Inspirational Kwakye raises the bar as Baddeley noses into 1500m final

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Kwakye became the first British woman to reach the 100 metres final in 24 years on Sunday, and then ran the fastest time of her life to finish sixth as a Jamaican trio made a clean sweep of the medals.

Raising her game: Kwakye (centre) - the sole European athlete in the 100m final - finished sixth with a personal best of 11.14 seconds

Kwakye has had a fine year, rising from the ranks of the relay squad to win a silver medal at the world indoor championships last March. She then ran a career best to make the Olympic team as national champion, improved that to 11.19 in the semi-finals on Sunday and to 11.14 in the final.

Rejoice: Kwakye celebrates the run of her life

Shelly-Ann Fraser, 21, won the gold, from team-mates Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. No prizes for guessing which country's team is favourite to win the sprint relay.

Make it a double: Shelly-Ann Fraser follows up Usain Bolt's gold in the 100m for sprint kings Jamiaca

Another Briton enjoying his best year is metric miler Andy Baddeley, a winner of the Dream Mile in Oslo in June.

He drew the short straw of a heat with the world champion Bernard Lagat and world silver medallist Rashid Ramzi, of Bahrain, but qualified for Monday's final in a mass finish which almost sank Lagat.

Seven finished within seven-tenths of a second of each other, with only five certain to qualify. Baddeley was one of those, just 0.36sec behind Ramzi, but Lagat was sixth.

Diving in: Baddeley (wearing 1786) claims a place in the 1500m final

He qualified as the slowest of the two fastest losers who will run in the final.

'That heat was stacked. When I saw the draw, I couldn't believe it. It was like a final.

But I'm in the Olympic final and that's one dream out of the way,' said Baddeley, 26, a graduate of Cambridge in aeronautical engineering.

'I'm in the final but so are eleven other guys and it's wide open this year. Anyone can take it. So Olympic final, here we go.'

No surprises in the men's 10,000. World champion Kenenisa Bikele successfully defending his Olympic title, improving his 2004 Olympic record by four second sto 27min 1.17sec.