Amy going for gold after third relay silver in Commonwealth Games

The 27-year-old has already won silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay on Thursday – her third Commonwealth relay silver.

And she qualified third in her heat to seal her place in the final in 25.09s.

England team-mate Fran Halsall was first in her heat in 24.14s as she set a new Games record.

Smith is yet to win a Commonwealth Games individual medal and had made it one of her big targets for Glasgow.

"It would be great to get an individual medal. I feel I've been around and in the team for a while and it would be nice to say I'm there for individual purpose as well as relay," she said before the Games.

Smith was part of the England quartet that set a new British record of 3:35.72 minutes to claim silver in the relay, along with Halsall, Siobhan O'Connor and Becki Turner.

Elsewhere, Wolverhampton-born Jaswant Shergill finished fourth Group B in the 62kgs weightlifting in his first Commonwealth Games.

The Oldbury-trained 21-year-old lifted 110kg in the snatch and 140kg in the clean and jerk – the combined total bettering his PB, set at the recent British Championships, by 10kg.

Dad Rupinder helped Shergill, who has just finished an English degree at Coventry University, train in their garage at home in Birmingham. And Shergill revealed his delight with his performance after beating his previous person best.

He said: "I'm really happy with the numbers that I put up. As an athlete you always want that bit more and I'm very happy with how I performed. It's been a big step forward for me.

"I've been training really hard for this but it's still my first big competition as a senior.

"It has been incredible – I'm only 21 and to go to the Commonwealth Games and compete in front of this crowd is a great experience.

"It's the perfect platform to take your weightlifting further. I've got a long way to go and this is a great experience to have behind me."

But the former Handsworth Grammar School Sixth Form student had insisted before the Games he was not putting pressure on himself.

He said: "I've not been approaching it that way or with that in mind, if just been focusing on my training. I want to be in the position on the day where I can react to the situation around me."