Australia also won the men’s team sprint despite the absence of Shane Perkins, who voluntarily withdrew from the race in a self-imposed punishment for making a rude gesture at an official earlier this week.
Meyer, 22, had earlier won gold in the men’s points race and as part of Australia’s team pursuit.
The only medals to elude the Australians were the women’s individual pursuit on Friday, won by New Zealand’s Alison Shanks, and the men’s Keirin on Wednesday, which went to Malaysia’s Josiah Ng Medal favorite Perkins was disqualified from the keirin, prompting him to give a two-finger gesture to officials.
Perkins later apologized but also decided to pull out of the men’s race Friday.
“When you do the wrong thing you have to accept it and own it yourself,” Perkins said. “Since that time I have reflected on my actions and realized that I have brought disgrace upon myself and my teammates, my sport and the Australian Commonwealth Games team.” Still, his teammates Daniel Ellis, who recently recovered from the flu, Jason Niblett and Scott Sunderland had no trouble winning the race.
Racing against New Zealand in the final, the Australian trio finished in 43.772 seconds. New Zealand rider Sam Webster crashed during the race, suffering injuries to his shoulder but the accident did not affect the outcome of the race.
The bronze went to Malaysia.
New Zealand’s Shanks, the favorite going into the final of the women’s 3,000 meters individual pursuit, outclassed Wendy Houvenaghel of Northern Ireland. The bronze was won by Canada’s Tara Whitten.
Beijing Olympics silver medallist Houvenaghel appeared on course to win the race at the halfway stage but was outrun by the powerful legs of Shanks, who finished in 3 minutes 30.875 seconds.
The silver was Northern Ireland’s best ever result at Commonwealth Games cycling.
