Australia's leading gymnasts are on the road to redemption, with stars Jesse Moore and Kate McDonald among those eyeing gold at this year's Commonwealth Games.
Both haunted by their respective 2022 Birmingham Games campaigns, Moore and McDonald are on track for a spot in Glasgow after impressing at an internal trial event in Canberra on Saturday.
Moore was 0.200 points off top-ranked Ritam Malik (77.550) in the men's all-around at the AIS, with Clay Mason Stephens trailing Malik by a further 0.650 points to finish third.
Sydney youngster Lucy Stewart (51.700) took out the women's all-around, with McDonald opting out of vault and Georgia Godwin skipping the floor event.
McDonald showed glimpses of her best by scoring 13.150 on uneven bars, while Godwin took out vault (13.700) and uneven bars (13.800).
Moore wants nothing less than a gold medal to make up for lost time, after he was forced to withdraw from the horizontal bar and all-around finals in Birmingham due to a shoulder injury.
The 23-year-old was out of action for six months following surgery, missing out on a maiden World Championship appearance in 2023 before making his Olympic debut in Paris.
In 2024, Moore became the first Australian male to reach an all-around Olympic final since Josh Jeffries at the 2012 London Games and finished 21st.
"Paris helped me realise that I can really be amongst the best guys in the world," Moore told AAP.
"(Reflecting on Birmingham) is a good motivator, actually. I'm ready for a bit of redemption.
"I want to prove that I can be up there with the top guys in the Commonwealth ... gold is my goal."
Uneven bars specialist McDonald still thinks about her seventh-place finish in the 2022 final.
It's a frustration that has followed her despite claiming a surprise balance beam gold ahead of Godwin.
The 25-year-old's thirst for redemption only grew after Paris, citing her 66th-place finish in floor exercise qualifying as another motivator.
"I had a really good chance of getting gold on bars (in 2022) and I stuffed up my routine, my very first skill," McDonald told AAP.
"I just forgot why I did gymnastics, and I forgot all about that.
"After Paris, I'm certainly hungry to redeem myself on floor and then put out a good bar routine.
"If I wasn't fit and healthy, then there wouldn't be a need to redeem myself, but I feel fit and healthy, so why not?
"I feel like I've got a little bit more potential in me."
McDonald is also aiming to go one better in the team all-around, part of the silver-winning squad pipped by England in 2022.
The men's team, led by now-retired Tyson Bull, missed out on bronze by 0.650 points.
The last time Australia won team all-around gold was at the 2010 Delhi Games, with both men's and women's squads dominating the field.
Brisbane's Aiden Frick (75.750) was fourth in the men's all-around on Saturday, followed by NSW product Ben Foster (75.150).
Pommel horse specialist Tru Hagens, 18, impressed with a score of 14.700 points, while 2022 travelling reserve Heath Thorpe's score of 14.300 points was the best on vault.
Defending national all-around champion Breanna Scott trailed Stewart by 150 points, while two-time Olympian Emily Whitehead finished third.
There are five spots up for grabs on both men's and women's teams, with additional reserve spots.
