Identical Roper twins win gymnastics bronze medals
Twins Emily and Abigail Roper both won bronze medals for Wales in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, doing so within a couple of hours of each other. It marks the first gymnastics medals for Team Wales at these Games and a notable personal achievement for the sisters, who competed in separate apparatus finals on the same afternoon.
Abigail took third in the women's vault, with Emily following soon after by finishing third in the uneven bars, having earlier placed fourth in the vault. Australia's Kate McDonald won vault gold ahead of Canada's Ellie Black in silver, while fellow Welsh gymnast Jemima Taylor, competing in place of Ruby Evans, finished seventh. The results take Wales's overall medal tally in Glasgow to six — five bronze and one silver.
- Twins Emily and Abigail Roper both win Commonwealth Games bronze medals
- First gymnastics medals for Team Wales at Glasgow 2026
- Wales's medal tally now stands at six overall
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The Commonwealth Games is a major international sporting event held every four years, bringing together athletes from countries across the Commonwealth. Wales competes with its own delegation of athletes, separate from the wider British team.
Emily and Abigail Roper are twins from Wales who both compete in gymnastics. At the Games in Glasgow, they won bronze medals in different gymnastics events, marking the first time Welsh gymnasts have won medals at these Games.
For Wales, gymnastics has not previously produced medals at the Commonwealth Games, so this represents a breakthrough for the nation. The twins' success brings international recognition to Welsh gymnastics and contributes to Wales's overall medal count at the Glasgow Games.