Wales' Adele Nicoll is one of four home nation athletes through to the final of the women's shot putt.

Nicoll managed a best throw of 17.30m, as England's Amelia Strickler (17.10) and Sophie McKinna (16.70) also made Wednesday's final, along with Divine Olapido from Group B.

Jamaica's Danniel Thomas-Dodd led the way with 18.42.

England's Deborah Alawode came so close but sadly the 24-year-old won't be winning a medal this time around.

Nigeria's Taiwo Liadi goes into first to push Alawode down to third. And then, with her second-to-last lift, Canada's Maya Laylor gets the gold, lifting a combined 223kg to push Alawode to a fourth-placed finish.

Laylor continues lifting by the way, she now increases her weight by five kg to set a new Commonwealth Games record of 228kg across the snatch and clean and jerk.

England are safely through to the mixed medley 4x100m relay final, winning their heat in 3:51.08.

There was a slight scare with a changeover that measured 0.00 seconds but was legal.

Scotland finished third to make the final but Jersey miss out in fourth.

Wales came third in the final heat behind Australia and Canada. Jersey and Guernsey sneak into the final too, which they will be delighted with.

It's first blood to England in the men's team bronze medal play-off against Nigerla.

England's Tom Jarvis & Paul Drinkhall get the ball rolling with a 11-6 11-7 11-7 win over Nigeria's Bode Abiodun & Olajide Omotayo.

Next up is Liam Pitchford against Quadri Aruna in the first of four singles matches that make up the rest of this match.

Lovely stuff. Scotland's Adam Thomas delivers to make the men's 100m semi-finals.

Jamaican Conroy Jones just dips him to the win in 10.28secs, but Thomas was in a great position throughout and gets the job done.

HUGE!

Deborah Alawode lifts 119kg to go into second with just a few athletes remaining. Will she stay in the medal positions?

Wales' British champion Jeremiah Azu runs 10.35secs to join heat seven winner Benjamin Azamati, of Nigeria, in the semi-finals.

Three heats to go, with Scotland's Adam Thomas up next.

Maximina Uepa, just 19-year-old, extends her lead at the top of the standings, lifting 119kg to total 215kg, a junior Commonwealth games record.

Meanwhile a strong clean and jerk from Cameroon's Jeanne Gaelle Eyenga Mboosi drops England's Deborah Alawode down to fourth. But Alawode still has one lift remaining.

In case you missed it, here's that opening event of the heptathlon at Birmingham 2022.

Time for the second event of the heptathlon now.

Earlier, we saw Australia's Taneille Crase post the quickest time in the 100m hurdles, ahead of English pair Holly Mills and Jade O'Dowda.

Defending champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson finished fifth and will be looking for a good high jump score here.

England's Danni Wyatt has just been dismissed, edging behind to fall for 27 off 20 balls.

She had put the hosts in a strong position with a lightning start.

England end their powerplay against South Africa on 49-2 after six overs.

Steve Cram
Athletics commentator on BBC TV

Nigeria's Benjamin Oghenebrume was allowed to take part in heat six after a false start, when a number fell off the shorts of one of his rivals...

I gave them the commentators' curse with the big build-up! Nerves perhaps?

Benjamin Oghenebrume just fell out of his blocks there, it's such a shame because we've been talking about how good the Nigerian sprinters are.

But he's given another chance!

What a swim from Wales' Medi Harris! She pips Commonwealth record holder Kaylee McKeown, of Australia, to victory in the fifth and final heat of the women's 50m backstroke.

What a scalp for the Welsh swimmer. Scotland's Cassie Wild was fourth in that heat while Northern Ireland's Danielle Hill finished third in the previous heat.

They are all through to the semi-finals alongside English pair Lauren Cox and Isabella Hindley.

Defending champion Punman Yadav has just put her final clean and jerk down having failed to post a lift.

If she made it she would have gone into the gold medal position; instead she's dead last.

Maximina Uepa from Nauru still leads England's Deborah Alawode by 4kg with both athletes still to do one more lift.

Watch all the action live right here.

Wales have already made a golden start to day five, after Daniel Salmon and Jarrad Breen defeated England's Jamie Walker and Sam Tolchard 19-18 in a dramatic final.

Great scenes!

A good swim from England's Lauren Cox as she shrugs off a slight problem with her starting apparatus - which caused a little delay to the start - to finish second in heat three of the women's 50m backstroke.

Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan wins the heat in 28.13 with Cox second in 28.30. The other English swimmer in the heat, Isabella Hindley, was fourth in 29.99.

While Wales edged out England to gold in the men's pairs bowls, it wasn't so close in the bronze-medal match as Scotland came out on top.

Paul Foster and Alex Marshall beat Northern Ireland's Martin McHugh and Sam Barkley 25-5.

Michael Morrow
BBC Sport NI at Coventry Arena

What a big day for Eoin Fleming, who has waited eight years to avenge his bronze-medal match defeat at Glasgow 2014.

He had to work really hard to get through the round of 16 earlier today but he did, before claiming a lightning-quick win against Nauru's Kip Kosam in the quarters.

So Fleming will fight for a medal today, as will his team-mate Rachael Hawkes who is into the bronze medal match of the women's -70kg having received a bye in the repechage after losing her quarter-final.

The women’s 76kg weightlifting is getting very tense at the NEC.

Maximina Uepa, 19, from Nauru currently leads England's Deborah Alawode by 4kg with one round of the clean and jerk remaining.

Watch all the action live right here.

Tom Brown
BBC Sport Wales at Alexander Stadium

The athletics is under way and we’re about to see British champion shot putter Adele Nicoll make her Commonwealth debut for Wales.

An impressive achievement, especially given the 25-year-old has already been to the Winter Olympics this year.

Nicoll is also part of Britain’s bobsleigh programme and went to Beijing as the team’s reserve. Now she’s at a second major championships just six months later.