By Steve Cram BBC Sport

Holmes on target in Glasgow

I think there were a couple of big performances at the Norwich Union International on Saturday - those by Kelly Holmes and Jason Gardener.

It was nothing spectacular from Kelly from a world performance point of view, but it didn't need to be.

The most important thing on her return to the track was that she looked fit and in good nick.

And when she put her foot down, she had plenty of pace.

Kelly says she missed a month of training but that's very hard to believe on this evidence.

It's true her opposition in the 1500 metres was not special, and had Holmes lost it would have been a big disappointment.

But her margin of victory was huge.

Kelly's choice of the 1500m for the Olympics is an interesting one though and I wouldn't be surprised if she switched back to the 800m.

That said, her training partner Mutola also had an impressive run-out in Glasgow at that shorter distance.

The Mozambique athlete looked so comfortable and powerful that I find it hard to see anyone beating her this year.

Gardener stole the show

The other star of the show, from a British perspective, was Gardener.

Glasgow is not the quickest of tracks, so his 60m time of 6.54 seconds - the fastest in the world this year - was brilliant.

He beat American Tim Harden, who was top of the world rankings, and the win will have bred early-season confidence.

Gardener won't have to go much quicker to win a medal at the world indoors - and his coach pretty much hung the gold medal around his neck in his post-race interview.

Other glowing displays came from 400m runner Helen Karagounis, who continues to improve, and Abi Oyepitan, who won at 60m - not her best distance.

And you can't take your eyes off the women's pole vault.

Glasgow will have shown Du'aine Ladejo just how far he has to go

Yelena Isinbayeva and Svetlana Feofanova both launched an assault on the indoor record, before Isinbayeva prevailed at 4.76, just short of the world mark.

It is surely only a matter of time before the record goes again and it may happen at Birmingham next month.

Finally, the meet will have given men's 400m runner Du'aine Ladejo plenty to think about.

Without trying to be harsh, he looked in Superstars shape.

He is a big talent, but at 33, he's had a long spell out of athletics, so it is a big ask trying to get competitive again.

Glasgow will have shown him just how far he has to go.