Halifax's Ellie Black led Canada to the bronze medal in the team competition at the world artistic gymnastics championships in Liverpool, England on Tuesday.
Black collected 55.166 points to help Canada to an overall score of 160.563 and a third-place finish. The United States took gold (166.564) and Great Britain silver (163.363).
Black scored 14.200 on vault, 14.033 on uneven bars, 13.833 on blanace beam and 13,100 in the floor routine.
Black had to brush away the tears at the conclusion of the competition.
"I am so proud of my team, I am so proud of what we did out there," said Black. "We were calm and collected and we had so much fun. To end on the podium, I am blown away."
A bronze medal finish in the team finals and that's history for women's artistic gymnastics in Canada!#ArtWorlds2022 @EllieBlack_ pic.twitter.com/z8PHT62YMc
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Denelle Pedrick of Wilcox, Sask., and Black's teammate at Halifax's Alta gymnastics club, delivered a sensational 13.866 performance on the vault in her only team event. Laurie Denommee, Emma Spence and Sydney Turner rounded out the Canadian squad.
The team medal was the first in Canadian history at the world championships and qualifies a full team for Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Next up for Black is the women's All-Around final on Thursday. The 27-year-old is among 24 athletes competing in the event that she won a silver medal at the 2017 worlds in Montreal. Black was 11th after the qualification with a score of 54.131 points.
Black will also compete in the vault final on Saturday and the balance beam final on Sunday.
