Australia leads the medal tally with 46 gold medals as the Commonwealth Games swimming program concludes at the end of day six of the competition.
Tomorrow, attention turns to track and field and team sports.
Gold: 46
Silver: 38
Bronze: 39
Total: 123
You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog, or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below:
Day 6 medal winners:
Gold:
Evan O’Hanlon, athletics, T37/38 100m
Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon and Mollie O’Callaghan, swimming, 4×100 medley relay
Ariarne Titmus, swimming, 400m freestyle
Sam Short, swimming, 1,500m freestyle
Silver:
Brandon Starc, athletics, high jump
Bradley Woodward, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matt Temple and Kyle Chalmers, swimming, 4X100 medley relay
Mollie O’Callaghan, swimming, 50m backstroke
Benjamin Hance, swimming, S14 200m freestyle
Cheryl Lindfield and Serena Bonnell, lawn bowls, B6-B8 women’s pair
Sam Gaze wins gold and Ben Oliver wins silver in the men’s cross country mountain biking. Video/Sky Sport
By Kris Shannon in Birmingham
Four years after seizing gold with a snarl, Sam Gaze claimed his second with a smile.
The Kiwi mountain biker today blew away the field to win the men’s cross country race at Cannock Chase Forest, with only compatriot Ben Oliver capable of following his commanding lead.
Gaze earned his third Commonwealth Games medal in a time of 1:34:19, finishing 31 seconds ahead of Oliver in a second after dropping his teammate with a blistering attack on the sixth of eight laps.
It was the third straight Games in which New Zealand recorded a 1-2 in the event, after Anton Cooper pipped Gaze in Glasgow before that outcome was acrimoniously reversed on the Gold Coast.
Sam Gaze (right) and Ben Oliver celebrate their 1-2 finish. Photo / Photosport
The Birmingham edition came with slightly less drama, owing to a combination of Cooper’s absence through Covid and Gaze’s dominance on the bike.
Having been caught out by a Cooper attack near the finish line in 2014, Gaze later said he had “felt a bit robbed” by the result.
Those simmering feelings would boil over in 2018, when Gaze outsprinted Cooper for gold, accused his compatriot of poor sportsmanship and showed him a middle finger.
Gaze would be the one fined for unsportsmanlike behavior and he expressed remorse over his actions, but the only thing better than time to heal those wounds would have been another gold medal.
Particularly one secured with Cooper watching from an isolation hotel, his ill-timed illness denying today’s race some intrigue but doing nothing to lessen the Kiwi stranglehold on the event.
“It’s been very challenging – the last four years have been pretty turbulent,” Gaze said. “I’m very grateful for it, in hindsight. It’s made me who I am today and to come back this year, I like to think as a version of myself I’m proud of, is very special.
“To perform in the way I did and have Ben here with me is very special.”
From LR, Ben Oliver, Sam Gaze and Alex Miller celebrate their medals. Photo / Photosport
Gaze immediately hit the front as the field started to string out through the picturesque setting outside of Birmingham, with Oliver right on his shoulder in a front group of 11.
That group didn’t last long, although chief podium contenders Charlie Aldridge of Scotland and Cameron Orr of Northern Ireland had at least remained on the Kiwis’ wheel at the first time check.
But by the end of the first of eight laps, with Gaze stopping the clock at 12:26, he and Oliver had already opened a six-second lead, one that would only grow.
A quarter of the way through the race, with their advantage at 23 seconds, Gaze for the first time allowed Oliver to lead the way, having exchanged a word and a glance while crossing the finish line.
Gaze took the opportunity for a long look over his shoulder on one straight, but he needn’t have worried. England’s Joe Blackmore had bridged the gap to make it a chase trio, but they were surely racing only for the minor placings.
Halfway through the race, crossing at 47:23 and having extended their advantage over the British trio to almost a minute, only calamity could prevent another Kiwi 1-2.
The pair exchanged in further discussion as they rode together across the line, no doubt knowing their teamwork had locked up the top two steps of the podium.
Midway through the sixth lap, though, that teamwork came to a sudden end. On the hilly Twin Peaks section of the course, Gaze seized his chance to attack and Oliver could muster no response.
