Claire Gibson posted a Commonwealth Games qualifying standard in tonight's 800metre victory at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo.

Gibson bravely led throughout for a personal best time of two minutes 01.42seconds to beat the qualifying mark for next year's Games in Delhi by 0.38sec.

The Scottish champion motored through the first lap in 60.27sec to win ahead of Ingvill Bovim, of Norway, (2:02.54) and Kenya's Nelly Jepkosgei (2:07.37).

Gibson might have possibly achieved the two-minute qualifying time for next month's World Championships in Berlin had anyone managed to push her harder in the warm early-evening conditions.

The Kilbarchan Harrier will be aiming to do that at next weekend's Aviva World Trials in Birmingham, where a star-studded field is expected to produce a very fast race.