hammer throw with a personal-best 74.88m at Carrara Stadium.
Sampson thought he blew his gold medal chances with his final shot in the 10m air rifle but his Bangladeshi opponent Abdullah Hel Baki couldn't produce the 10.0 shot he needed to capitalise.
But Sampson had a distinct home ground advantage.
"I pretty much grew up here," Sampson told AAP.
"My mum was shooting here when she was pregnant with me, basically, literally on this range."
Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers suffered a shock loss in the 100m freestyle final, tying for silver with South African Chad le Clos, with Scotland's Duncan Scott winning gold in Sunday night's final.
Elena Galiabovitch claimed bronze in the women's 10m air pistol, while Australia's trio of Barrie Lester, Nathan Rice and Aron Sherriff took silver in the men's triples lawn bowls.
