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For the second time at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Saskatchewan gymnast Jordan Carroll has soared to the top of the podium.
The Saskatoon athlete won gold for Canada in men’s pommel horse on Monday morning in Glasgow, Scotland, as he executed a nearly flawless routine to score an even 15.000 in the final.
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His final score, which included an execution score of 9.000, was enough to fend off home country favourite Reuben Ward of Scotland by 0.034 points.
It’s Carroll’s second gold medal of the games, after he helped Canada capture gold in the men’s team event on Friday alongside teammates Félix Dolci, René Cournoyer, William Émard and Ethan Ikeda.
Saskatoon’s Jordan Carroll (second from left) celebrating with his Canadian teammates after winning gold in the men’s team gymnastics event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Friday. (Antoine Saito/Commonwealth Sport Canada)
The 20-year-old gymnast has enjoyed a breakout international season, winning gold in the team event and silver in men’s pommel horse at the 2026 Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A member of the Taiso Gymnastics Club in Saskatoon, Carroll is the son of former Olympian and fellow Commonwealth Games gold medal diver Mary Carroll and Canada Summer Games gold medallist Steve Carroll.
Just three years ago, Carroll won gold for Team Saskatchewan in pommel horse at the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island. He was also a gold medallist at the Junior Pan American Championships in 2024.
Carroll’s win on Monday was part of a banner day for the Canadian gymnastics team, which earned the country six medals alongside gold and silver in men’s rings by Dolci and Émard, gold in women’s vault from Lia-Monica Fontaine, silver from Ellie Black in women’s uneven bars and silver in men’s floor by Cournoyer.
Canada is now up to six gold medals and 17 total medals won in Glasgow, which puts the team second in the medal table, trailing behind Australia.