“He’s a hard man to follow on a hill like that,” Oliver said. “I kept the same speed and Sam just got quicker. I kept hard on the pedals all the way to the line to see if Sam was going to fade, which he obviously didn’t.”
Clearly the strongest rider in the field, Gaze was now racing towards a second straight gold medal.
The 26-year-old completed the sixth lap in a time of 1:10:45, with his compatriot 25 seconds back. And with Oliver holding a one-minute edge over the pursuing pair of Orr and Blackmore, silver was still firmly in his grasp of him, eventually coasting in 90 seconds ahead of Namibia’s Alex Miller who mounted a final-lap surge for bronze.
Gaze’s lead at the end of the seventh lap had grown to 42 seconds, leaving his final ride around the circuit little more than a procession, one that soon ended in triumph for both Kiwis.
“It’s special to race with your teammate at this event, especially Ben,” Gaze said. “I’ve known him since he was 14 years old, and he’s a great guy.
“We had a plan going into it that I wasn’t wanting to shake him straight away – we wanted to help each other out and secure the first two medals.”
Australia is well ahead in the medal tally on day five of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
It was another strong day of competition, with Australia winning 35 medals across multiple events. Here is the medal tally for Australia’s athletes so far:
Gold: 42
Silver: 32
Bronze: 32
Total: 106
You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog, or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below:
Day five:
Gold:
Kaylee McKeown, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matthew Temple and Emma McKeon, swimming, mixed 4X100 medley
Kyle Chalmers said it took all his strength and courage to win his third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in the men’s 100m freestyle.
It wasn’t his fastest swim, but he said it was “bigger than just me racing”.
“It’s very, very bittersweet. It’s been the most-challenging, probably 48 hours of my swimming career,” Chalmers said.
“And, as much as it’s nice to win, it’s probably just a big sense of relief, rather than the satisfaction that I thought I’d feel and want to feel after a performance like that.”
Chalmers has been the center of intense scrutiny over his personal life, and it came to a head at the Sandwell Aquatics Center a couple of nights ago, where he faced more questioning over unsourced rumors about rifts in the team after winning the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay .
The 24-year-old considered walking away, and admitted he barely slept ahead of the 100m freestyle heats.
But I have pushed on to send a message.
Gold medalist Kyle Chalmers sent a message to the media after weeks of intense scrutiny.(AP: Kirsty Wigglesworth)
“I’ve definitely had big battles with mental health over a long time, and it’s one of the most-challenging things that I’ve had to face and see my teammates face and family face,” he said.
“I think it’s important that people have the courage to stand up and speak about it.
“I’ve been around for a while and I need to create the conversation and try to help people going through similar things and just make it more normal.
“If I can be a positive influence and try to help people in the same struggles, I know that I’m doing my job in the sport and hopefully inspiring people.”
Chalmers was also racing for a special viewer back home.
His brother is in the army and hasn’t had access to his phone, but he was given special permission to watch the race.
“He’s my best mate, someone I haven’t got to speak to a lot over this last little period. And the only reason I was able to have the strength to get back in the pool yesterday for the heat was FaceTiming my brother the night before,” Chalmers said.
“I think, for me, it’s going to be a while to break down what’s just happened,” he added.
“I’m very, very grateful for all the support I’ve had at home, and it’s been very overwhelming how many people have reached out to me and so many high-profile people as well who fight similar battles in their sports or respective fields.”
Kyle’s father, Brett Chalmers, spoke to Mix 102.3 Adelaide after the 100m freestyle medal win, and said Swimming Australia does not do enough to protect athletes from invasive media questioning.
“They failed hugely,” he told the Ali Clarke Breakfast Show.
“To me, it’s the workplace. They’ve got a due diligence to look after their people and their staff and their athletes right from the start.”
The former AFL player became emotional when he was asked about the media furore surrounding his son’s Birmingham campaign.
“If it was in [another] workplace and you kept getting asked the same question over and over and over again, it’s a form of bullying and harassment,” Brett Chalmers said through tears.
“It’s not condoned and it’s not accepted. You’d be pulled into the manager’s office or HR’s office pretty fast and if you didn’t stop you’d probably lose your job.
“These people get away with it. They destroy people’s lives and livelihoods.
Kate McDonald thought she’d just be making up the numbers in the women’s beam finale.
