Canada maintain focus to win Men's Team gold

Felix Dolci, Jordan Carroll, Ethan Ikeda, Rene Cournoyer and William Emard finished on 241.400, ahead of three-time defending champions England on 238.250 and Australia on 235.650.

However, there was a lengthy delay in the final rotation after Gabriel Langton (ENG) took a heavy fall from the Horizonal Bar.

The 19-year-old was taken from the competition floor on a stretcher after receiving medical treatment and was later transferred to hospital for observation.

“After something like that happens, you've just got to put it out of your mind and reset,” Langton's team-mate Luke Whitehouse said.

“Focus on the routine, skill by skill.

“To finish on Horizontal Bar the way we did, under the circumstances, and win a Commonwealth medal on our debut, we should be proud of ourselves.”

Canada, who were runners-up behind England in Birmingham four years ago, were second after the opening rotation but took the lead in the second rotation and never lost it.

Dolci, who was part of the 2022 silver-medal-winning team, topped the qualification for Sunday’s All-Around final ahead of seven-time Commonwealth medallist Marios Georgiou (CYP) and debutant Reuben Ward (SCO).

“This is an opportunity for us to show the federations and Team Canada as a whole that the men’s gymnastics team are putting the effort and the work in and most importantly are getting the results,” said Dolci.

“But the job isn’t done yet.”

Emard added: “We were aiming for that gold medal.

“We completed the plan and we succeeded so we are really happy.

“(After the injury break) we were trying to be professional. Our thoughts were with Gabe but we needed to finish the competition. It was probably more difficult for England than for us as he is their team-mate, so credit to them.”

Australia were delighted to hold off the challenge of Scotland to take bronze

“I’m really proud of the boys today,” said Ritam Malik (AUS) who became the first gymnast of Indian heritage to represent his country.

“We put up a great effort. It’s always tough in someone else’s home country but we did a really good job of staying in our own bubble and focused on ourselves, and it paid off.”

Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan (NIR) qualified third for Monday’s Pommel Horse final behind Reuben Ward and Jordan Carroll but believes he can improve as he bids to regain his Commonwealth title.

“I'm not overly happy,” McClenaghan said.

“There were a few moments where I felt off balance, and I had to downgrade some skills.

“I know I can increase the difficulty and execute it a little better, so that's what I'll be working on over the next couple of days.”