Although the men's final was always going to be lacking something given the absence of Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt, who is only competing in the 4 x 100m relay final here, the sense of anticipation when the eight finalists took to the line appeared just as high as ever.

After clocking a swift 10:00 in the semi-finals, Kemar Bailey-Cole, who ran in the heats of the Jamaican relay squad that won gold at London 2012 before coming fourth over 100m at the 2013 World Championships, was the outstanding favourite for victory.

The challenge was going to be fulfiliing that promise and delivering when the pressure was greatest.

But with a lanky and long-legged style that was reminiscent in many ways to the absent Bolt, Bailey-Cole had drawn level with England's early leader Adam Gemili by halfway before powering clear in the closing stages.

He duly stopped the clock at 10:00 once again, while Gemili held on for second place in 10.10 to take his first senior medal at a major Championship, with Nickel Ashmeade taking bronze a further two hundredths behind.

"I would say it was a bad start, but the rest was okay," said Bailey-Cole afterwards.

"I didn't feel any pressure; I just came out to execute my race.

"I listened to my coach who said, even if I don't get a good start, hold my composure and drive right through."

Blessing Okagbare won gold for Nigeria in the women's 100m final ©Getty Images



Six years after winning a long jump bronze medal at Beijing 2008, Okagbare, meanwhile, continued her impressive juggling act between the jumps and the sprints by dominating the women's competition.

In the final, the Nigerian powered away from a top-class field and never looked back, winning in a speedy 10.85 ahead of Jamaican duo Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart, who both ran outside the 11-second barrier.

For Campbell-Brown, the result continued her return after her 10-month drug ban after testing positive was controversially overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

But while this race proved bittersweet the evening as a whole proved a triumph for Jamaica, who had not won a single medal at these Games before today.

That duck was broken, not by one of the sprinters, but by shot putter O'Dayne Richards who won the shot put with a best mark of 20.94m, ahead of Tom Walsh of New Zealand and Tim Nedow of Canada.

One of the loudest cheers of the night came courtesy of Scottish Para-sprinter Libby Clegg, who sped to victory in the T11/12 100m with a season's best time of 12.20.

Libby Clegg's victory provided one of the loudest cheers of the night ©Getty Images



The 24-year-old, who is registered blind after being born with a condition that gives her only the slightest peripheral vision in her left eye, ran with guide Mikail Huggins, finally won a gold to follow the minor medals she won at Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

There was a 1-2 finish for South African pairing of Fanie van der Merwe and Charl du Toit. in the other Paralympic event on the programme, the men's T37 100m, while the beautifully named Sultana Frizell.dominated the women's hammer competition to win gold with all five of the competition's throws over 70 metres.

The Canadian's best mark was a Games record throw of 71.97m

And there is the prospect of more Canadian gold tomorrow as Damian Warner holds a comfortable lead at the halfway stage of the decathlon with 4,378 points after five of the ten events.

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