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Joe Fraser wins overall gold in gymnastics at European Championships

Joe Fraser won Britain's first all-around gold medal in gymnastics at the European Championships in Munich.

Fraser recovered his fitness ahead of his Commonwealth game after a ruptured appendix and a broken leg, winning individual titles and team titles in the pommel horse and parallel bars atBirmingham. won the gold medal. his hometown.

The 23-year-old recovered from his average floor routine to top both the pommel horse and parallel bars.

Fraser then created his routine for the best high bar on his last machine, winning a total of 85.565 gold with a score of 13.700.Turkey Duo Ahmet Onder (85.131) and Adem Asil (84.465) also finished on the podium.

"This is amazing. It took me a really long time to get here today. Even with just six fixtures, not many people thought I could do it." Fraser told the British Gymnastics website.

"The all-around medal is definitely the biggest. Whenever someone asked me if I was an all-rounder, I always loved the all-rounder, but now I have true confidence and pride."

Fraser also competed in the club and parallel bars finals, beating British teammate Giarnni Regini-Moran (floor, vault, parallel bars). ), Courtney Tulloch (vault and ring), James Hall (high bar) and Jake Jarman (floor) also advanced in individual matches.

Evening match at the Olympiastadion At , a thunderstorm delayed the start as Jake Hayward won silver in the men's 1500m and Eilish McColgan won bronze in the women's 5000m.