Pictured: Ellie Black

All results via Glasgow 2014
 

On the fifth and final day of competition at the Commonwealth Games, the individual event champions were crowned on five apparatuses.
 

Men’s vault:

Canada’s Scott Morgan earned his second gold medal of the Games when he improved on his qualifying score to top first-place qualifier Kristian Thomas (ENG). Morgan scored a 14.733 average to claim gold with a front handspring layout double twist and a Tsuk 2.5 twist.

Thomas fell on his first vault, a Yurchenko double pike, when he landed with his chest down and rolled backwards. However, his second vault, a front handspring double front, went up into the rafters and was landed with only a step forward. He took silver with a 14.499 average. Singapore claimed its first medal of the competition with Wah Toon Hoe scoring a 14.195 on his way to the bronze.
 

Kent Pieterse (AUS) was just behind Hoe with a 14.099, while Frank Baines (SCO), the third-highest qualifier, scored a 14.016 and finished fifth. Singapore’s other representative, Jufrie Aizat Bin Muhammad, was sixth, and Adam Cox (SCO) was seventh. Unfortunately, India’s Ashish Kumar, the 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medalist on the vault, fell on his front handspring double front and did not receive credit for the vault. He finished a distant eighth with a score of 7.166.


 

Women’s Beam:

On an event where confidence is vital and nerves can be a gymnast’s undoing, Canada’s Ellie Black stayed calm under pressure and claimed another gold for Canada today. She sailed past the rest of the field by a margin 1.233, scoring an impressive 14.900 and bettering her qualifying score by nearly a full point en route to gold. Australia’s Mary-Anne Monckton, the eighth qualifier to the beam final, won silver with 13.666 despite some wobbles, and Georgina Hockenhull (WAL) claimed bronze with a 13.466.
 

Hockenhull’s  teammate Lizzie Beddoe finished just out of the medals with a 13.366, followed by Claudia Fragapane (ENG) with a 13.166. Lauren Mitchell (AUS) had the second highest qualifying score to the final but had to settle for a 13.000 and sixth place after she fell on her bhs-bhs-two foot layout series. Isabela Onyshko (CAN) was seventh with a 12.666. Rebecca Downie (ENG) slipped off the beam with one foot on her front tuck, then fell again on her side-aerial-layout step-out series. Her confidence clearly shaken, she slipped off the beam a third time on a turn and decided to finish her routine with a round-off layout dismount. She finished in eighth place with a 9.833.


 

Men’s parallel bars:

Daniel Purvis (SCO) claimed the top spot on the parallel bars podium, much to the delight of the Scottish fans at the SSE Hydro. He qualified to the finals in third place, but as the last competitor of the day, he was calm under pressure and scored an impressive 15.533, a full 0.8 points above his qualification mark. Nile Wilson (ENG) also bettered his second-place qualifying score by 0.6 points and showed incredible form and control, including a stuck double pike dismount, en route to the silver medal with a 15.433. His teammate, Max Whitlock (ENG), earned his fourth individual medal as he scored a 15.066 and took home bronze.
 

Frank Baines (SCO), who came into the final with the highest qualifying score, earned a 14.866, which was only one tenth below his qualification mark. However, he was not able to match the strong performances of the two English gymnasts and had to settle for fourth place. Behind him were Naoya Tsukahara (AUS) with a 14.133 and Kevin Lytwyn (CAN) with a 14.033. Luke Wadsworth (AUS) had some issues with rhythm and finished seventh with a 12.400. Zachary Clay (CAN) fell during a twisting giant and had several other form breaks during his routine. He finished in eighth place with an 11.800.


 

Women’s Floor:

In her fourth event final, Claudia Fragapane finished off her competition with another strong performance and a third individual gold medal. As the top qualifier and favorite to win, she lived up to this expectation as she scored an impressive 14.541. Lauren Mitchell, the second-place qualifier, scored a 13.833 and earned the silver medal. She was also the silver medalist on this event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Bronze went to Ellie Black with a 13.666.
 

Black's Canadian teammate Stefanie Merkle finished fourth with a 13.433, while Jessica Hogg (WAL) displayed powerful tumbling but was unable to match the top competitors; she finished fifth with a 13.166. Hannah Whelan (ENG) was sixth with a 13.133, and Charlotte Sullivan (NZL) finshed seventh with 13.033. Kirsten Beckett (RSA), who qualified to the finals in the final spot, stepped out of bounds on her half-in-half out but displayed lots of power throughout her routine, scoring a 13.000 and finishing eighth.


 

Men’s high bar:

In the final event of the entire competition, England’s Nile Wilson and Kristian Thomas tied for the lead with a pair of 14.966’s. However, Thomas had to settle for the silver after a tie-breaker; although he had the more difficult routine (D-score of 6.5 vs. 6.1 for Wilson), Wilson earned a higher E-score and therefore took the gold. The bronze went to Kevin Lytwyn with a 14.866.
 

Frank Baines once again found himself just outside the medals, finishing fourth with a 14.566, while Naoya Tsukahara followed with a 14.066. Daniel Keatings (SCO) fell hard on his first release of a Kolman and seemed to jam his feet into the mat. He was able to continue the routine and finished cleanly for a score of 13.366 and sixth place. Sean O’Hara (AUS) suffered a fall on a front-grip stalder and scored a 12.700 to land in seventh place. Anderson Loran of Canada attempted a complex combination of release moves but unfortunately fell twice on a Cassina and a Gaylord. He asked the crowd for some encouragement and finished the routine with a stuck dismount and plenty of cheers. He finished in eighth place with an 11.866.


 

Related:

Event Finals Day One