Silver for Danvers-smith

Natasha Danvers-Smith maintained England's record of at least one athletics medal a day by claiming silver in the 400m hurdles.

She finished behind Australian favourite Jana Pittman, with Scotland's Lee McConnell taking the bronze with a personal best time of 55.25 seconds. England's Nicola Sanders, who finished in fourth, also recorded a personal best of 55.32s.

"I thought I could win it," she said afterwards. "Hype is hype (surrounding Pittman) but everything has got to happen once that gun goes off. I thought I could win no matter what but I'm happy I got a medal."

Danvers-Smith reached the Olympic final in Sydney in 2000, but took time out from the sport in 2004 when her son Jaden was born.

"They said it couldn't be done but it can be," she said. "Everybody said you couldn't come back from having a baby and win medals.

"A lot of people said I was 28 years old, I was washed up, the end, goodbye Danvers. It's been a long hard road, this is just the beginning of the next phase.

Wales's Julie Crane took silver in the high jump, but, as in the men's event, controversial decisions by the officials marred the final stages of the competition.

Crane aborted her last attempt at 1.91m as she approached the bar and ran back to her marker to prepare for another try. However, officials ruled Crane's shoulder had gone fractionally under the bar as she ran, and that was deemed to be her third failure at the height.

South Africa's Anika Smith, who had already cleared 1.91m and was also ahead of Crane on countback, took the gold.

And Wales's Rhys Williams again demonstrated his potential with a third personal best of the Games in finishing fourth in the 400m hurdles final.

Williams produced a trademark late burst to clock 49.09 seconds in a race won by South African Louis Van Zyl in a new Games record of 48.05s. Defending champion Chris Rawlinson's final race in the event ended in disappointment as he trailed in last in 52.89.

Williams, the son of Welsh rugby legend JJ Williams, said: "I would have loved to have got a medal, fourth is the worst possible position to come.

"But before the start I wasn't sure if I was going to race because I had a bad hamstring. The crowd was great, I was desperate to get into the final just to run in front of this massive crowd because it does nothing but lift you.

"I've enjoyed the whole experience. I've finished fourth, got a personal best, but I'm definitely not contented. I want to go on to bigger and better stuff."

A disappointed Rawlinson revealed his last race had been run in agony due to a groin injury.

"I wanted it to be something to remember, like winning a medal, but straight away I was in a lot of pain warming up," he said. "I was hopeful but as soon as I stepped out of the blocks the pain was too much. I was in agony but I was never going to scratch even if I ran 60 seconds.

"If I'm going to finish my career I'm going to finish in front of 80,000 people in this crowd. I didn't produce a performance worthy of this stadium, but I can take the memory away."

Australian Scott Martin took gold in the discus with 63.48m in the final round. England's Carl Mysercough and Emeka Udechuku were fifth and seventh respectively.

In the women's 800m, English pair Marilyn Okoro and Jemma Simpson and Scotland's Susan Scott all qualified for the final, but Maria Mutola looks a certainty to defend her title.