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  1. England gymnast Whitehouse earns third medal in Glasgowpublished at 17:12 BST 28 July
    17:12 BST 28 July

    Luke Whitehouse gesturing to the crowd wrapped in an England flag after winning silver on the vault at the Commonwealth Games in GlasgowImage source, PA Media

    England gymnast Luke Whitehouse earned his third medal of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with silver on the vault.

    The 24-year-old had already picked up a gold on floor and silver in the team event.

    He performed two clean, well-controlled vaults to earn his place on the podium with a score of 13.749, but was pipped to gold by Canada's Felix Dolci who later also won the horizontal bar title for his fourth gold of the Games.

    "I did think I'd just got it [the gold medal] but another silver to add to my collection, over the moon," Whitehouse told BBC Sport.

    Gymnasts Abi Martin (left), Ruby Evans (middle) and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah (right) pose for a photo with their Commonwealth Games medals after the ceremonyImage source, PA Media

    There were also medals for England in the women's floor event as Abi Martin and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah won silver and bronze respectively behind Wales' Ruby Evans.

    "It's amazing for British gymnastics that we had three of us on the podium – we put so much effort into our landings together and everything in general, so for it to be an all home nations podium shows just how hard we do work and how much we all put in," Martin said.

    "It's a big thing for British gymnastics."

  2. 'Disappointed' McAteer finishes seventh in vault finalpublished at 13:42 BST 28 July
    13:42 BST 28 July

    Lauren McCann
    BBC Sport NI Journalist at the Glasgow International Arena

    Ewan McAteer in actionin the vault finalImage source, Getty Images
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    Ewan McAteer is competing in his third Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland

    Ewan McAteer finished seventh in men's vault final at the Glasgow International Arena.

    McAteer, competing at his third Games, scored 12.700 for his first vault and 12.800 for his second.

    That gave the 26-year-old a final average score of 12.750.

    McAteer, who works part-time as a dentist and finished sixth in Birmingham four years ago, was frustrated he didn't do enough to make the podium.

    "If I'm honest, I'm disappointed. My aim today was to do gymnastics to the best of my ability and I don't feel I did that out there. I know I can do the vaults a lot better than that," he told BBC Sport NI.

    "I was going for execution and I didn't execute, it's as simple as that. I'm disappointed but I'm very accepting that this is gymnastics and I know I gave everything I could in this preparation and when I was out there. I'm not devastated, but I'm disappointed."

    "I knew I wasn't going to be satisfied unless I was third, second or first, I was going for a medal. The order was right, those were the best three vaulters out there."

    The final was won by Canada's Felix Dolci, who also won gold in the men’s team final and on the men's rings.

    England's Luke Whitehouse claimed silver while Cyprus' Neofytus Kyriakou took bronze.

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