And injured Tyson Bull wasn’t even supposed to be competing in the men’s horizontal bar final.
But both have pulled off exceptional performances to win gold and silver medals respectively on the final day of artistic gymnastics competition in Birmingham.
McDonald usurps Godwin for gold
Australia’s Kate McDonald saved her best for last in the women’s balance beam final.(Reuters)
McDonald hadn’t performed as well as she’d hoped in her main event, the uneven bars.
So she had low expectations for her final event, the beam.
The 22-year-old was the penultimate competitor, with her teammate, Georgia Godwin in the gold medal position.
McDonald was flawless and when her score came up, 13,466, she was absolutely floored.
The final gymnast, Canada’s Emma Spence, couldn’t beat the score, so McDonald claimed gold, and Godwin silver.
“I definitely was not expecting a score like that. And then I looked at my score and I was shocked that I was in first place,” McDonald said.
Godwin, who’s the team captain in Birmingham, was ecstatic to see McDonald overtake her.
“It’s just amazing, she put up the performance of a lifetime when it counted so she deserves the gold,” Godwin said.
McDonald admitted she put herself under too much pressure in the uneven bars, where she finished seventh.
That helped her let loose on the beam.
“I just I had nothing to lose, I was like I’m just going to enjoy myself. And there’s ice cream at the end so there is a no-lose situation,” she said.
Four tubs of salted caramel ice cream are now waiting as her reward.
Godwin’s glorious Games
Georgia Godwin (left) and Kate McDonald (centre) enjoyed a successful Commonwealth Games campaign.(Reuters: Stoyan Nenov )
While Emma McKeon will leave Birmingham as Australia’s most successful Commonwealth Games athlete of all time, Godwin might be the breakout star.
With the silver on the beam, the 24-year-old has finished these Games with five medals, including two gold.
She now has eight Commonwealth medals, joining Allana Slater as Australia’s most decorated women’s artistic gymnast.
“I hope it shows that Australia can get on the podium,” Godwin said.
“For a little bit it was like Australia, we’re lagging behind. But no, we’re doing some good stuff, we’ve got some incredible athletes on the team who are very new to the senior scene.
“So give them a couple of years and they’re gonna shine, watch out.”
And after last year’s independent review into the sport which found the sport had enabled a culture of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, there’s optimism the sport is moving in the right direction.
“I think it’s the team culture, everyone wants it for the team,” Godwin added.
“And that’s really helped us boost as a country.”
Bull takes advantage of ‘selfless act’
Australia’s Tyson Bull was in pain after landing his horizontal bar routine.(AAP: Darren England)
There was no greater evidence of that than in the men’s horizontal bar final, as Bull won a silver medal, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte no less.
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Australia’s Jesse Moore was supposed to compete, but a shoulder injury saw him withdraw from the event.
His teammate, Clay Mason Stephens was the next best qualifier in line to join the final.
However, just as that famous moment when Craig Stevens stepped aside for Ian Thorpe ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics, Mason Stephens sacrificed his own spot for Bull, who was Australia’s best chance of a medal in the event.
And the 29-year-old took advantage of his reprieve.
“I don’t know how to feel quite feel right now, up until last night my mind was completely off the final high bar,” he said.
“There was no wrong decision, if I decided to take that spot, there are no hard feelings.
Clay Stephens [has] the biggest heart in the world, just such a selfless act for him to forfeit that spot give me a chance on my pet event.”
Bull’s silver is even more extraordinary considering three weeks ago he seriously injured his ankle after a bad fall, and he couldn’t stick the landing in qualifying.
“It’s the first landing I’ve been able to do after a routine in maybe almost a month now,” he said.
“But coming into today there’s no chance I was making the same mistake twice and I was gonna put it on my feet no matter how much it hurt.”
Bull was on track to win gold, until the final competitor, Cyprus’ Ilias Georgiou snatched the win.
There were also two bronze medals for the Australian team, James Bacueti in the vault, and Emily Whitehead in the floor routine.
It was particularly satisfying for Whitehead, who says she’s had a difficult build up to the Games, which included the death of her grandfather.
“It’s been a pretty rough Games so just to even hit that routine was just pretty emotional for me,” she said.
