Luke Whitehouse was thrilled to get back to winning ways after taking Commonwealth Games floor gold.

The 24-year-old is a three-time European champion in his favoured discipline and won world silver in Jakarta last year.

And with his difficulty score being a full point clear of his nearest rival at the Commonwealth Arena, he was a worthy winner.

Whitehouse missed out on top honours in the team and all-around competitions but after comfortably holding off the challenge of Canada's René Cournoyer and Australia's James Hardy, who completed the podium, he expressed his pride in the way he had bounced back.

"The last few days have been about regrouping after everything that's happened and then coming out and delivering a good performance," he said.

"I think it's just about taking it step by step. Like I said, you've just got to ignore the noise and everything that's going on around you, and focus on your own individual performances.

"Last night in the all-around final, I had a fall on floor, so I'll be honest, it was playing on my mind a little bit. I came into the arena earlier, I felt good in practice and that settled my nerves.

"I think these performances show that I can compete under pressure. I've put together three solid routines and there's still a little bit more to do, but I'm getting there.

"My confidence has grown over time by producing results. I came n knowing that I am one of the best floor workers in the world, and I deserve to be here."

Whitehouse also finished fifth in the rings final, but he can still add to his medal tally in Tuesday's vault final, where he qualified with the second-best score, just a fraction behind Canada's Félix Dolci, who took gold in the rings final.

"I've got another chance to get back on the podium, but this was the big medal target," he added.
"My vault wasn't great in the all-around, but I know the things I need to do to put that right."

Elsewhere, Abi Martin took silver in the women's vault final with a score of 13.799.

The 18-year-old added to her team bronze and was delighted with the way she bounced back from her 11th-place finish in the all-around final on Sunday.

She said: "I don't even really know how I'm feeling, to be honest. I'm just really happy to have gone out there and done what I did.

"Yesterday [in the women's all-around final] didn't really go to plan the way I wanted it to, but I'm really pleased that I managed to pick myself back up today.

"For me, I just had a little cry about it, but then I thought about all the things that had gone well yesterday. I know I've trained really hard, and sometimes it's just not your day.

"So, I had my little cry, picked myself back up and knew I had to be fully focused today.”

Canada’s Lia-Monica Fontaine took gold while Martin's training partner Abbie Roper completed the podium.

Martin added: "It feels really special. I actually think it made it even more special because Abbie, who I train with back home in Wales, also won the bronze medal.

"It was amazing to celebrate together. It almost felt like a joint celebration.

"We were holding hands while we were waiting for the scores, so to end up both on the podium was really special. We get on really well because we train together all the time.

"We're obviously competitors, but we also support each other, and it's great that we can celebrate each other's success."

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