Team England's Nick Miller has broken the Commonwealth Games record en route to winning the gold medal in the hammer throw on the Gold Coast this afternoon.

The 24-year-old produced a mammoth fourth throw of 80.26m to top the podium at Carrara Stadium, becoming the first person in Commonwealth history to have broken the 80-metre mark.

The previous Games record of 77.53m had stood since 2006, but Miller would have also broken that with his fifth throw during a dominant display on the opening day of athletics action.

Miller - whose mark is also a new national record - finished comfortably clear of Australia's Matty Denny and Scotland's Mark Dry, who picked up silver and bronze respectively.

Denny's best throw was measured at 74.88m - a personal best - whereas Dry produced a season's best of 73.12m to win bronze for the second consecutive Games.

England's Taylor Campbell finished in fifth place, meanwhile, producing a best throw of 72.03m.