By Ian Gordon, PA Sport

England's long jump hope Chris Tomlinson soared into the final at the Commonwealth Games in the City of Manchester Stadium on Tuesday morning.

The 20-year-old from Middlesbrough produced a massive jump of 7.97 metres with his second attempt in qualifying to reach Tuesday night's medal decider.

Tomlinson is one of the favourites for gold after breaking Lynn Davies' 34-year-old British record in Florida last April when he jumped 8.27m.

Tomlinson was joined in the final by Jamaica's 1996 Olympic silver medallist James Beckford who registered 7.91m - the automatic qualifying mark is 7.90m - with his first jump.

Nigeria's Adekunle Adesoji then broke the first world record of the Games in the 100m for Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD).

Adesoji clocked 10.83secs - his previous best was 12.00 - to slice 0.17secs off the record set by Soviet Alexander Mokhhir in Gothenburg 16 years ago.

Welsh hope Neville Bonfield was second in 12.23secs.

Tomlinson said he might have broken the record with his first effort only for it to ruled a foul as his toes just touched the plasticine.

"It was a big jump so I knew I was in reasonable shape," said Tomlinson, who took a break after being beaten by Scotland's Darren Ritchie in the European trials earlier this month.

"But you get worried that you are going to foul out so I knew I had to do a safe jump.

"I took a couple of weeks off after the European trials becuase it's been an intense year with lots of competition. I needed to chill out and unfocus and I was getting a bit down.

"I just needed time to relax. It is down to me now. I will start from scratch and see what happens. I don't want to say I am confident or not."

Tomlinson, who trains with triple jump gold medallist Jonathan Edwards, added: "The crowd was brilliant and the atmosphere was unbelievable even just for qualifying.

"I have got lots of family and friends coming down. I am only 20-years-old and any 20-year-old would want to be on that runway.

"I don't feel any pressure trying to match Jonathan's gold. All I want to do now is get back to the village, relax and come out prepared for tonight. The final will be a totally different competition."

Ritchie and England's Nathan Morgan also qualified for the final with jumps of 7.77m.

England's Carl Myerscough, who successfully appealed for a place in the team after serving a drugs ban, qualified for tomorrow's final of the shot put with a throw of 18.36m.

The Blackpool thrower will be joined by team-mates Emeka Udechuku (17.92m) and Mark Proctor (17.61m) while Welshman Lee Newman also qualified with a throw of 16.69m.

England's men successfully came through their semi-final of the 4x100m relay which has proved a nightmare for Britain's sprinters in the past including last year's World Championships and the 2000 Olympics.

The quartet of Jason Gardener, 200m silver medallist Marlon Devonish, Allyn Condon and Darren Campbell, who won bronze in the 200m last night, finished second in 39.06 secs to Nigeria who won in 38.95.

The quartet is likely to stay the same for tomorrow's final with Mark Lewis-Francis and Dwain Chambers both injured following their tribulations in the 100m.

Gardener said: ``I think we are all relaxed. The 200 guys are coming down off a high.

``We are all very experienced in terms of running and have no newcomers in terms of major championships. There is lots of experience so we are looking forward to it.''

The Welsh quartet of Kevin Williams, Doug Turner, Jamie Henthorn and Christian Malcolm reached the final as fastest losers when finishing fourth in 39.62 in their semi.