Australia’s gymnasts snared five medals on the final day of competition at Arena Birmingham – one gold, two silver and two bronze – in a late flurry of success at the Games after a horror year for the sport in Australia
Australian gymnast Kate McDonald has celebrated her 22nd birthday with a shock gold medal in the Commonwealth Games beam, relegating her star teammate Georgia Godwin to second on the podium.
Bull was gifted a spot the night before the competition when teammate Clay Stephens generously withdrew because he thought the Tokyo Olympian would stand a better chance of winning a medal., looked poised for another victory when she laid down a marker of 13.433 in the first routine of the program. But five competitors later, McDonald recorded 13.466, leapfrogging her teammate with a routine that had a lower difficulty but higher execution.
“I just had nothing to lose, so I just tried to have as much fun as possible and just soak it all in and, well, here we are.”A shocked McDonald even admitted feeling a little sad that she’d upstaged Godwin, who concluded her campaign with gold in the all-around and vault, plus silver in the uneven bars, beam and teams event.
“She put up the performance of a lifetime when it counted, so she deserves the gold, and I’m happy for her,” Godwin said.“We’ve got some incredible athletes on the team who are very new to the senior scene. So give them a couple of years, and they’re going to shine … watch out!”
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