By PA Sport Staff

Nathan Morgan kept his promise to strike gold for England in the long jump, while arch rival and favourite for the event, Chris Tomlinson, finished a disappointing sixth.

It was an unexpected result as Morgan, the 24-year-old from Leicester, won with a jump of 8.02 metres, the only man to clear eight metres on a damp night in Manchester.

When Morgan squared up to Tomlinson at the opening domestic competition of the season at Loughborough back in April, he lost out to the newly acclaimed British record holder.

But he vowed then to finish as number one in the Commonwealth Games - and sealed an impressive victory with his second of six jumps to claim the gold medal.

Tomlinson came into the event finished as the man in form, and was expected to win the title, but his best effort on a damp night was his final jump of 7.79m.

In April he broke the 34-year-old British record set by Lynn Davis - three months after he broke both of his wrists in a weight training accident.

The 20-year-old - who hails from Middlesbrough but is a member of Newham and Essex Beagles - jumped 8.27m in Tallahassee, two centimetres further than Davis' historic jump in 1968.

He led the qualifying for the final but, despite being the current European champion and ranked third in the world, he could not find the jump which would have earned him a medal in the City of Manchester Stadium, and finished halfway down the field.

Botswana claimed their first ever Commonwealth Games medal as Gable Garenamotse, who is based at the University of Wales in Cardiff, leapt a season's-best 7.91m to take the silver. Kareem Streete-Thompson of the Cayman Islands was third.

Earlier, Colin Jackson's hopes of regaining his 110 metres hurdles title were left in tatters by South Africa's Shaun Bownes.

The 35-year-old Welshman had to settle for the silver medal as he was unexpectedly beaten by Bownes with England's defending champion Tony Jarrett fourth.

Bownes won in 13.35 seconds from Jackson in 13.39secs with Jamaica's Maurice Wignall third.

Jackson was furious with himself for misjudging the first hurdle, a mistake he claimed cost him victory.

"I don't mind finishing second if I run well, but that was an atrocious run and if you make mistakes like that it is going to cost you the race," said the 35-year-old.

Jackson finished second at Edinburgh in 1986 when still a teenager but then won the title in 1990 and 1994 though he opted not to defend his Games crown in Malaysia four years ago.

The Cardiff-born runner was given dispensation by Welsh athletics to make the team for Manchester and he was desperate to complete the title hat-trick with time fast closing on his glorious career.

Jackson plans on retiring after the World Indoors in Birmingham next March but wanted to go there with the Commonwealth and European titles added to his gold medal collection.

But Jackson was too quick to the first hurdle and hit it hard with his leading leg. It cost him dear and he had to settle for second in 13.39secs with Bownes triumphing in 13.35secs on a track still damp after a torrential downpour earlier.

England's defending champion Tony Jarrett was fourth in 13.62secs behind Jamaica's Maurice Wignall (13.39).

Jackson, who will attempt to become the first Brit to win four successive European titles in Munich next week, added: "It was a clumsy start, I got way too close to the first hurdle, and I didn't adjust. I hit it too hard.

"I always say it is a 10-hurdle race and you cannot afford to run only nine of them well. I ran nine tremendous hurdles and one which cost me the race.

"I am very disappointed because I wanted all golds this year, so now I shall have to re-focus. I won't harp on about it and I won't make the same mistake at the European Championships - I can't see myself doing that twice.

"It is bizarre really that I have ended my time in the Commonwealths as I started with silver - it was the same type of weather as well.

"I have not had many chances of competing in front of 38,000 fans in Britain and I really wanted the gold medal.

"It is also my last performance in a Welsh vest and it would have been nice to come here and win for them and carry that Welsh flag around the stadium.

"But I am sure I will find a Welsh flag in Munich. This does not knock my confidence for the Europeans, just makes me more determined to win there."

Discus thrower Shelley Newman added to England's medal haul in the Games with the bronze medal.

The thrower from Selly Oak produced an effort of 58.13m to finish third behind New Zealand's Beatrice Faumuina (60.83) with India's Neelam Singh Jaswant taking silver with 58.49. Wales' Philippa Roles was fourth with 57.65m.

High jumper Susan Jones quickly added silver to England's tally as South African favourite Hestrie Cloete won with a games record of 1.96m.

Wigan-born Jones produced a jump of 1.90m to take second spot ahead of Canada's Nicole Forrester who cleared 1.87m.

Cloete's mark of 1.96 broke the record set by Australia's Alison Inverarity in 1994 by two centimetres.