By Alastair Moffitt, PA Sport

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Ashia Hansen and Kelly Holmes put personal torment behind them to inspire England to a flood of Commonwealth Games gold medals as the track and field action came to a thrilling close at the City of Manchester Stadium.

The hosts won 10 gold medals on Wednesday - part of a 22-medal haul - to bring track and field action at the 2002 Games to a close with a wave of English celebration.

And they were inspired by superb displays from Hansen and Holmes.

Hansen saved her best for last with the biggest jump in the world this year to set a new Games record and claim gold with her final leap of the triple jump competition.

Cameroon's Francoise Mbango snatched the lead with her final leap but Hansen produced a stunning jump of 14.86 metres to prize the title from her grasp.

Kelly Holmes regained the title she first won eight years ago in Victoria with a stunning run to take gold for England in the 1500m. Hayley Tullett won silver for Wales and Helen Pattinson bronze for England.

Another gold followed for the hosts as England's 4x100m relay team beat their Jamaican counterparts by the tiniest of margins.

Marlon Devonish, Jason Gardener, Allyn Condon and Darren Campbell were eventually adjudged to have come home marginally ahead to give England another gold.

It was turning into a golden night for England's track stars as Mike East produced the performance of his life to win the men's 1500m.

Veteran Steve Backley kept the English winning streak going with a win in the javelin - his third Commonwealth title - as team-mate Nick Neiland won bronze for England.

There was another nailbiting relay finish in the men's 4x400m, with England's quartet of Jared Deacon, Sean Baldock, Chris Rawlinson and Daniel Caines just holding off a spirited late charge by Wales.

The host nation took gold by a hair's breadth from the Welsh team of Tim Benjamin, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Matt Elias, to bring the 2002 Commonwealth Games track events to a close on an emphatic high for England.

England continued to clock up the medals on the track with Joice Maduaka, Shani Anderson, Vernicha James and Abiodun Oyepitan taking bronze in 4x100m relay.

Their 4x400m counterparts - Helen Frost, Helen Karagounis, Melanie Purkiss and Lisa Miller - went even better after favourites Jamaica ruined their bid, taking the silver.

Carl Myerscough produced a superb throw to take bronze for England in the shot put.

After breaking the world record on Tuesday, England's Zoe Baker continued to dominate the 50m breast-stroke and was a clear winner in 30.60 seconds.

Alison Sheppard won Scotland's first medal of the day with bronze in the women's 50m butterfly.

On the judo mat Graeme Randall won gold for Scotland in the men's under-81kg, beating England's Thomas Cousins into silver.

On a productive day for England, Winston Gordon won the final gold of the evening by beating Keith Morgan of Canada in the under-90kg final.

England also got in on the gold medal-winning act with Karen Roberts winning gold in the under-63kg, beating Scot Sarah Clark into silver.

Claire Scourfield won bronze for Wales in the women's under-63kg.

Lee McGrorty won a bronze medal for Scotland in the men's under-73kg with victory over Welshman Craig Ewers.

Fellow Scot Steven Vidler matched that achievement in the under-90kg but countryman Jennie Brien went one better with silver in the under-57kg class.

England's Sophie Cox also notched a bronze, in the women's under-57kg.

At the Manchester velodrome, Bradley Wiggins claimed a silver medal in the 4,000m individual pursuit, with English team-mate Paul Manning picking up bronze.

Peter Nicol's dream of Commonwealth Games gold was ended by Canada's Jonathon Power. Nicol had to make do with silver after losing 9-4 4-9 9-3 9-0 in last night's final.

Earlier in the day, Michaela Breeze doubled Wales' gold medal tally with victory in the weightlifting, securing a hat-trick of medals in the process.

Breeze won the women's 58kg snatch competition and followed that up with silver in the 58kg clean and jerk, earning her an overall silver medal.

Stewart Cruikshank also enjoyed weightlifting success with a bronze in the 69kg final.

England's Mick Gault staged a grandstand finish to win a magnificent seventh Games gold medal.

Gault, champion in Kuala Lumpur where he won four gold medals in 1998, successfully defended the 10m air pistol title.

In bowls, John Ottaway, Simon Skelton, Robert Newman and David Holt followed in the footsteps of the victorious women's fours with gold yesterday afternoon.

The quartet produced a magnificent performance to brush aside South Africa's Duanne Abrahams, Theuns Fraser, Kevin Campbell and Neil Burkett 22-8.

Northern Ireland - Jim Baker, Michael Nutt, Neil Booth and Noel Graham - and Wales - David Wilkins, Jason Greenslade, Richard Bowen and Ian Slade - claimed bronze medals.

Paul Smith clinched England's fifth boxing medal by outpointing Ghana's Thomas Awimbono and claiming at least a bronze in the light-middleweight division.

England's men set a new Commonwealth record on their way to guaranteeing at least a silver in the 4,000m team pursuit cycling.

The quartet - Steve Cummings, Paul Manning, Chris Newton and Bryan Steel - knocked more than eight seconds off the previous best, but Australia immediately bettered it to earn their place in the final.