Usain Bolt guides Jamaica to Commonwealth Games relay final

The Jamaican, who chose not to compete in the 100m or 200m at the Games, ran the anchor leg to help his country win their heat in a time of 38.99 seconds.

It was an unconvincing performance from Jamaica in the first three legs, but Bolt - a six-time Olympic gold medallist and world record holder in the 100m and 200m - surged clear in typical fashion on the final leg to delight the crowd at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

"Salute Kimmari Roach despite being injured completed his leg..Good run by [Julian] Forte and [Nickel] Ashmeade to get the Baton around," Bolt tweeted afterwards.

Bolt was not the only Olympic champion on show on Friday, with Australia's Sally Pearson coming through comfortably to defend her crown in the 100m hurdles.

That concluded a fine night for Australia, who also saw Eleanor Patterson win in the high jump and Dani Samuels take gold in the discus.

Edith Sum and Jonathan Ndiku added to Kenya's medal tally with victories in the women's 800m and men's 3000m steeplechase, and Uganda's first gold of the Games finally arrived as Moses Kipsiro emerged triumphant in the 10,000m.

Steve Lewis of England, winner of bronze in 2006 and silver in 2010, made it gold at the third of time of asking in the men's pole vault.

Elsewhere, Jack Laugher claimed his second diving gold medal of the Games with success in the 3m synchronised final with Chris Mears.

The England pair tallied 431.94 points to take gold ahead of Australia's Grant Nel and Matthew Mitcham and compatriots Nick Robinson-Baker and Freddie Woodward.

The victory rounds off a brilliant Games for 19-year-old Laugher, who has also won gold in the 1m springboard and a silver in the 3m springboard.

Meanwhile, Mitcham and Dominic Bedggood secured gold for Australia in the 10m synchronised platform final, beating the England team of Jack Denny and Tom Daley to the title, and Canada's Jennifer Abel won the women's 1m springboard.

More medals came for Canada at the SSE Hydro gymnastics venue, Scott Morgan and Elisabeth Black sealing gold in the men's vault and women's beam respectively.

Scotland's Daniel Purvis gave the home nation yet another reason to celebrate with triumph in the parallel bars, and there was glory for England with Claudia Fragapane in the women's floor and Nile Wilson in the men's horizontal bar.

Nicola Adams " the first woman to win an Olympic boxing medal " has a chance to add another title to her personal tally after she secured a place in the final of the women's flyweight event by overcoming Canada's Mandy Bujold.

The Scotstoun Table Tennis arena saw a clean sweep for Singapore in the women's singles, won by Feng Tianwei.

Further success for Singapore came with gold and bronze in the men's doubles.

Scotland dominated the final day of competition in the lawn bowls, their men's fours team beating England in the gold medal match, while Darren Burnett won the singles event.

Gold in the women's pairs went to South Africa with a 20-17 win over England.