Earlier we saw England's Robert Paxton reach the men's singles semi-finals with a 21-16 win over New Zealand's world champion Shannon McIlroy, and he has been joined in the last four by Scotland's Darren Burnett.

Burnett, the defending Commonwealth champion, won 21-13 against Malaysia's Muhammad Soufi Rusli.

However, Northern Ireland's Gary Kelly missed out on a last-four spot. Kelly, a bronze medallist in Delhi eight years ago, lost 21-9 to Australia's Aaron Wilson.

What a finish! Scotland, who trailed for most of the game, snatched victory in extra time.

It's heartbreak for Barbados, who just couldn't hold on in normal time and once Scotland forced added time, the impetus was firmly with the Thistles and their win sparked jubilant celebrations at the final whistle.

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BBC Sport on the Gold Coast

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It’s already been the scene of an England one-two in the women’s race and as the sun beats down with intensity, the male riders ready themselves.

Here is their destination and the jagged terrain they’ll glide over in the closing stages.

Some pundits here expect a Podium dominated by New Zealand athletes.

Unsurprisingly, no one fancies Isle of Man rider Nicholas Corlett - the world number 1,653.

We are underway at 13:31 local, that’s 04:31 BST.

And for once my maths is confirmed as correct.

That joint-first in the high jump takes England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson into first place in this heptathlon after two events. She is 27 points clear of Nina Schultz of Canada in second.

England's Niamh Emerson is fifth and Northern Ireland's Katie O'Connor and Scotland's Holly McArthur are in a tie for ninth.

Not to be. England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson slams into the bar at 1.90m again and then curls over with her face down into the landing mat in disappointment.

That was way below KJT's high jump best but in truth it probably won't matter. She should still go on and win gold.

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A third and final fail for Australia's Alysha Burnett. It's now just KJT left in this competition.

Can she clear this bar at 1.90m? This is her last chance...

Johnson-Thompson wanders over to the side of the track to speak with her coach. Remember the English athlete has gone 1.98m in the past.

She has strapping on her left ankle which is a worry. Here comes attempt number two at 1.90m...

Failed again. She turns and stares at the bar and then looks down at the ground. She's not impressed with that.

The good news for her is Burnett fails as well.

Burnett fails her next jump...

Johnson-Thompson is up next at 1.90m.

She gets the crowd involved. They respond with some claps...

Bang. Straight into the bar. A first fail for KJT.

If my calculations are correct Katarina Johnson-Thompson is going top of this heptathlon event after this high jump, unless Aussie Burnett does something ridiculous.

Nina Schultz is out at 1.84m. Just Johnson-Thompson and Burnett are left. KJT's PB is 1.98m. Burnett has never gone higher than the 1.87m she has just cleared.

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Double disappointment for the Home Nations in the Carrara Sports Centre.

In the women's doubles round of 16, Northern Ireland's Sinead Chambers and Rachael Darragh lost 2-0 to Malaysia's Soniia Cheah and Shevon Jemie Lai.

And in the mixed doubles, Scotland's Alexander Dunn and Eleanor O'Donnell also lost to Malaysian opponents, going down 2-0 to Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh.

Johnson-Thompson clear again and it's comfortable again. She has a perfect sheet so far.

Canada's Nina Schultz fails twice at 1.87m. We could be heading for a two-athlete shootout if Schultz fails again.

We now have three athletes left going at 1.87m in the heptathlon high jump. England's Niamh Emerson has said enough is enough.

Australia's Alysha Burnett clears the bar first. KJT up next...

Much better from KJT. She comfortably clears at 1.84m. A spark lights up her face after that and she looks much happier than after the first jump.

Johnson-Thompson's English team-mate Niamh Emmerson is flying. She clears 1.84m as well and sprints away to hug her coach. That's a high jump season's best.

Out goes Northern Ireland's Katherine O'Connor at 1.78m. That's the fifth best of anyone. A good show.

There are only four athletes left in this competition now.

Here we go then. England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson enters this high jump competition at 1.81m...

She bounds up to the bar and clears it. It's not too comfortable, a slight clip of the bar on the way over, and she doesn't look too pleased with herself.

We're into the business end of this heptathlon competition.

Paula Radcliffe
Women's marathon world record holder on the Gold Coast

I don't know what's happening down there in the home straight.

Lynsey Sharp normally has another gear but it was Griffith that had that today.

Lynsey needed to find her confidence and she just didn't believe that she had it.

She has to go back to the drawing board going into the summer season.

And here is that mighty impressive run from England Alex Bell. There doesn't look to be anyone in Caster Semenya's league though.

Alex Bell's time is actually the second fastest of anyone behind Caster Semenya. That's very impressive. The women's 800 final takes place on Friday.

Alex Bell has been speaking to BBC Sport after qualifying for the final: "That was absolutely amazing out there. I've never experienced a crowd like it and a PB; I can't believe it!

"I was just racing and didn't think about the time whatsoever.

"I just needed to drive though the finish line and imagine it wasn't there."

Nope. Plenty of effort from Scotland’s Lynsey Sharp, who won silver in 2014 in Glasgow, and England’s Adelle Tracey but they both miss out on the final. It's a bit of a mess of a race - fast, slow, fast, slow - and Sharp came fourth and Tracey sixth.

That means Alex Bell will be England's only competitor in this 800m final.

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