Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE: Hardy wins Australia’s first men’s floor medal in 16 years

Australia’s James Hardy has finished on the podium in the men’s floor final, with a score of 13.433 good enough for bronze at Glasgow International Arena today.

The last time Australia won a Commonwealth Games medal in the men’s floor routine was back at Delhi in 2010 when Thomas Pichler won gold.

England’s Luke Whitehouse won gold with a phenomenal routine that scored him 14.566, ahead of Canada’s Rene Cournoyer on 13.966.

Local favourite Reuben Ward, who won gold in the individual all-around final yesterday, fell flat on his face on the final tumble of his routine, which left with a 12.900 (he was ok) and down in sixth.

That’s Hardy’s second bronze medal of these Games after he also won team bronze three days ago.

We will have to wait a couple of hours to hear from him, as he prepares to compete in the rings final later today.

It’s time for our attention to move to the uneven bars, where Australia’s Kate McDonald and Ruby Pass are in action.

McDonald qualified first in this event, with a fantastic 14.200 in the team event two days. Her next closest competitor was Canada’s Ellie Black, who scored 13.850. Meanwhile, Pass was the sixth-best qualifier with 13.300.

Black is certainly one to keep your eye on today. She won gold in the women’s all-around yesterday.

It wasn’t Australia’s day in the pommel horse, with both Jesse Moore and Ritam Malik missing the podium at the Glasgow International Arena.

For Moore, similar to yesterday, it was a fall from the pommel that cost him points and disrupted his routine, while Malik’s routine was clean, but not difficult enough to rival the top three. Malik finished fourth with a score of 13.333 while Moore finished in seventh on 12.833.

Canada’s Jordan Carroll was the gold medal winner today, with an impressive score of 15.000 – the highest score on that apparatus all weekend – while Scotland’s Reuben Ward and Cameron Lynn won silver and bronze.

We will see Moore again later in the rings final.

Over in the bowls, it’s all to play for in the women’s pairs. Australian duo Dawn Hayman and Kelsey Cottrell are second in their group heading into the final group match today against Northern Ireland.

In order to make the semi-finals, Cottrell and Hayman must beat the top-ranked Northern Irish pair two sets to none – plus outscore their opponents by 10 points.

The first set is done and dusted … and the Aussies won it 5-0. The dream is alive!

Next up, it’s Australians Jesse Moore and Ritam Malik on the pommel horse.

Moore and Malik were in action yesterday for the all-around final, with Moore finishing with a bronze medal while Malik was sixth overall.

Moore had a fall off the pommel horse during his routine yesterday which left him with a score of 12.500 – that’s to say that there’s room for improvement in his routine today, while Malik had the third-highest score of the day with a 13.300.

Once again, Scotland’s Reuben Ward is the one to watch and beat on this apparatus. He had the highest score on the pommel horse for both the team final and the individual final with a 14.100 and 14.500.

Australia hasn’t won a Commonwealth Games medal on the vault in 16 years. The last man to do it was Prashanth Sellathurai who won gold at the 2010 Games in Delhi.

Is Australian weightlifting cursed at these Games? Word has just come through that Breanna Kean will not compete in the women’s 53kg final here in Glasgow this afternoon – she has withdrawn with injury.

Yesterday, Chloe Perkins missed competing in the 48kg because she failed to make weight. Before the team even headed to Scotland, Suamili Nanai (110kg men) withdrew due to injury.

Fingers crossed the injury to Kean is not too serious; we’ll keep you posted when we find out more from the Australian team.

We should mention the para powerlifters, whose competition is complete, went off without a hitch — including Hani Watson’s bronze medal.

I’m sure Australian gymnast Georgia Godwin is feeling it right about now.

She’s had a full-on couple of days, competing in the women’s team final two days ago where she won gold alongside Breanna Scott, Emily Whitehead, Ruby Pass and Kate McDonald, and then again in the individual all-around final yesterday where she finished fifth.

It’s also been an emotional journey to get here. Remember, she injured her Achilles three months out from the Paris Olympics in 2024, and thought she might never compete on the international stage again. Speaking to us in the mixed zone after the team victory, Godwin fought back tears and said the team gold was the greatest win of her career.

Today, it’s the vault final first-up for her. She qualified third overall in this event with a total of 13.350 – 0.400 behind Canada’s Lia-Monica Fontaine who was the top qualifier with a score of 13.750.

Godwin is the reigning Commonwealth champion in this event, but she didn’t quite nail her vault yesterday in the individual all-around, performing half a rotation less than she had intended to. If she can nail it today, she should be in with a chance of adding another Commonwealth Games medal to the nine she has already.