Gold medals were won and records broken as the next generation of sporting stars provided a string of sensational performances on day two of the 2016 School Games in Loughborough.

After Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallists Max Whitlock and Alex Danson officially launched the 11th edition of the School Games at Thursday evening’s spectacular opening ceremony, athletics took centre stage on Friday at the Paula Radcliffe Athletic Stadium.

Bayley Campbell won more than just gold in the boys’ hammer – he also has bragging rights over older brother Taylor.

Campbell, 16, beat his brother’s distance of four years earlier by clearing 68.99m with his sixth and final throw.

Taylor presented medals later in the day, but nothing could eclipse his younger sibling’s success.

“Taylor won in 2012 with 65m so I threw further than him,” said Bayley. “He’s here today and he knows I’ve beaten him – I won’t let him live that down!”

Kaie Chambers-Brown won the boys’ 100m in 10.94 seconds in the morning session before clinching double gold later in the day by helping the Midlands’ 4x100m team finish ahead of the South East and North West.

For the girls, Olivia Okoli took gold in the 100m in a time of 11.95 before helping the South East team to 4x100m glory, ahead of the South West and Midlands teams.

In the combined ambulant 200m George Fox made amends for narrowly missing out on representing Paralympics GB at the upcoming Paralympic Games in Rio by clinching gold with a PB of 25.87. Abbie McNally was the winner for the girls in a time of 32.42.

Rio 2016 hammer bronze medallist Sophie Hitchon was also on site to check out the high-class action and took part in a Q&A with some of the young competitors.

Away from the Loughborough University campus, this year’s cycling competition began under heavy rain at Prestwold Driving Centre.

First up East Midlands claimed the girls’ team time trial before their neighbours West Midlands came home first in the boys’ event while Alice Heyden and Emma Pitt claimed the para-cycling tandem crown and Mathew Robertson the solo honour.

Team time trial winner Jessica Woodworth said: “I was really pleased with our performance. We actually thought we had finished second so it was a lovely surprise when we found out we had won.”

The afternoon was met with sunshine and saw the unusual team relay criterium take place, which involves the cyclists putting on a rain coat, picking up a bottle from the side of the outdoor track while riding as quickly as possible as well as stopping to change their back wheel.

Eastern England and Ulster won the girls’ and boys’ races respectively, as North West England led Wales and West Midlands in the cycling team rankings after day one.

Back on Loughborough University campus, the first judo medals were awarded as England’s Harvey Williams triumphed in the boys’ +81kg category and Scotland’s Laura Hewitt beat Wales’ Jasmine Hacker-Jones in the girls’ -52kg final.

But perhaps the performance of the day at New Victory Hall came from 14-year-old Tatum Keen as she overcame all before her, including England team-mate Sian Bobrowska in the final, to take girls’ -48kg gold – admitting she surprised even herself.

“It feels really good to have won gold and it’s quite overwhelming,” said Keen. “I didn’t really have any expectations coming in. I was just trying to do my best because I hadn’t fought a lot of these girls before.”

Olympic champion Danson was at the hockey pitches as Ulster boys, England Red girls and Wales girls all recorded pool-stage victories and England South East started the rugby sevens competition with a thumping 43-5 victory over Scotland.

At the National Cricket Performance Centre, the fencing poules were completed while wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball and table tennis all got underway and the volleyball continued apace – England Cadet topping the pile in both the boys’ and girls’ competition.

Saturday will be busiest day of action yet with 11 sports set to be contested and medals up for grabs in six of them.

Gymnastics and swimming will make their first appearance of this year’s Games – with the latter taking place at Ponds Forge in Sheffield – while medals are also on offer in the cycling, fencing, judo and table tennis.

The 2016 School Games is supported by a range of partners including the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Sport England, Youth Sport Trust, Department of Health and British Paralympic Association. The Games take place in Loughborough from 1-4 September 2016. Visit www.2016schoolgames.com for more information.