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Long jump champion Fabrice Lapierre has declared he's ready to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal.

Lapierre erased any doubts over his participation in Delhi at the meet at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre on Wednesday night.

The Sydneysider had to wait till the tail end of the meet to have his jumps and

it was well after 10.00pm AEST by the time he had finished.

He didn't record a legitimate jump on his first three tries, but recorded a leap of 7.42m on his fourth leap.

He had one more try, which wasn't officially measured but felt it was a longer distance than his fourth effort.

Although feeling mentally fatigued near the end of a long season, Lapierre said his performance on Wednesday had resolved any doubts about his participation in Delhi next month.

'I had a bit of doubt because mentally I was tired, but I had a bit of a break and took it easy,' Lapierre said.

'Tonight I treated it like a bit of a training session and considering it was cold, and I had health issues, how I jumped tonight, I'm very happy with my form.

'I think I can go to the Commonwealth Games and win.'

Women's World Discus Champion Dani Samuels wrapped up her competition preparations for the Commonwealth Games by winning a three-women event with a best effort 61.90m.

Samuels recorded just two legitimate throws, but still finished ahead of America's Olympic champion Stephanie Brown-Trafton (59.48m) and New Zealand's former world champion Beatrice Faumina (59.32m).

Victorian Dale Stevenson displayed good form going into the Commonwealth Games, consolidating his status as Australia's all-time third-best men's shot putter.

Stevenson bettered his previous best of 19.7m on three occasions, twice throwing 19.90m and then a further PB of 19.99m in the final round.

Youth Olympics high hurdles champion Nicholas Hough, 16, beat older competitors to win the Mens 100m in 10.62s.

Charlotte van Veenendal (11.73s) won the Women's 100m, with Commonwealth Games 4x400m representative Tamsyn Lewis (53.50s) finishing first in the Women's 400m.