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Evans and Whitehouse secure gymnastics medals for home nations

Home nations gymnasts achieved four medals on the final day of the Commonwealth Games, including a clean sweep in the women's floor final.

  • Ruby Evans won Wales' first artistic gymnastics Commonwealth gold in the women's floor final.
  • England's Abi Martin and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah took silver and bronze respectively in the women's floor final.
  • Luke Whitehouse of England secured a silver medal in the men's vault final.

Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games concluded with a strong showing for the home nations, adding four more medals to their tally. This included a notable clean sweep of the podium in the women's floor final.

Wales' Ruby Evans, a world silver medallist, claimed her first Commonwealth gold with a score of 13.5 in the women's floor final. This victory marked Wales' first-ever artistic gymnastics Commonwealth gold. England's Abi Martin, a world bronze medallist, secured silver with 13.333, while her 17-year-old compatriot Shantae-Eve Amankwaah earned bronze with a score of 13.3 on her Games debut.

In the men's vault final, England's Luke Whitehouse took home a silver medal. He was narrowly edged out by Canada's Felix Dolci, who won gold with a score of 13.766, just 0.017 points ahead of Whitehouse.

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