The Welsh Para-athletes delivered again as they accounted for all five of the track and field medals.
It was the second successive Games n which an able-bodied athlete did not finish on the podium in track and field, with fourth-place finishes for Jake Heyward and Charlotte Henrich in the men’s mile and women’s 400m respectively.
Sprinter Jeremiah Azu could not improve on his fifth place from four years ago in a world-class 100m raced in atrocious conditions.
Welsh Athletics will point to the fact that 15 of the 18 athletes who competed achieved top-six placings, but they will want some podium positions in India in four years.
Boxing had a decent return of medals with four podiums from the seven-strong team, including silvers for Orlando Holley-Sotomi and Connor Williams, but they will be disappointed to be leaving a Games without a gold for the first time since 2014.
There will also be an inquest into the Welsh netball set-up after they finish 10th out of 12, two places lower than the eighth they managed at Birmingham 2022, after just one win from their six games, while there were no medals for judo.
There are also the moments of drama and near misses you associate with major events.
The velodrome provided one, with Ioan Hepburn being led away from the track distraught before the men’s team sprint bronze medal race because he was unable to compete because of illness with Wales unable to compete in the race.
The following day Morris was denied a silver medal in the scratch race, which took place just an hour after her individual pursuit success, when she was demoted from second to fifth.
