Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete Steph Twell finished seventh in the women’s 1500 metres final at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Twell, who runs for Scotland, will hope to get closer to a medal in Saturday’s 5000 metres final.

Former Bohunt School, Liphook, pupil Olivia Breen secured Commonwealth gold with a new Games records on the opening day of athletics.

Guildford-born Breen sealed gold with a superb 4.86m leap on her sixth attempt. The 21-year-old runs for Wales and it was their third gold of the Games.

Breen’s gold medal was a repeat of her London 2017 victory over Australia’s Erin Cleaver in the T38 long jump.

She beat Cleaver to gold at the World Para-athletics Championships in London by 20cms and the victory was more conclusive this time with a personal best on the last round, giving her a winning margin of half a metre.

The Liphook girl, who contracted a meningitis-type illness at birth and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy aged two, overcame a hamstring tear at the end of last year as she prepared for the Commonwealth Games.