England held their nerve to claim bronze in the women’s artistic gymnastics team final after a tense final rotation enabled them to edge Wales by less than a point in Glasgow. The defending champions finished with 154.300 points, just enough to snatch third place from Wales, while Australia delivered a dominant display to win gold ahead of Canada.
Australia set the tone from the opening rotation, with Kate McDonald posting the highest uneven bars score of the day at 14.200 as the silver medallists from Birmingham 2022 established an early lead they would never relinquish. England made a solid start on vault through Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Ruby Stacey, Alia Leat and Abi Martin. However, the uneven bars proved costly. Amankwaah’s excellent 13.500 boosted England’s challenge, but Stacey fell during her routine and her score did not count, leaving England trailing Australia at the halfway stage.