“I tried to keep as positive as possible through these Games, but it’s gotten harder as each day’s gone on but to end up like that is pretty special.”
The Australian gymnastics team won nine medals overall.
Kyle Chalmers said it took all his strength and courage to win his third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in the men’s 100m freestyle.
It wasn’t his fastest swim, but he said it was “bigger than just me racing”.
“It’s very, very bittersweet. It’s been the most-challenging, probably 48 hours of my swimming career,” Chalmers said.
“And, as much as it’s nice to win, it’s probably just a big sense of relief, rather than the satisfaction that I thought I’d feel and want to feel after a performance like that.”
Chalmers has been the center of intense scrutiny over his personal life, and it came to a head at the Sandwell Aquatics Center a couple of nights ago, where he faced more questioning over unsourced rumors about rifts in the team after winning the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay .
The 24-year-old considered walking away, and admitted he barely slept ahead of the 100m freestyle heats.
But I have pushed on to send a message.
Gold medalist Kyle Chalmers sent a message to the media after weeks of intense scrutiny.(AP: Kirsty Wigglesworth)
“I’ve definitely had big battles with mental health over a long time, and it’s one of the most-challenging things that I’ve had to face and see my teammates face and family face,” he said.
“I think it’s important that people have the courage to stand up and speak about it.
“I’ve been around for a while and I need to create the conversation and try to help people going through similar things and just make it more normal.
“If I can be a positive influence and try to help people in the same struggles, I know that I’m doing my job in the sport and hopefully inspiring people.”
Chalmers was also racing for a special viewer back home.
His brother is in the army and hasn’t had access to his phone, but he was given special permission to watch the race.
“He’s my best mate, someone I haven’t got to speak to a lot over this last little period. And the only reason I was able to have the strength to get back in the pool yesterday for the heat was FaceTiming my brother the night before,” Chalmers said.
“I think, for me, it’s going to be a while to break down what’s just happened,” he added.
“I’m very, very grateful for all the support I’ve had at home, and it’s been very overwhelming how many people have reached out to me and so many high-profile people as well who fight similar battles in their sports or respective fields.”
Kyle’s father, Brett Chalmers, spoke to Mix 102.3 Adelaide after the 100m freestyle medal win, and said Swimming Australia does not do enough to protect athletes from invasive media questioning.
“They failed hugely,” he told the Ali Clarke Breakfast Show.
“To me, it’s the workplace. They’ve got a due diligence to look after their people and their staff and their athletes right from the start.”
The former AFL player became emotional when he was asked about the media furore surrounding his son’s Birmingham campaign.
“If it was in [another] workplace and you kept getting asked the same question over and over and over again, it’s a form of bullying and harassment,” Brett Chalmers said through tears.
“It’s not condoned and it’s not accepted. You’d be pulled into the manager’s office or HR’s office pretty fast and if you didn’t stop you’d probably lose your job.
“These people get away with it. They destroy people’s lives and livelihoods.
Georgia Godwin has continued her breakthrough Commonwealth Games, with another gold medal in artistic gymnastics in Birmingham.
A day after winning the women’s all-round individual title, the 24-year-old again produced her best to claim the vault.
And it was as tight as you can get.
Godwin and Canada’s Laurie Denommee finished on the same score after their two vaults.
After a difficult few years for women’s gymnastics, Georgia Godwin has given the sport in Australia a ray of hope.(AAP: Dean Lewis)
However, the Queenslander won on the tie-break rule, with the highest scoring single vault.
“Coming off of two days of comp, I am feeling it a little bit, so I just gave 110 per cent of what I had left into that first vault,” she said.
And straight after the final vault, she backed up for the uneven bars, and this time grabbed silver.
While gold might seem to shine brightest, Godwin was most emotional when talking about sharing the silver medal in the team final earlier in the week.
“The team one means so much to me,” she said.
“To go through everything we have with the other four girls, and to come away with a silver, I’m so proud of them.
“I’m just proud of myself and everything I’ve had to go through. And everyone who’s helped me get here. It takes a huge village.”
Georgia Godwin now has won two gold and two silver medals at the 2022 Games.(ABC News: West Matteussen)
Godwin is the advertisement gymnastics needs after a report last year showed serious issues in the sport.
And she’s willing to help the sport move forward.
