World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Robbie Evans and Abigail Martin win floor medals

Ruby Evans became the first Welsh gymnast to win an individual medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as Great Britain finished second and third in the women’s floor competition.

Evans took silver in Jakarta, Indonesia, with Abigail Martin also on the podium to cap a fantastic 24 hours for the British team after Jake Jarman and Luke Whitehouse secured the two British places in the men’s floor final on Friday.

The result makes Britain the world’s leading nation in the floor discipline, and former World Championships medalist Beth Tweddle told BBC Sport: “It’s incredible to see the journey British gymnastics as a whole has been on.

“From where we were 20 years ago to now – four of the six medals at this championships have gone to Great Britain.”

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

The 17-year-old’s mark of 13.466 was the same as Romanian gymnast Sabrina Manica Foigna, but she was awarded bronze because her execution score was higher.