The stage was set for the Olympic champion to emulate his success at London 2012 in front of a slightly smaller crowd.

The Englishman did not disappoint either, as he laid down an 8.12 metres marker on just his first attempt.

Despite being matched by Zarck Visser in the South African's second attempt, Rutherford ensured his victory in the third, jumping an 8.20m.

The victory was made increasingly special for the Englishman given his connection to the famous Stadium.

Not quite 120,000 like his great grandfather, but Greg Rutherford secured gold in front of a packed out crowd here at Hampden Park ©Getty Images



In 1908 his great grandfather was part of the England side that drew 1-1 with Scotland at the Stadium, in a match that had a world-record attendance at the time of 121,452.

This record was beaten during the 1950 FIFA World Cup final in Brazil where, officially, 173,850 paid spectators crammed into Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium on July 16 to watch host Brazil take on Uruguay for arguably the most prized trophy in world sports.

It is estimated that between 190,00 and 210,000 were actually inside the Stadium on this day, including those that had snuck in without paying, to watch Brazil suffer a shock 2-1 loss to their South American neighbours.

It was a historic day on Hampden Park's track as well today, as Kirani James won a first-ever Commonwealth Games gold for Grenada since their debut at the Games at Edinburgh 1970, with victory in the 400m.

The 2011 world and London 2012 Olympic champion secured a second medal in as many days for the nation, following Kurt Felix's bronze in the men's decathlon last night, and just a third ever for Grenada, the first being a silver won by Alleyne Francique at Melbourne 2006.

James' winning time of 44.24sec was also a Commonwealth Games record as he knocked 0.24 off the previous Games record, set by Wales' Iwan Thomas at Kuala Lumpur 1998.

Behind him came South Africa's Wayde Van Niekerk and Trinidad and Tobago's Lalonde Gordon who finished with times of 44.68 and 44.78 respectively.

Kirani James set a Commonwealth Games record en route to his nation's first gold since its debut at the Games in 1986 in Edinburgh ©Getty Images



In a day of history making at Hampden Park, it was only fitting that Valerie Adams picked up New Zealand's 600th Commonwealth Games medal with a predictable victory in the women's shot put.

In a competition dominated by Adams, the Kiwi had five throws that would have won her gold, but it was her second attempt of 19.88m that will go down in the history books.

That result for Adams will not have come as a surprise for those with knowledge of the New Zealander's incredible record at major Championships.

As well as becoming a three time Commonwealth Games champion, after wins at  Melbourne 2006 and Delhi 2010, the New Zealander is also a double Olympic champion, four-time world champion and three-time world indoor champion.

Adams is one of only nine athletes - along with Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels and David Storl - to win World Championship titles at youth, junior and senior levels.

Behind her came Trinidad and Tobago's Cleopatra Borel in second with a throw of 18.57m and Canada's Julie Labonte with 17.58m.

In the women's 3000m steeplechase, Hampden Park was graced by another Kenyan one, two, three as Purity Cherotich Kirui beat defending champion Milcah Chemos Cheywa in a sprint to the line.

The two Kenyan's, alongside compatriot Joan Kipkemoi and Australian's Madeline Heiner and Genevieve Lacaze, broke early from the field, leaving any hope of a home nations medal well and truly sunk.

Despite holding on for the majority of the race, the Kenyan trio proved too strong for the Australian's come the final lap with the question of which Kenyan would win.

It was Kirui who took it in the end as she reeled in Cheywa following her early break and pipped her on the line to finish just 0.24 ahead in a time of 9min 30.96sec.

Kenya secured a second clean sweep in as many days as Purity Cherotich Kirui led home team mates Milcah Chemos Cheywa and Joan Kipkemoi in the women's 3000m steeplechase ©Getty Images



The women's javelin event proved a tasty affair for Australia's Kim Mickle as she set back to back Commonwealth Games record to win a gold medal.

The Australians first throw of 62.97m was beaten only by her second as she finished with a high of 65.96m to secure victory.

Mickle's opening throw overhauled the existing Commonwealth Games record of 62.34m, set four years ago in Delhi by South Africa's Sunette Viljeon, who finished second this evening.

Third place was taken by Mickle's compatriot Kelsey-Lee Roberts who finished with 62.95m.

The other two event's of the night saw double delight for Canada as Brianne Theisen-Eaton topped off a dominant display in the heptathlon to seal a comfortable gold, while Derek Drouin took top honours in the men's high jump.

Theisen-Eaton finished the heptathlon on 6,597 points, 327 ahead of team mate Jessica Zelinka and 771 ahead of England's Jessica Taylor.

In the high jump, Drouin successfully cleared a height 2.31m to beat Cyprus' Kyriakos Ioannou and fellow Canadian Michael Mason.

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