England's Joe Fraser celebrated his pommel horse gold in exuberant style ©Getty Images

England dominated the first day of the gymnastics apparatus finals at the Commonwealth Games as Birmingham-born Joe Fraser won gold in the men’s pommel horse to thunderous applause here.

Fraser won his second gold medal of the Games little more than a month after rupturing his appendix and only two after fracturing a foot.

His routine scored 14.833 ahead of silver medallist Rhys McClenaghan of Northern Ireland, who finished on 14.133.

He had been champion four years ago at Gold Coast 2018 - a Games that Fraser missed through injury.

Canada’s Jayson Rampersad won bronze with a score of 14.000.

 Jake Jarman’s gold in the men’s floor exercises had set the tone for the day.

Jarman was the penultimate gymnast to perform and his routine scored 14.666 to give him victory.

He had already won gold in the team competition and the men’s all-around earlier in the week.

Silver went to Canada’s Felix Dolci who scored 14.166.

Giarrni Regini-Moran gave the home crowd a further reason to cheer with bronze after a routine which scored 13.966. 

Courtney Tulloch carried on the theme and proved unbeatable on the rings for the second consecutive Games.

He posted a score of 14.400 in a routine which had the highest degree of difficulty.

Sokratis Pilakouris of Cyprus achieved a higher mark for execution but his total score of 14.300 was only sufficient for silver.

Canada’s Chris Kaji took bronze with 14.266.

In the women’s apparatus finals, Australia’s all-around champion Georgina Godwin won her second gold medal of Birmingham 2022 with victory in the women’s vault.

Godwin scored 13.233 but her first vault incorporated a greater degree of difficulty than Laurie Denommee of Canada who finished on the same score but was obliged to settle for silver.

Shannon Archer of Scotland won their first gymnastics medal, a bronze after she scored 13.083.

England’s Georgia-Mae Fenton returned to a familiar theme in the uneven bars with a magnificent performance to score 13.900 and take gold in the event for the second successive Games.

It was a result which delighted the home crowd.

Australia’s Georgina Godwin had seemed set for her second apparatus gold of the afternoon after a routine which scored 13.500. 

In the event it earned her silver.

The bronze went to South Africa’s Caitlin Rooskrantz, who had gone first in the final. 

She edged out England’s Odine Achampong for bronze because her routine had a greater degree of difficulty after both had scored 13.433.