Campbell ended her wait for a gold medal on her debut at the Games as she emerged victorious in a sprint finish on the streets of the Colombian city today.

The 20-year-old had won bronze in the pursuit, omnium and scratch races in the track cycling events and finally got her hands on a Central American and Caribbean Games crown by timing her sprint for the line to perfection.

Campbell's winning time was 2 hours 31min 47sec as she edged Yudelmis Dominguez of Cuba and Lizbeth Salazar of Mexico, silver and bronze medallists respectively.

"Today's victory was an emotional one," Campbell wrote on her Facebook page. 

"I'm really thankful to be surrounded by supportive, positive and hardworking individuals. 

"Honestly I'm not quite sure how I would of gotten through the day without them."

Elsewhere at the event in Barranquilla, Jose Quintero Heredia defeated compatriot Eliecer Romero Parra 15-12 in an all-Venezuelan gold medal match in the men's sabre fencing competition.

In the women's épée, Seily Mendoza of Cuba ousted Jamaican opponent Caitlin Chang 15-10 to take gold.

Maria Mata Cocco led a Mexican one-two in the women's 10 kilometres open water swimming final, clocking a time of 2:08:41.0 to claim a comfortable triumph over team-mate Martha Sandoval Ayala.

There was disappointment for Mexico in the women's hockey final as they were beaten 1-0 by Cuba.

Trinidad and Tobago, twice gold medallists in the event, clinched bronze with a 2-0 win over Barbados.

Mexico remain in top spot on the medals table with 86 golds in a total haul of 210.

Hosts Colombia are second with 46 golds and Cuba are third with 38 golds.

The event continues tomorrow.