Hobbs breaks through with sensational run

Hobbs, 28, has been battling away for years, running at Olympics, Commonwealth Games, world championships, matching herself with the world's best. She's got close but she's never been able to win a medal on a big stage. Until now.

Tonight, in Glasgow's pouring rain and on a sodden track, she produced the run of a lifetime.

She was away quickly but for a long time she couldn't shake off Englishwoman Amy Hunt. Finally, at 70 metres the determined New Zealander began to assert herself and she ended up winning by a significant margin. Her time of 10.93s is a personal best. Hunt ran 10.98s and Australian Torrie Lewis was third in 10.99s. To have three women break the formidable 11-second barrier shows what a strong field it was.

Hobbs has won the New Zealand 100m sprint title every year since 2017. She's long been queen of the track in New Zealand. It's nice to know she'll now be recognised for the great runner she is around the rest of the world.

They'll be celebrating for days in her home town of Stratford in Taranaki!

While Hobbs was creating fireworks on the track, hammer thrower Lauren Bruce produced her own piece of magic. Bruce took the silver medal with a best throw of 69.82m, to push Australian Lara Roberts back into third.

Bruce has thrown well at different times but at her two Olymics and at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games she struggled to get out of the qualifying round. This time she put it all together at the right time. Her throws were 67.41m, 67.63m, 67.51m, 68.63m, 68.93m, 69.82m. She got better as the meeting went on, extraordinary considering how slippery the hammer throw circle was.

The gold medal went to Canadian Camryn Rogers, who had five 70m-plus throws with a best of 74.91m. She was in a different orbit. But credit to Bruce for battling through terrible throwing conditions to earn the Games medal she's been aiming at for so long.

New Zealand's two heptathlon competitors were midfield at the end of the first day. Briana Stephenson had totalled 3489 points after four events and Maddie Wilson 3465. Stephenson was in seventh place, Wilson ninth in the field of 15. Stephenson picked up most points with a very slick 100m hurdles and Wilson cleared 1.82m in the high jump, which was remarkable. Both of them struggled in the shot put and lost ground on the field in that event.

The final day involves three events - long jump, javelin and 800m.