Breanna Scott and Jesse Moore have added to Australia’s gold medal bonanza at the Commonwealth Games, taking out individual apparatus titles to finish their campaign in Glasgow.

Just minutes after Scott nailed a flashy balance beam routine to take out the title on her speciality apparatus, Moore hit every mark on parallel bars to win another gold for Australia at Glasgow International Arena.

Scott scored 13.933 points for her routine, beating Singapore’s Amanda Yap (13.233) and Lia-Monica Fontaine (13.00) of Canada.

Breanna Scott is still processing what has been a life-changing week in Glasgow. Photo: AAP

Australian teammate and defending 2022 Birmingham champion Kate McDonald was last in eighth (12.166) after recovering from near-falls.

“(Balance beam) is definitely my favourite when it’s going well,” Scott laughed.

“It’s kind of crazy, to be honest. It definitely hasn’t sunk in yet.

“The last three days have just been absolutely wild.

“The team gold was such a special medal for all of us, and that was really the main goal coming into this.

“All of us in finals now getting these extra little medals is just topping it off.”

Scott wrapped up in Glasgow by winning her third medal and second gold medal.

She had contributed to Australia’s dominant team all-around victory, before claiming silver in the women’s individual all-around.

Backing up Scott, Moore found redemption on the parallel bars after missing the podium for the rings and pommel horse events.

Australia’s leading men’s gymnast heading to Glasgow, Moore scored 14.000 points to pip Cypriot veteran Marios Georgiou (13.800 points) and Canada’s Felix Dolci (13.300).

Scott and Moore’s titles meant Australia medalled on every day of the five-day gymnastics competition in Glasgow.

Australia won nine medals, including four gold, behind Canada with 16 medals, seven of which were gold.

Moore said the gold medal was a weight off his shoulders.

“There’s definitely been a bit of pressure building into these Commies with medal chances,” Moore said.

“I knew I had one last crack to really have a go.

“This routine, I’ve done for years, so I could really trust myself and really go for it.

“I’m pretty stoked to get the gold.”

The 23-year-old will leave the Games with three medals, having won a team bronze and an individual all-around bronze.

McDonald missed out on adding to her individual uneven bars gold and finished sixth in the floor routine final, ahead of 2022 Birmingham breakout star Georgia Godwin in seventh.

James Hardy settled for a fifth-placed finish on vault after claiming floor and rings bronze the day before, while 19-year-old Ritam Malik finished sixth on the parallel bars.

Flynn Southam has beaten Kyle Chalmers in the 100m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games. Photo: AAP 

Young gun dethrones Chalmers

Kyle Chalmers has been dethroned as the Commonwealth Games 100m freestyle king in Glasgow, the ‘Big Tuna’ having been reeled in by young friend and rival Flynn Southam in a landmark changing-of-the-guard moment.

With a potential record-breaking 10th Commonwealth gold in his sights, Chalmers had his proud record of never having been beaten by an Australian in major international competition dismantled by 21-year-old Southam in the Tollcross pool.

Southam’s glory, fuelled by indignation at how he’d been somewhat  dismissed as just a relay workhorse, set the tone for yet another medal-laden session of Dolphins’ domination on the penultimate night of the program.

Flynn Southam admits he was ”really pissed” off about his reputation as a relay specialist. Photo: AAP

Jenna Forrester sealed her own golden treble in a remarkable breakthrough meet, adding a thrilling 200m individual medley triumph to the surprise 200m backstroke and 400m IM titles she’d already annexed.

And the night kicked off with 22-year-old Queenslander Kirralee Hayes taking the para gold medal in the 50m freestyle S13 final,with another Australian Jenna Jones taking bronze.

But Southam’s win took pride of place, the young Fremantle-born, NSW-raised prospect finally fulfilling his potential as the most likely successor to ‘King Kyle’, clocking a searing 47.13 seconds to bronze medallist Chalmers’ 47.74. The pair were split by Welshman Matt Richards (47.64).

“Me and Kyle have utmost respect for one another. But it’s my time to shine, and I know that,” boomed Southam.

“I’ve been due for this, and this is my breakout meet. Four years ago, I came here as a little boy – but now I’m a man, and I belong here.”

For Chalmers, though, cheered on by his wife, Norwegian international swimmer Ingeborg Loyning and baby daughter Astrid, there was a mixture of frustration that he couldn’t land the 10th gold and 12th medal that would have taken him past the great Ian Thorpe as Australia’s most successful men’s swimmer ever at the Games.

Port Lincoln’s 28-year-old maestro is likely to still have a chance, though, in the 50m butterfly final on the final day of competition in what could be his final appearance at the Games.

Admitting that he knew the passing-of-the-baton moment was inevitably coming at some point soon, Chalmers had hoped to delay it but was happy to tip his hat to the young gun after being the first to congratulate him.

“I’m completely fine with it,” Chalmers said.

“I’d rather be in the race for that to happen than be retired and seeing them swim faster than maybe what… well, he hasn’t quite got me just yet, but it’s very close to what my best ever was.

“When we were able to sit in the medal presentation, I really said, ‘you know, this is your moment. I’m so proud of you, enjoy your moment, enjoy singing the anthem’.

“I truly am so proud of him.”

Southam had signalled his intentions at the start of the week when he clocked a sizzling lead-off relay leg of 47.09, which was just a hundredth-of-a-second slower than Chalmers’ all-time best and quicker than the South Australian star’s 2026 best by half a second.

“It’s pretty incredible. I had a lot of people doubting me and saying my success only comes from relays, and that’s really pissed me off and motivated me to be the best in the world,” said Southam.

“Doubt always comes up, I was doubting myself as I was walking out, but it’s about being able to turn that voice down and believing in yourself.

“I have Australia on my cap, I don’t have just my name, so it’s bigger than me.”

Another medal came Australia’s way with William Petric taking silver in the 400m individual medley behind New Zealand’s double champion Lewis Clareburt.

Lachie Kennedy has finished second in the men’s 100m final at the Commonwealth Games. Photo: AAP

Track success

Meanwhile, Lachie Kennedy has broken the national record and ended Australia’s agonising wait for a men’s Commonwealth Games 100m medal by taking silver.

Australia’s fastest man ran a personal best 9.85 seconds, beating Patrick Johnson’s mark of 9.93 set in May 2003 – several months before Kennedy was born.

It took a Games record to beat Kennedy, with Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme stopping the clock at 9.83.

Nigeria’s Kayinsola Ajayi (9.90) was third, with Australian Eddie Nketia (10.06) back in sixth.

Kennedy’s silver was Australia’s first medal in the men’s 100m since 1962, when Michael Cleary took bronze.

There was also joy for Ky Robinson, who completed an unprecedented 10,000m double for Australia when he finished strongly to hold off several rivals and claim gold.

Robinson won in 27:48.93 ahead of India’s Gulveer Singh and Isle of Man’s David Mullarkey.

His triumph followed Rose Davies becoming the Australian woman to win the event at the Commonwealth Games.

—AAP