09. April 2018  
Gold Cost, AUS  
Artistic Gymnastics

21st Commonwealth Games 2018

First England won the men's team competition and Canada clinched the women's title at the XXI. Commonwealth Games, which began on April 5 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Nile Wilson from Great Britain won the individual all-around title and Canada's top gymnast Elsabeth Black, competing in her second Commonwealth Games, took the all-around gold on women's side.
The artistic final events ended on Moday, April 09, with the apparatus finals ...

 

English Men’s Artistic team tops Gold Coast 2018 rankings with 11 medals!
With a total of 11 medals, the English Men's Artistic Gymnastics team matched their Glasgow 2014 result as the action concluded at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on Monday. They even matched the number of golds - four - from 2014.
England's Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team at GC2018. Photos: Facebook

At GC2018, the English squad, with Nile Wilson, Max Whitlock, Courtney Tulloch, Dominick Cunningham and James Hall was the most successful team. They started their medal haul with a gold in the team competition, beating Canada by a massive 10.300 points to defend the team title.
Nile Wilson then went on to secure England's third CWG Individual all-around gold medal, following Luke Folwell in 2010 and Max Whitlock in 2014.
Wilson finished just ahead of teammate James Hall and Marios Georgiou (CYP). However, there were surprises in store for the Englishmen, who were expected to dominate the apparatus finals.
* On Floor Exercise and Pommel Horse, it was Rio 2016 Olympic champion Max Whitlock who saw his dreams of winning two gold medals go up in flames. On Floor Exercise he faltered to 6th place and it was Georgiou who took the gold.
* Hoping for redemption on the Pommel Horse, Whitlock tied with Rhys McClenaghan (NIR). Both gymnasts scored the exact same (15.1), but because of McClenaghan's higher execution score, the gold went to Northern Ireland.
* Whitlock's teammate Courtney Tulloch won the gold on Rings, with Wilson following in second place.
* On Vault it was Australia's Christopher Remkes who claimed his country's one and only Men's Artistic Gymnastics medal at GC2018 - the gold.
* Parallel Bars saw another tie, with Marios Georgiou and Wilson scoring the same. As Georgiou had a higher execution score, Wilson had to settle for silver. To make up for his defeat on Parallel Bars, Wilson successfully defended his title on the Horizontal Bar.
* With three gold (Team, Individual All-around and Horizontal Bar) and two silver (Parallel Bars and Rings), Nile Wilson won the most medals in the Men's Artistic Gymnastics competition at GC2018.
Men’s Team:
1. England     - 258.950;
2. Canada     - 248.650;
3. Scotland    - 240.975;
4. Cyprus - 239.975; 5. Australia  - 238.125;  6. New Zealand - 237.400;
7. Wales  - 235.375; 8. Singapore - 206.375; 9. India            - 174.300.
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The Women's Artistic Gymnastics competition at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games has ended with three countries dominating the proceedings.
Canada won six medals, three of them gold.
Canadian Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team at GC2018. Photo courtesy of COC
As well as winning the team title, their top gymnast Elsabeth Black, competing in her second Commonwealth Games, took the All-around gold, while Shallon Olsen won gold on Vault in the apparatus finals.It represents a resurgence in Canadian Women's Gymnastics.
Four years ago they finished fourth as a team, and added just one gold in finals, for Elsabeth Black on Beam. She also won a silver on Vault and bronze on Balance Beam in 2014, so Canada doubled its medal haul at GC201
England could not match their results from four years ago, when they won eight medals, five of them gold. Nevertheless, their relatively young team finished with five medals on the Gold Coast, two of them gold, for Georgia-Mae Fenton on Uneven Bars, and Alice Kinsella on Beam.
Australia enjoyed home crowd support to win six medals in total, one of them gold at the very end of the competition. Alexandra Eade won the Floor Exercise title to cap off a successful outing for them. The only other country to win a medal was Wales, with Latalia Bevan taking silver on Floor for an exquisite performance based on ballet from Swan Lake.
Women’s Team:
1. Canada     - 163.075;
2. England     - 162.650;
3. Australia    - 157.450;
4. Wales - 155.975;  5. Scotland - 142.950; 6. Malaysia - 137.850;
7. India    - 128.975; 8. Sri Lanka - 108.600.
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