“I like to see myself as the mother figure. I am older,” she said.
“This team I was honored to be the captain of — and I’ve really just tried to take everyone under my wing, show them what sportsmanship looks like and try [to] guide them in the right direction at the end.
“I do my best to try [to] show that gymnastics is a safe sport, and that everyone should feel safe when doing gymnastics, and we’re heading in the right direction.”
Godwin still has one more event to come: the women’s beam final.
Glaetzer ‘over the moon’ to win after rollercoaster competition
Track cyclist Matthew Glaetzer has had one of the wildest rides of all athletes at the Commonwealth Games.
He started competition with gold in the men’s team sprint, then was involved in a scary crash in the keirin, which threatened to end his campaign.
He was left fuming after being denied a bronze medal in the men’s sprint upon review.
Matthew Glaetzer’s Birmingham campaign almost came to a premature end after a heavy crash in the keirin.(Getty Images: Justin Setterfield)
Then, to throw another spanner in the works, just hours before the men’s 1000m time trial, AusCycling released a statement saying the Australians would have to use different handlebars, due to them being ruled unsafe.
So, among that dramatic backdrop, Glaetzer still somehow managed to summon a phenomenal performance to win the time trial, using equipment that would’ve added at least a second to his time.
“I’m making a habit of bouncing back at the Commonwealth Games,” he said.
“I’d rather not have such lows to come back from, but it shows there is always a new day and we can always try again.”
Glaetzer has now equaled Anna Meares’s track cycling record of five Commonwealth Games golds.
“It was special, but I was surprised I won, given how bad I felt out there,” he said.
“Last night I said I’d be over the moon just to get a medal, considering everything that’s happened.
“To come home with a win in such a special time, shows how strong we are as a nation.”
Another bright star emerges on the green
Ellen Ryan, 25 — the youngest member of the Australian lawn bowls team — took out the gold medal in her debut Games women’s singles final, overcoming Guernsey’s Lucy Beere 17-21.
However, in the men’s triple final, while Australia’s men almost pulled off one of the great comebacks, they had to settle for silver..
Barry Lester, Carl Healey and Ben Twist were trailing 12-1, with two ends to go.
They managed to get back to 12-all but England edged ahead to win 14-12, leaving the Aussies with a silver medal.
“We used every bit of Aussie spirit we could and put ourselves in a position [to win],” Lester said.
“ButJamie [Chestney, England] and the boys played really well and they’re worthy winners.”
Weightlifting gold out of reach
Kyle Bruce was in the gold medal position in the men’s 81kg weightlifting category after a Commonwealth Games record of 183kg in the clean and jerk.
He was given three white lights by the judges, however, on review, officials ruled his arms didn’t fully extend in the overhead position and, so, he was left with silver behind England’s Chris Murray.
Kyle Bruce accepted the judges’ decision as he claimed silver in the men’s 81kg category.(AAP: Darren England)
“A lot of people at home that don’t know weightlifting that will would be cheering and screaming like ‘Wow, that’s the gold, he’s got it,'” Bruce said.
“And then, a few minutes later, to say it’s a ‘No lift’, some people wouldn’t understand that.
“But, as a weightlifter, that’s the rules. I understand that.”
Olympic champion Jess Fox has bolstered her medal haul, winning gold and silver on the final day of racing at the canoe slalom world championships in Germany.
Key points:
Fox edged out Great Britain’s Kimberley Woods and Andorra’s Monica Doria Vilarrubla
The Australian world champion came second in the women’s canoe final earlier in the day
Extreme canoe slalom will premiere as an Olympic event at Paris 2024
The record-breaking Australian successfully defended her world title in the extreme slalom event after coming second in the women’s canoe earlier in the day.
Fox edged Great Britain’s Kimberley Woods while Andorra’s Monica Doria Vilarrubla claimed the bronze medal.
Extreme canoe slalom will premiere as an Olympic event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and with back to back world titles, Fox is firming as the favourite.
The Olympic C1 champion was pipped in that event for less than one second by German Andrea Herzog while Great Britain’s Mallory Franklin rounded out the podium.
Jess Fox’s two Sunday medals took her world championships medal tally to three, after winning silver in the women’s kayak on Saturday.(Getty Images: Thomas Lohnes)
Those three paddlers were the medal winners at the Tokyo Olympics, although Fox then beat Franklin for gold.
