James Hall reckons he can look back on a job well done after a top-10 finish in the all-round final at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Hall, a member of Maidstone-based Pegasus Gymnastics Club, was the leading Brit in ninth place in Antwerp, with GB team-mate Jake Jarman - who went on to take vault gold - 13th.

“I’m really pleased,” Hall told British Gymnastics. “I started off shaky but I settled in nicely, built my confidence and to finish top 10 in the world - I’ll definitely take that.

“Me and my coach have been working on the little details, today was a personal best so I’m super happy. I’m also very proud of Jake, early on in his career and he’s putting out some incredible routines.”

Marks of 13.6 in floor and 13.3 on pommel were followed by 13.566 in rings and 13.733 on vault. Hall scored 14.666 on the parallel bars and a high-bar score of 13.466 earned a total of 82.331 points. Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto won gold with 86.132.

Hall narrowly failed to medal in the team event as last year’s bronze medallists finished fourth this time around. Alongside former Pegasus stablemate Courtney Tulloch, as well as Max Whitlock, Jarman and Harry Hepworth, Hall kept GB in the mix for the podium but Japan, China and the United States edged the top-three places.

“This is an amazing group of guys and it’s an honour to compete alongside them,” Hall said. “Of course, it’s tough being fourth but that shows the high standards we have set. We all went for it today and were positive with our intent, there’s new faces in the team - pretty much we have three generations now of amazing gymnasts competing - I’m very proud.”

In the women’s event, Georgia-Mae Fenton’s hopes of going one better than last year in the team category were dashed.

Gravesend’s Fenton was a member of the GB squad which finished a historic second to the USA at Liverpool 2022 but this time they had to settle for sixth. She was joined by Alice Kensella, Ondine Achampong, Ruby Evans and Jessica Gadirova but it was Brazil who were the Americans' closest rivals this time with France third.

In the uneven bars she finished 13th with 14.033 points.