England’s Andy Pozzi and Sophie Hitchon suffered nightmare nights at the Commonwealth Games.

New world indoor 60m hurdles champion Pozzi came sixth in the final at the Gold Coast’s Carrara Stadium on Tuesday after an error-strewn run.

Hitchon, who won Olympic bronze in 2016, then failed to register a throw to finish last in the hammer.

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England’s Andrew Pozzi trailed in the 110m hurdle final to eventually come sixth. (Martin Rickett/PA)

Pozzi clattered the first two hurdles and never recovered as Ronald Levy took gold ahead of Jamaican team-mate Hansle Parchment and Australia’s Nick Hough.

The 25-year-old was left annoyed with himself for his mistakes.

“It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to see I should have been fighting for the medals,” said Pozzi, who qualified fastest but could only clock 13.53 seconds in the final.

“The standard is very good but that being said I was in good enough shape to win a medal.

“These opportunities don’t come up often so I have to wait another four years. I just wasn’t good enough.

“You look at it at face value. I hit too many hurdles. Right from the start I hit hurdle one, which is a stupid thing to do.”

England’s Hitchon then hit the net with her three attempts in the hammer to fail to record a score, the latest big name for England to struggle.

She said: “It’s part of the sport. I was utterly devastated after the world final last year but I told myself after London that I wasn’t going to cry.

“No one in 2014 thought I was going to win a medal in Rio, so two years out from Tokyo, I’ll be ready for it. ”

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South Africa’s Caster Semenya wins the women’s 1500m at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. (Martin Rickett/PA)

Later, Caster Semenya destroyed the field to take the women’s 1500m title. The South African made her move with 300m to go and won in a Games record of four minutes 0.71 seconds. 

She beat Kenyan Beatrice Chepkoech by almost three seconds while Wales’ Melissa Courtney came third and Semenya will now eye the 800m.

She said: “At the moment I can’t speak about the (800m world) record, I want to enjoy the championships – I don’t want to mess up anything. It’ll be a good race, the weather is great and after this 1500m I’ll say I’m ready.”

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Botswana’s Isaac Makwala celebrates winning 400m gold at the Commonwealth Games. (Martin Rickett/PA)

Meanwhile, Botswana’s Isaac Makwala took the 400m crown in 44.35s ahead of team-mate Baboloki Thebe and Jamaica’s Javon Francis.

In the morning session, Dina Asher-Smith qualified ninth fastest for Wednesday’s 200m semi-final.

The 22-year-old ran 23.28 seconds as she slowed down with 60 metres to go to win her heat.

Finette Agyapong (23.15s) and Bianca Williams (23.20s) also progressed while Zharnel Hughes (20.34s) and Richard Kilty (21.08s) reached the men’s semi-final.

England team-mate Kyle Langford reached the 800m final with Jack Green confirming his spot in Wednesday’s 400m hurdles final.

England’s Dan Bramble also reached the long jump final with a leap of 8.02m.

Scotland’s Eilidh Doyle won her 400m hurdle heat in 54.08s to reach Thursday’s final.