England's women's artistic gymnastics team followed in the footsteps of their male counterparts to win the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Twenty-four hours after watching the men take top spot on the podium, Claudia Fragapane, Ondine Achampong, Kelly Simm, Georgia-Mae Fenton and Alice Kinsella were 0.0500 marks above Australia before the final rotation.
Some magnificent work on vault saw England open up a healthy gap at the top, with Kinsella and Achampong nailing their double-twisting Yurchenkos after an emotional floor performance from the returning Fragapane.
England - who settled for silver behind Canada in 2018 - finished with a total of 161.100 to surge to the top of the rankings, and Australia could not respond on floor, finishing with 158.000.
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Such a score was enough for the silver medal, as defending champions Canada (152.700) propelled themselves above South Africa (147.750) to win the bronze medal.
A youthful Wales team ended with some notable errors on floor to post a total of 147.050, although that was enough to see them demote Scotland (146.500) to sixth.
England's Kinsella and Achampong qualified for the all-around final, and the former will also compete for floor and beam titles; Achampong also made the uneven bars final.
Meanwhile, Fenton will go for individual glory in the beam and bars events - posting a 14.000 on the latter in the team final, which was the highest score of the day.
Ben Knapton
