Gold Coast: Aisha Praught took a shock steeplechase gold and Shericka Jackson ran a personal best to qualify for the 200 metres final ahead of Elaine Thompson as Jamaica's women outshone the men on the Commonwealth Games track on Wednesday.

Jamaican hopes of at least one sprint medal after the island nation missed out on both 100m golds were boosted when Jackson earlier steamed around the track in 22.28 seconds to hold off England's Dina Asher-Smith.

In Olympic champion Miller-Uibo's absence from the one-lap final, Botswana's Amantle Montsho produced a blistering finish down the final straight to overhaul Kenyan and Jamaican rivals and win a second Commonwealth 400m gold in 50.15.

Rio Olympic silver medallist Luvo Manyonga gave South Africa a third athletics gold of the Games by winning the long jump with a leap of 8.41 metres but otherwise the success in the field belonged entirely to the host nation.

Meanwhile, India continued their search for a medal in athletics with high jumper Tejaswin Shankar and quarter-miler Hima Das both finishing sixth in their respective events here on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old national record holder Tejaswin could not clear 2.27m in three attempts to be out of contention for a podium finish. Tejaswin started with 2.18m which he cleared in his second attempt and sailed the 2.21m-high bar comfortably. He then cleared 2.24m in his first attempt but stuck at 2.27m.

In women's 400m final, Hima ran yet another personal best of 51.32 seconds but that was enough for a sixth place finish. The 18-year-old Indian had clocked 51.53 seconds, her personal best before Wednesday, in the semi-finals.<> Hima clocked the same time as fifth place Maximila Imali of Kenya but the Indian had to settle at sixth place in a photo finishAgencies