17. März 2006  
Melbourne / Australia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Commonwealth Gold for Australian Women s Team

Hollie DYKES (AUS)
- best of all-around

Strong performances on the beam and the vault helped the Australian gymnasts secure the Women's Team gold medal ahead of England and Canada.
The Australians scored 172.600 points to win by 8.250 points from England, which was without its injured captain, Beth Tweddle.
Australian captain, Monette Russo, competed with an ankle injury, but produced a particularly strong routine.
The Australian team included Hollie Dykes in her first senior international competition performance, with the best score of 58,550.
'I think it's very exciting especially for my first comp, ' she said afterwards.
'It was really exciting, it just lifted me.'
Canada won the bronze medal with 162.550 points....
Commonwealth Games 2006, MELBOURNE, AUS
- Friday, March 17, Melbourne/AUS -

WOMEN's Team Competition
1. Australia 172,600
2. Great Britain 164,350
3. Canada 162,550

 4. Wales 158,750
5. Scottland 156,450
6. Republic of South Africa 155,000
7. New Zealand 151,500
8. Malaysia 141,950
9. Bermuda 134,950
10. India 129,400
>> Women's detailed TEAM Results

Canadian Men's Team

Gold for Canadian Men's Team
Thursday, 16-Mar-2006
Canada broke a 12-year gold-medal drought in men's team artistic gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday in Melbourne, beating Australia and defending champion England in the final.
<< Canada - with Kyle Shewfelt, Adam Wong, Nathan Gafuik and Grant Golding, all of Calgary, and David Kikuchi of Halifax - won the event with a total of 269.750 points, followed by Australia (268.850) and England (260.000)....
It was Canada's first men's team gold medal since a home victory in 1994 in Victoria. The Canadians also won Commonwealth Games gold in 1978 and 1990.
Kyle Shewfelt (23), scored a competition-high 16.600 on vault, performing his trademark Yurchenko layout 2 1-2, and a Tsukahara layout double-twist. The 2004 Athens Olympic champion also registered the best score on the floor.
The Australians got off to a bad start with their two most-experienced competitors, Philippe Rizzo and Damian Istria, falling from the high bar and on their floor routines...

MEN's Team Competition
1. Canada 269.750
2. Australia 268.850
3. England 260.000

4. Scotland 254.450
5. Malaysia 253.350
6. South Africa 245.000
7. New Zealand 239.700
8. Sri Lanka 213.400