Commonwealth Games 2018 | Jamaica set CWG medal record, heartbreak for Sunshine Girls

Jamaica added four medals on Saturday to register its most successful tally at the Commonwealth Games, with the women's 4x400m relay team's victory, highlighting action inside the Carrara Stadium.

Jamaica's Commonwealth Games medal record previously stood at 22 medals and was achieved at the 2006 and 2014 Games. However, with a third placed netball match to come, following a close semi-final loss against England, the Jamaicans secured 26 medals (7 gold, 9 silver, 10 bronze) after action on Saturday.

The team of Christine Day, 400m silver medal winner Anastasia Le-Roy, 400m hurdles champion Janieve Russell and 400m bronze medallist Stephenie-Ann McPherson, clocked 3:24.00 to beat Nigeria, 3:25.29 and Botswana, 3:26.86 in the women's 4x400m relay final.

In the men's equivalent, Jermaine Gayle, Demish Gaye, Jamari Rose and Javon Francis took bronze in a time of 3:01.97, finishing behind Botswana, 3:01.78 and The Bahamas, 3:01.92, in a close and exciting finish.

It was silver for the women's 4x100m relay team of Christania Williams, the 100m silver medal winner, Natasha Morrison, Gayon Evans and Elaine Thompson, after their 42.52 seconds run, left them trailing England, 42.46, with Nigeria, 42.75 taking the bronze medal.

The men's 4x100m relay team (Everton Clarke, Oshane Bailey, Warren Weir, Yohan Blake), 38.38, finished third behind England, 38.13 and South Africa, 38.24.

Clive Pullen, 16.25m was seventh in the men's triple jump final, which was won by Guyana's Troy Doris, 16.88m, while the Jamaican Rugby Sevens team suffered a heavy 32-5 loss to Australia in their pool B action.

There was semi-final heartache for Jamaica's Sunshine Girls, who suffered a close 56-55 loss to England and will now face New Zealand in the bronze medal match at 8:02 p.m. on Saturday.

Jhaniele Fowler-Reid scored 47 of her 50 attempts with Shanice Beckford adding 8 from her 9 tries, but the Sunshine Girls just missed out on their gold medal ambitions in a nail-biting finish. In the other semi-final, Australia hammered New Zealand 65-44.