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Godwin claims vault gold, bars silver

Georgia Godwin has now collected four medals - including two golds - at the Birmingham Games. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Star Australian gymnast Georgia Godwin has just fallen short of a third Commonwealth Games gold medal in 24 hours, claiming silver in the uneven bars after triumphing in the vault.

Godwin prevailed in the vault ahead of Canada's Laurie Denommee on a tiebreak, but was pipped by England star Georgia-Mae Fenton in the uneven bars.

The bars delivered Godwin's fourth medal in Birmingham and seventh career Games medal, after she broke through for all-around gold on Sunday and having claimed team silver on Saturday.

On Monday, Godwin landed a 13.700 in her first vault and 12.766 on her second.

It drew her level with Canada's Laurie Denommee on 13.233 (13.566 and 12.900) but Godwin pulled ahead for gold on tiebreak rules as she had the highest-scoring individual vault.

Scotland's Shannon Archer was third on 13.083, claiming her country's first ever Games women's artistic gymnastics medal.

The uneven bars followed shortly after, Godwin landing a 13.500 to temporarily take the gold medal position, but she was overtaken by Fenton, who produced a brilliant, difficult routine to prevail on 13.900 as she defended her title.

South Africa's Caitlin Rooskrantz (13.433) earned bronze on tiebreak ahead of England's Ondine Achampong.

On her 22nd birthday, fellow Australian Kate McDonald finished seventh in uneven bars on 12.533.

Godwin's teammate Emily Whitehead finished eighth in vault on 11.899.

Australia's Georgia Godwin has won a second gold medal at the Birmingham Games. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Godwin will chase a fifth medal in Tuesday's balance beam final.

Meanwhile teenager Jesse Moore was left to rue a fall late in his pommel horse routine that all but cost him a medal.

Moore, 19, had a wonderful routine with a high degree of difficulty after battling through a shoulder injury, but was unable to complete his dismount and scored 13.366, finishing fifth.

Without the fall, he likely would have claimed silver.

Moore pulled out of the rings event due to the shoulder injury he aggravated midway through Sunday's all-around final, that forced an early retirement from that event.

He is aiming to compete in Tuesday's high bar final.

Hometown hero Joe Fraser starred again, pulling out a score of 14.833 to claim his second gold ahead of Northern Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan (14.133) and Canada's Jayson Rampersad (14.000).

Earlier, Australia's Clay Mason Stephens finished seventh in the floor final on 12.366

Mason Stephens, who battled back from three ACLs to make the squad, was the final competitor but a fall in the second half of his routine proved costly.

England's Jake Jarman snared his third gold of the Games, after the team and all-around finals, with a score of 14.650 ahead of Canada's Felix Dolci (14.150) and Giarnni Regini-Moran (13.966).

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