City gymnast wins his fourth World Championships Gymnastics medal

City man Jake Jarman has won a fourth World Championship Gymnastics medal.

Jarman, from Gunthorpe, just failed to defend his world floor title in Rotterdam on Saturday as he was pipped into second place by Frederick Richard from the United States by a margin of just 0.333 points.

Jake Jarman with his silver medal from the Floor event at the World Championships. Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images.

placeholder image — Jake Jarman with his silver medal from the Floor event at the World Championships. Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images.

The 24 year-old went last and delivered a superb, high tariff routine packed with huge twisting tumbling passes which he controlled excellently, to score 14.600 points, but it was only good enough for silver.

Jarman has previously won vault gold in 2023 and a team bronze in 2022 to go with his floor gold in 2025 so this was an unprecedented fourth World Championship medal for a GB gymnast.

Jake Jarman during his Floor silver medal performance in Rotterdam. Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images.

"I can't be annoyed although it's not the result I was aiming for," Jarman said. "To know that I could do a bit better and yet I've still walked away with a world silver gives me a lot of confidence, and there's room for improvement, so overall I'm really happy.

"It was a stacked final and we all really pushed each other. It was good fun to be a part of and I'm excited for more battles in the future."

GB teammates Courtney Tulloch, 31, was also the final competitor in the men's rings final, where a stumble on landing his dismount cost marks as he finished seventh with a score of 13.366.

Jarman goes for his second World Championship vault gold on Sunday. He was part of the GB team to finish sixth in the team event earlier in the week.

Sunday’s action is live on BBC Two on Sunday from 1pm.