Keely Hodgkinson focused a golden finale to her season after being crushed on the Commonwealth Games – as Jake Wightman and Zharnel Hughes additionally missed out on high spot.
The 20-year-old might solely take silver within the 800 metres as Kenya’s Mary Moraa upset the favorite to assert victory.
The Kenyan completed third behind Hodgkinson when the Briton additionally took silver on the World Championships final month.
Scotland’s Laura Muir clinched bronze as Moraa shocked the Alexander Stadium.
England’s Keely Hodgkinson indicators to the gang (Martin Rickett/PA)
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Hodgkinson ran one minute 57.40 seconds however couldn’t maintain off Moraa – who retook the lead on the house straight – and is now eyeing a giant end at this month’s European Championships in Munich.
“I’m definitely determined to win a gold, three more warm-ups and cool-downs to do and the season is almost finished,” she stated.
“I really wanted the gold, worlds was definitely the hardest and I thought I was going to win today but I guess it wasn’t meant to be.
“Mary went off quite hard and there was a bit of argy-bargy in the corner so I needed to keep my position. I don’t really know what Mary was doing, to be honest. I was focusing on myself.
“It happens I guess. I think we had quite similar strengths in the last 200m and my plan was to be ahead of her and hopefully she wouldn’t catch me. I’m pretty gutted.”
Moraa, who gained in a single minute 57.07 seconds, admitted she went off too shortly and virtually gave up on a medal.
“My plan was to go through quite fast in 57 or 58 seconds but after 300m I realised I was going too fast as I was running at 56-second pace,” she stated.
“I lost hope because everyone went past me. I was last. But when I got to 200m I started to close the gap and with 120m to go I was counting 1-2-3-4 and I started to think I could win a medal.”
Laura Muir celebrates profitable bronze (Tim Goode/PA)
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Muir took her first Commonwealth Games medal and can be within the 1500m remaining on Sunday.
She stated: “My coach told me to go out hard, and I thought I did – but I was still miles off it. These girls are fast. I was in fourth with 100 to go and I thought, ‘no way, no way’. I was so determined, doing the double, that I was not going to waste running the 800 and not getting a medal.”
Later, Hughes once more missed out on Commonwealth Games gold after ending second within the 200m.
European champion Hughes clocked 20.12 seconds within the remaining on the Alexander Stadium on Saturday evening however completed behind reigning champion Jereem Richards.
The Trinidad and Tobago star ran a Games document of 19.80 secs. It comes after Hughes was disqualified after profitable the 200m on the Gold Coast in 2018 – for impeding Richards.
Hughes stated: “It feels amazing, I’m grateful to God and to everyone who came out and supported me. Being in lane four I knew I had to set myself up nicely, I didn’t want to blast the bend.
“Once I got to the straight I tried to maintain momentum. I haven’t done many 200m this season so to come out with a performance like that, I’m very pleased.”
Adam Hague took silver and Harry Coppel bronze within the pole vault.
Earlier, world champion Wightman admits he did “as good as I could have” as his hopes of a surprising summer time hat-trick ended after coming third within the 1500m.
Jake Wightman was proud of a bronze medal (Martin Rickett/PA)
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The 28-year-old Scot took bronze behind Australia’s Oliver Hoare and Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot after being handed on the house straight.
He hoped to proceed his distinctive treble quest – after July’s World Championships victory – however should now refocus for the 800m on the European Championships.
“That was as good as I could have done,” stated Wightman, who ran 3:30.53.
“I didn’t want to be a pedestrian and be running for minor medals. I wanted to make a statement but I didn’t feel anywhere near as good as I did a couple of weeks ago.”
Nick Miller in motion throughout the hammer throw (Martin Rickett/PA)
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England’s Nick Miller gained gold within the hammer with a throw of 78.43m to defend his 2018 title.
England’s 4x100m relay squads each reached their respective finals whereas Alastair Chalmers gained Guernsey’s first ever observe and discipline medal, bronze within the 400m hurdles.
