Evans wins Worlds silver and Martin takes bronze

Ruby Evans became the first Welsh gymnast to win an individual medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with Team GB finishing second and third in the women's competition.

Evans took silver in Jakarta, Indonesia, with Abigail Martin also finishing on the podium, capping a remarkable 24 hours for the British team after Jake Jarman and Luke Whitehouse secured The British won 1-2 in the men's final on Friday.

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The catch established Great Britain as the world's leading country in floor events, and former World Championships medalist Beth Tweddle told BBC Sport: “It's just incredible to see the journey that British gymnastics as a whole has come.

“From where we were 20 years ago to today, four of the six medals at this championships have come home to the UK.”

Evans, 18, finished second to Japan's Aiko Sugihara with a score of 13.666, while Martin finished third in her first world championships.

The 17-year-old gymnast's score (13.466) was the same as Romanian gymnast Sabrina Maneca-Voina, but she received bronze because her performance score was higher.

Ruby Evans was part of the Great Britain women's team that finished fourth at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [Getty Images]

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