Sensational start to senior career for women’s artistic gymnast Ruby Evans

Ruby Evans got her senior career off to a sensational start as she bagged two medals for Great Britain at the FIG Artistic World Cup series event in Cottbus, Germany, over the weekend.

The 15-year-old women’s artistic gymnast from Cardiff, who attends Ysgol Plasmawr, took silver on vault and bronze on the floor to cap a remarkable first competition as a senior gymnast.

Ruby’s average of 13.183 on vault secured silver behind Italian Manila Esposito (13.233).

In third place on vault was 47-year-old Oksana Chusovitina who, representing Uzbekistan, is a veteran of eight Olympic Games.

And there was bronze for Ruby in the floor final, scoring 13.466 for third place behind Esposito (13.566) and Japan’s Azuki Kokufugata who secured gold with 13.633.

Team Wales Commonwealth Games gymnast and Clwb Cymru Caerdydd teammate Poppy-Grace Stickler also made the floor final, finishing in sixth.

Ruby, who turns 16 next month, also qualified for the balance team final where she was fifth.

They were accompanied to Germany by WAG Head National Coach Tracey Skirton-Davies.

Congratulations to all involved.

Both Ruby and Poppy now turn their focus to the upcoming Welsh Championships in Cardiff over the weekend of 11/12 March followed by the British Championships in Liverpool a fortnight later – both of which Ruby will also take her place in the seniors for the first time.

Ruby ended her junior career as a double British junior all-around champion.