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Bold, very bold, by Matthew Hudson-Smith. He fades round the bend as wily old Chris Brown of Bahamas licks his lips in anticipation. Brown thinks he's got Hudson-Smith with 30m to go. He's wrong. Hudson-Smith digs deep again to stick he head over the line first. England win gold.

You could throw a blanket over the respective baton-carriers of Trinidad and Tobago, England and Bahamas as the bell dings. England's Matthew Hudson-Smith drops it down a gear on the back straight....

Scotland's Henrietta Paxton is the next victim. She at least managed to clear the bar, only for the pole to bring it down as it fell.

Five women remain in the competition, including Wales' Sally Peake - who passed at 3.80m - and England's Sally Scott, who is one of only two athletes to record a successful attempt.

Hampden roars (can it do anything else?) the blue Scottish vest of Kris Robertson out of the starting blocks. But it is England who lead after the first circuit, with Trinidad and Tobago on the heels on Michael Bingham at the halfway stage.

Janine Pingree:, external "That's it @TomDaley1994 - bogey dive out of the way, just keep going for gold!"

Jo Eveleigh:, external "Tom Daley...totally brilliant..what a dive. Best thing to come out of Plymouth other than the Royal Navy."

"One of the most exciting races of the evening," 110m hero Colin Jackson confidently predicts. Not least because that baton will be like a bar of soap in these conditions. England were fastest in the qualifying heats, while Scotland - in the inside lane - edged in as a fastest loser.

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We lose the Isle of Man's Olivia Curran, too. She came down with an almighty clatter, falling back into the pit in a last attempt at 3.80m. Vicky Parnov of Australia is a goner, too.

At this rate, the two girls who jumped before the rain could win medals without having to jump again.

Leon Taylor
BBC Sport diving expert & CWG silver medallist

"It was better than this morning, he still struggled but it was a step in the right direction. He's not extending his legs out of the diving board."

Northern Ireland's Zoe Brown is out of the final after three failures at 3.80m. England's Katie Byres suffers a similar fate.

Still no clearances since the rain started.

Tom Daley still leads after two dives, he gets through the 'demon dive' all right but it's not great with a score of 64.80. He has a total of 159.30, and leads from Dominic Bedggood.

The 'demon dive' is a back 2.5 somersault, 2.5 twists routine, which involves Daley somersaulting backwards while twisting his body around, his head spinning just inches from the board he left a split-second earlier.

Phillips Idowu pounds a size 11 on the right side of the red line on his second attempt. But the big man's flight is a little flat and he wades into the sand 16.45m further on. That puts him into fifth.

The pit will be starting to look like Blackpool beach after tide if this rain doesn't stop. Still hammering it down.

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Antony Fowler, the England team captain, from Liverpool, makes it four golds for his nation by beating India's Vijender Vijender in the final.

Nick Hope
BBC Sport in Glasgow

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"Tom Daley went big on his first round routine to take a solid lead but next up is the 'demon dive' and after it went woefully wrong this morning he will be nervous. If he can deliver even an average score in the 70's he should still be difficult to catch assuming there are no major disasters on the other routines."

Mike Costello
BBC Radio 5 live athletics commentator

"Phillips Idowu is back at the 35 years of age. Everybody around including Jonathan Edwards said we won't be seeing him again. He has competed in some Diamond League meetings and he represented Britain in the European Team Championship. It will be fascinating to see what he can do."

Alysha Newman of Canada and England's Sally Scott both cleared an opening height of 3.80m before the rain began to lash down, but since then we've had nine failed attempts. Most of the competitors are planting their poles in the pit before aborting their jumps in mid air because they cannot get enough grip to maintain their momentum.

Allison Curbishley
BBC athletics expert, on Radio 5 live

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"England lost it on the second leg. No-one is surprised that Jamaica won. Stephanie McPherson looks like a drowned rat out there.

"I thought England would be closer to Nigeria, but they have got it together. Maurice Greene has been brought in and he is with the women's 4x400m team and they are pulling it together. He feels they can vie with the Americans and Jamaicans now."

Sidelined British pole vault record-holder and European indoor champion Holly Bleasdale:, external "Feel for the girls competing in the Pole Vault in this weather at Hampden Park! #notideal"

Next up, it's the men's doubles where England are guaranteed a medal as Chris Adcock and Andy Ellis face Chris Langridge and Peter Mills. Watch the match online.

Good start for Tom Daley, he leads the 10m platform final after the first dive, executing his armstand back triple somersault to good effect with a score of 94.50. Daley's rival for the gold, Australia's Matthew Mitcham, is already over 20 points down after a poor forward 3.5 somersault.

Now we've got someone hoovering water off the runway. That might solve one problem, but the slippery grip issue will persist.