JOE FRASER heroically battled through a FRACTURED FOOT to help England seal a record consecutive men’s team gold.
The Birmingham-born gymnast, 23, also had an emergency operation five weeks ago after rupturing his appendix before injuring his foot last fortnight.
Jake Jarman, James Hall, Courtney Tulloch and Giarnni Regini-Moran also played a huge role as England became the first team in history to seal three consecutive golds in the event.
England boasted the highest score on every apparatus which saw Canada win silver and Cyprus make history with a first bronze.
Fraser was unable to compete in all six apparatus but did the nation proud in the four he featured in, while he was roared on by his home fans.
England were leading in their first two rotations before laying a huge marker down with a scintillating show on the rings.
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Fraser glided through his performance, nabbing a jaw-dropping score of 14.450 before Courtney Tulloch’s huge show of 14.700.
The hosts were flying with glittering displays on the vault with Regini-Moran topping the scores, while Jarman and Hall also came out trumps.
England dominated from start to finish as they finish with a big score of 254.550.
Alex Yee delivered the golden start he promised — then vowed to establish the same triathlon legacy as the Brownlee brothers.
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Londoner Yee delighted the home fans — who flanked almost every inch of the course in Sutton Coldfield — to reel in New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde and take the first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games.
Yee’s comeback from 21 seconds behind the Kiwi in the bike
stage was a superb example of controlled running.
The 24-year-old from Lewisham called his win a "fairytale".
And bungling Commonwealth chiefs allowed England’s Sophie Unwin to race for a bronze medal — even though one did not exist.
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Visually-impaired cyclist Unwin, 28, and pilot Georgia Holt beat Scotland’s Libby Clegg to secure third place in the women’s Tandem B Sprint at the London Velodrome.
However, Commonwealth Games Federation bosses only awarded gold and silver after realising their own rules do not award bronze if there are just four teams in the event.
Unwin was left in tears when told there would be no gong. In protest, the pair stood behind the podium for the medal ceremony before being moved by security.
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