Emma McKeon has became the most decorated Australian gold medalist at a Commonwealth Games overnight.
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McKeon, by measure of gold medals, is the most successful athlete in Commonwealth Games history - 11 golds.
Australia's Ian Thorpe, Susie O'Neill and Leisel Jones are next-best with 10 golds each.
Her individual landmark came as four Australians - Madi Wilson, Kiah Melverton, Mollie O'Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus - also swam into history.
The quartet set a world record to win the 4x200m freestyle relay - Australia's third gold in a stunning 60 minutes on Sunday night.
Kaylee McKeown also saluted in the 100m backstroke and the swim team added four silver and three bronze medals to their collection on the night.
After the midway point of the Birmingham meet, Australia's swim team have 11 golds, nine silver and 12 bronze.
Australians also had a strong day at the London Olympic velodrome.
Georgia Baker, Kristina Clonan, along with the para-cycling duo of Jess Gallagher and pilot Caitlin Ward, began the golden feast on Sunday before Matt Richardson produced the most dazzling of sprint triumphs.
But Matt Glaetzer, who thought he'd won a medal in the sprint just 24 hours after being flattened in a dramatic keirin crash, was left fuming after he was relegated from bronze by the judges.
This extraordinary quadruple triumph, plus a bronze won by the men's para-cycling duo, Beau Wootton and sighted pilot Luke Zaccaria, came on a day when serious questions were being asked over rider and spectator safety after a terrifying crash.
The morning session had to be concluded early after English Olympic champ Matt Walls was taken to hospital after being catapulted over the barriers and into the crowd in a multi-rider pile-up in the final lap of the 15km scratch race qualifier.
In the gymnastics, Georgia Godwin took gold in the artistic competition.
Godwin's 12.950 on the floor and total score of 53.550 sealed her first Commonwealth Games gold, an upgrade on her all-around silver on the Gold Coast, ahead of England's Achampong (53.000) and Canada's Spence (52.350).
Elsewhere, Australia's men's rugby sevens program will leave Birmingham still scrambling for respect after an opportunity lost at the Commonwealth Games.
- with Australian Associated Press