Pictured: Rebecca Downie

All results via Glasgow 2014

Men’s Floor:

The first event of the day was the men’s floor exercise, where Max Whitlock (ENG) continued his gold rush with another individual title. Joining him on the podium were Scott Morgan (CAN) in silver and David Bishop (NZL) in bronze.
 

Whitlock, who was crowned the all-around champion on Wednesday, came into the final with the top qualifying score and again performed beautifully, earning a 15.533 and claiming the gold by a solid 0.4 margin. Meanwhile Morgan, who had the fourth highest qualifying score to the final, opened with a laid out full-in, then impressed with a double layout to 1¼ punch front and a nearly stuck tucked full-in dismount for a 15.133 and the silver medal. Bishop, the sixth-place qualifier to the event, led off the competition. He took a large side step on his last pass, a whip to 2.5 twist, but was clean otherwise and scored a 14.55. He had to wait as all seven other athletes performed, but his score held up well and earned him the bronze medal. This is only the second time that New Zealand man has medaled in a Commonwealth Games.
 

Daniel Keatings (SCO) moved quickly through his routine, stepping out of bounds and scoring a 14.533 for fourth place. Clinton Purnell (WAL) was fifth with a 14.366. Ashish Kumar (IND), the 2010 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist on floor, stepped out of bounds on his first pass and managed a 13.800 for sixth. Wah Toon Hoe (SIN) was seventh with a 13.733. Kristian Thomas (ENG), who replaced injured Sam Oldham in the final, opened with a whip to huge piked double Arabian but was off on his front handspring double twist and failed to make the full rotation, rolling out of the skill but fortunately unharmed. He finished eighth with a 13.366.


 

Women’s Vault:

England’s domination continued on women’s vault, where Claudia Fragapane (ENG) added another gold to her collection. Canada’s Elllie Black took home the silver, while India’s Dipa Karmakar made history by earning bronze. She is the first Indian woman to medal in artistic gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games.
 

Fragapane, the newly crowned all-around champion and the last competitor of the day on vault, had some minor form breaks on both vaults, a DTY and a Yurchenko ½ on, layout ½ off. However, she still managed to earn a 14.633 to claim another gold medal. Black, a 2012 Olympic vault finalist, nearly stuck her first vault of a front handspring layout ½. She followed up with a stuck Tsuk 1.5 twist to earn a 14.433 average and claim the silver medal. Karmakar stepped out of bounds on her Tusk full, but her second vault, a front handspring double front (D-score of  7.0), was performed well and earned her the historic bronze medal with a 14.366 average.
 

Maegan Chant (CAN) the 2014 Pac Rims vault bronze medalist, earned a 14.233 for fourth place. Kelly Simm (ENG) suffered several form breaks and a low landing on her DTY. However, her second vault, a Yurchenko ½ on, front tuck ½ off, was enough to earn her a 14.199 and fifth place. Kirsten Beckett (RSA) averaged a 14.166 and finished in sixth place. Georgia Rose Brown (AUS) finished seventh with a 13.833, and Emma White (SCO) rounded out the field with a 13.550.


 

Men’s Pommel Horse:

Scotland earned its first gold medal of the week as Daniel Keatings performed the routine of a lifetime and narrowly edged out Max Whitlock for the gold. Louis Smith (ENG) took home the bronze.
 

After a disappointing fourth place finish on floor, Keatings impressed with multiple Triple Russians and a stuck landing to score a huge 16.058, beating his qualifying score by 1.525 and eliciting deafening cheers from the home crowd. Whitlock, the top qualifier and favorite to win the event, performed last. He faltered a bit when one of his hands slipped off on a pirouetting handstand. However, he was able to save the skill and finish the routine cleanly to score a 15.966 and claim silver just behind Keatings. Smith, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist on pommel horse, performed a solid routine but struggled to reach handstand and complete the pirouettes on the dismount. Nevertheless, his score of 14.966 was good enough for bronze.

Jac Davies (WAL) scored a 14.800 for fourth. Daniel Purvis missed part of the pirouette on his dismount, dropping the difficulty from an E to D skill, but he still managed a score of 14.516 to finish in fifth place. Zi Jie Gabriel Gan (SIN) was sixth with a 14.266. Anderson Loran (CAN) performed first and went clean to earn a 13.600 and finish seventh. Clinton Purnell rounded out the field with a 12.966.


 

Women’s Uneven Bars:

Rebecca Downie (ENG), the 2014 European uneven bars champion and top qualifier to the event final, added to her accolades today as she claimed gold with a score of 14.666. Larrissa Miller (AUS) performed a clean routine with excellent form to better her qualifying score by 0.133 and claim silver (with a score of 14.566). Harrold, the sixth-place qualifier to the final, was the last gymnast to perform. She had a slight form break on her stoop shoot but finished the routine well and scored a 14.366 for the bronze medal.
 

There was a significant gap in the scores between the three medalists and the rest of the field. Ellie Black was fourth with a 13.700, while Georgia-Rose Brown placed fifth with a 13.566. Brown displayed good body lines and excellent form but was unable to match her third-place qualifying score of 14.083. Kirsten Beckett finished sixth with a 12.933, while Lizzie Beddoe was seventh with an 11.633. Raer Theaker (WAL) struggled right from the beginning of her routine when she was unable to make it over on her Weiler kips and suffered a fall. Her confidence seemed shaken, and after she experienced a second fall during a free hip on the high bar, she chose to end her routine early. She finished in eighth place with an 8.333.


 

Men’s Rings:

In the last final of the day, Canada earned its first gold medal of the Games as Scott Morgan scored a 15.100 to top the podium. Morgan was the top qualifier to the finals and the favorite to win the event. His teammate, Kevin Lytwyn, qualified with the second-highest score and claimed silver with a 14.800, while Daniel Purvis thrilled Scottish fans as he took home the bronze medal with a 14.766.
 

Finishing just out of the medals was Naoya Tsukahara (AUS), who beat his qualifying score by nearly 0.4 and earned a 14.700 for fourth place. Max Whitlock, competing in his third final of the day, narrowly missed out on a fifth medal as he scored a 14.566 and finished fifth. Clinton Purnell finished sixth with a 14.533, while Nile Wilson (ENG), who replaced Oldham in the finals, ended up seventh with a 14.466. Rounding out the field was Matthew Palmer (NZL) with a 14.166.


 

Related:

Whitlock Golden in All-Around

Field Set for First Five Event Finals

Field Set for Remaining Event Finals