The performances brought her overall world championships medal tally to three after already winning silver in the women’s kayak on Saturday.
“It’s been an amazing weekend here in Augsburg,” Fox said.
“I can’t quite believe I managed to pull that off in extreme and to back up the world title. I’m so pleased to come away with three medals.
“For the kayak and the canoe, it was always going to be really tough to beat the Germans on their home course and I wanted to give it the best shot I could.
“I’m really pleased with the way I raced.”
Fox was joined in the C1 final by her younger sister Noemie Fox, who finished a strong eighth.
In July, the 25-year-old won silver in the extreme slalom at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) World Cup in Poland.
Noemie Fox — Jess’ younger sister — finished eighth in the C1 final.(Getty Images: Thomas Lohnes)
Tasmanian Kate Eckhardt narrowly missed the final in 13th place in her first ever world championships women’s canoe semi-final.
Tim Anderson completed Australia’s representation, placing eighth in the men’s extreme kayaking event.
With one gold and two silver medals Australia placed fourth on the overall medal rankings.
With the weight of the world on her shoulders and a Commonwealth Games gold medal at stake, Georgia Godwin knew exactly what soundtrack she needed to deliver glory.
Holding a handy lead over Ondine Achampong and Emma Spence, and needing only a clean performance, the Australian commenced her floor routine to an instrumental version of Michael Buble’s Feeling Good.
A month after Godwin had contemplated skipping Birmingham altogether amid ankle issues, the Australian hit every beat, and officially snapped England’s run of artistic gymnastics gold medals.
Godwin’s 12,950 on the floor and total score of 53,550 sealed her first Commonwealth Games gold, an upgrade on her all-around silver on the Gold Coast, ahead of England’s Achampong (53,000) and Canada’s Spence (52,350).
Australia’s Georgia Godwin clinched the all-around gymnastics gold by 0.55 points from England’s Ondine Achampong.(AP: Zac Goodwin)
“There’s been a lot that I’ve had to get through. I came into this competition with no expectations, I just wanted to do my best and here we are,” Godwin told reporters.
“That was actually quite difficult for me going into the floor because you don’t want to stuff it up, so that plays on your mind.
“But I just said ‘no, you’ve done this 100 times … so just enjoy it. It’s your last floor routine here. Just enjoy it. Get the crowd involved and smile at the judges.’
“It is a new floor routine. That song is something that’s grown with me.
“Whenever I’m down I always play the song, Michael Buble always somehow manages to make me happy. So it was just the only choice for my new floor music.”
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Godwin was coming off Saturday night’s team silver and admitted she hadn’t slept much before the tight turnaround.
The Queenslander was fifth after scoring 13,300 on the vault first-up.
But an outstanding uneven bars routine delivered 13,550 and lifted Godwin into third, 0,700 off England’s leader Alice Kinsella.
The competition opened up dramatically when Kinsella fell off the beam, failed to complete her routine and went over time.
The 21-year-old was distracted and slumped in a corner of Birmingham Arena after scoring 11,000.
“I did hear the crowd when Alice fell, but I didn’t quite know what was going on,” Godwin said.
“I tried to stay in my own little bubble, focus on what I was doing.”
Georgia Godwin went into the lead in the women’s all-around with her balance beam routine, which scored 13,750. (Getty Images: Laurence Griffiths)
Godwin capitalized, completing a brilliant routine by dismounting with a double somersault in the pike position to earn a competition-high score of 13,750 and take the lead.
“My beam routine, I’ve never quite hit the start score I’ve wanted to and if I’m correct, I did hit it today,” she said.
Achampong also fell, further opening the door for Godwin to seal her triumph.
Fellow Australian Emily Whitehead finished 12th on 47,650.
Godwin will compete in Monday’s vault and uneven bars finals and Tuesday’s beam final.
Elsewhere, Jesse Moore had to withdraw halfway through the men’s all-around final with a shoulder injury.
The 19-year-old is unlikely to compete in Monday’s rings final but could feature in the pommel horse and high bar deciders, on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
Clay Mason Stephens finished 11th on 76,800 and will finish his campaign in Monday’s floor final.
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