The 20-year-old left his rivals trailing to cross the line 0.57secs clear of defending champion Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago, with South Africa's Zakithi Nene taking bronze.

Ogazi, a teenage Olympic finalist from Paris 2024 and already the fourth-fastest runner of all time over the distance, arrived in Glasgow as a rising superstar but he was still to capture a senior international title.

He made light of the burden of expectation on him.

“I wouldn't say I had extra pressure on me," Ogazi (pictured centre) said. "It was just a bit of weight on my back to carry. 

“I didn't want to come out here and disappoint. I just had to go out there and do my thing.

“I was confident. I came here prepared. I've trained for this and for conditions like this.

“The first 100 was a little bit sluggish, but I knew I had a lot inside me. I just stayed controlled, kept it easy and kept going.”

When asked what his ambitions were, Ogazi didn't hold back: “Maybe an Olympic gold, a world championship gold, become the greatest athlete ever. That's what I'm working towards.” 

Blaine Wiley, Ogazi's former coach at the University of Alabama in the United States who was watching on, agreed.

“Samuel is a remarkable athlete,” Wiley said.

“He made the Olympic final as an 18-year-old and has grown as an athlete and matured every year from a boy into a man.

“For him to do what he is doing is amazing. He is very special and I am very fortunate to coach him and watch him.

“There are a lot of great athletes out there but I believe the sky is the limit for Samuel.”

Clean sweep

Elsewhere, Australia's Matt Denny retained his Commonwealth Men’s Discus Throw title, landing 67.73 metres to become the first man in 68 years to win back-to-back titles in the event.

And Denny was thrilled to be joined on his lap of honour by his eight-month-old son, Roman.

“He's obviously not going to remember it, but I definitely will when I'm old and grey,” Denny said.

“Usually I'm away by myself a lot, and it's been nice this year that my wife has been able to take some time off work and travel together and I've been able to bring Roman on the road with me.

“Here especially, you don't look anywhere else in the stands other than at them (loved ones). It was nice to be able to share the moment today with him.”

Denny's teammate Jemima Montag led an Australian clean sweep of podium places in the Women’s 10,000m Race Walk ahead of Elizabeth McMillen and Rebecca Henderson.

And there was a third Australian gold of the morning session courtesy of Rhiannon Clarke in the Women’s T38 200m.

Jordan Scott, who finished fifth at Birmingham 2022, became the first Jamaican man to win a Commonwealth Games Triple Jump medal when he clinched gold with a wind-assisted 16.72 metres.

“For a country with such a rich history in track and field, it's amazing to be able to call myself the first Commonwealth Games medallist,” Scott said.

"In Birmingham I was a lot better than I competed, so coming back here, I came in at the top of the field and I knew what it would take to get it done.

“I just went out there, competed to the best of my ability and came home with the gold."