England finished with a record 176 medals – 57 of them gold – at Birmingham 2022 but fell narrowly short of the goal of outperforming table-topping Australia at the home Commonwealth Games.
Driven by dominance across sports such as gymnastics and diving, England beat their previous record of 174 at Glasgow 2014 and, although Australia finished ahead on the leaderboard with 178 medals, Team England’s chef de mission, Mark England, hailed the efforts of his team.
