Joe Fraser put himself through the pain barrier to steer England to team gold as gymnastics moved on from the abuse scandal which has engulfed it in Britain.
On a hugely emotional evening in Birmingham, local hero Fraser won two disciplines and was second in another two as the defending champions were crowned kings of the Commonwealth.
The battling Brummie did so having broken his right foot only two weeks ago - and ruptured an appendix three weeks before that. That required emergency surgery and left his Commonwealth Games hopes hanging by the thinnest of threads. Yet the 23-year old refused to let his team mates down and passed himself fit to enter four of the six disciplines in last night’s team event.
