Glasgow 2014: DAY 10: Usain Bolt heads record breaking night for Jamiaca, Daley & Adams help England seal first place, boxing success for Scotland and Northern Ireland



Jamaican closing leg runner Usain Bolt (9 News Brisbane)

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Sprint superstar Usain Bolt led Jamaica to gold and a new Commonwealth record in the 4x100m relay tonight as his country dominated the final night of athletics.
 

Bolt and team-mates Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole and Nickel Ashmeade finished nearly half a second ahead of runners up England. Trinidad and Tobago finished third.
 
Their female counterparts - led by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - also ripped up the history books - setting a new Games record in the 4x100m and finishing over a second ahead of the Nigerian team.
 
It was a day of broken records for the island nation as the women's 4 x 400m relay team got in on the act -  with Christine Day,Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy and Stephanie McPherson taking gold and again setting a new Commonwealth best.
 
Today rounded out a successful athletics programme for the Caribbean island, whose ten gold medals have all come in track and field.
 


Tom Daley retains his 10m platform title (BBC Sport)


England meanwhile are celebrating finishing first in the medals table - nearest rivals Australia cannot make up the eleven gold gap in the final day of competition tomorrow.
 
It is the first time since 1986 the English have finished as the most successful country - when the Games were also held in Scotland.
 
Stars from London 2012 helped the team cement their victory - Nicola Adams again made history by becoming the first woman to win Commonwealth gold after beating Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh in the women's flyweight division.
 
Tom Daley won the 10m platform event, retaining his title from Delhi four years ago. He finished with 516.55 points, comfortably ahead of nearest rival Ooi Tze Liang of Malaysia who scored 433.70 points. Daley secured his second medal in as many days after winning silver in the synchro event with James Denny.
 
Back in the boxing ring, England took four other gold medals thanks to Anthony Fowler (middleweight), Scott Fitzgerald (welterweight), Joe Joyce (super-heavyweight) and Savannah Marshall (women's middleweight).
 
Husband and wife table tennis players Paul & Joanna Drinkhall beat team-mates Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho to the mixed doubles title, while the men's 4x400m relay team also took the top prize by beating the Bahamian team by just 0.05 seconds.
 

Scotland's Josh Taylor shows what victory means (Edinburgh Paper)

 

Scotland continue to add more medals to their best ever Games and took two more gold medals in boxing today.
 
Charlie Flynn and Josh Taylor won the lightweight and light welterweight divisions respectively, beating fighters from Northern Ireland and Namibia to take their country past the 50 medal mark.
 
Wth a bronze medal also coming in the mixed doubles in badminton, the hosts can be rightly proud of their 52 medal haul and are guaranteed at least one more in badminton tomorrow - Kirsty Gilmour is guaranteed at least silver in the badminton singles.
 

Northern Ireland's Paddy Barnes (GymCo Belfast)

 

 

Northern Ireland shot up the medal table to fifteenth as their boxers took the country's first two gold medals of these Games.
 
Reigning light-flyweight champion Paddy Barnes held onto his title with victory over Devendro Laisham of India before bantamweight doubled his country's gold tally in one afternoon by beating Qais Ashfaq of England.
 
Boxing has again proved to be Northern Ireland's strongest sport by far, accounting for nine of their twelve medals in Glasgow this summer.

Australia's dominant women hockey players (BBC Sport)

 

Australia's women's hockey team won a third consecutive Commonwealth gold by beating England on penalty strokes in today's final.
 
Since the sport debuted in 1998, the Australians have only missed out on winning once - in 2002, India picked up the gold.
 
Diver Esther Qin won the 3m springboard to claim Australia's second gold in this sport in Glasgow.
 
There was also success in athletics and boxing for the team from Down Under today, with Alana Boyd winning the pole vault, while Andrew Moloney (flyweight) and Shelley Watts (lightweight) beat opponents from Pakistan and India respectively.

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DAY 10 DIGEST IN 60 SECONDS...

• Nigeria continue to dominate powerlifting - they won every gold medal available today
• There was a first gold medal in squash for India. Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa beat English pair Laura Massaro and Jenny Duncalf in the final of the women's doubles.
• Reigning netball champions New Zealand booked a place in tomorrow's final against Australia, but only just - they beat England 35-34 with the deciding goal coming in the last second of play.
• Singapore won two more gold medals in table tennis - mens singles and womens' doubles
• Kenya's Mercey Cherono led home team-mate Janet Kisa in the 5000m. Veteran English runner Jo Pavey took bronze.