TL;DR
Amanda Yap’s 13.233 balance-beam total earned Singapore silver at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Her 8.233 execution mark was second-best in the final; gold was 13.933 and bronze 13.000. Those figures explain the result more usefully than a vague claim of a ‘breakthrough’.

The three numbers to keep

Singapore’s first medal at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games came from the balance beam, where Amanda Yap scored 13.233 for silver. Australia’s Breanna Scott won gold with 13.933, while Canada’s Lia-Monica Fontaine took bronze on 13.000.

For the quick scoreboard: Yap finished 0.700 behind gold and 0.233 ahead of bronze. That is not a prediction about what comes next. It is simply the published margin from a tight eight-gymnast final.

  • 13.933: Scott’s gold-medal total.
  • 13.233: Yap’s silver-medal total.
  • 13.000: Fontaine’s bronze-medal total.

Team Singapore’s report adds the number that makes the result easier to read: Yap’s 8.233 execution score was second-highest in the final, behind Scott’s 8.333. It also says Yap competed with a difficulty score three-tenths lower than in qualification. In plain English, this was not a medal built on a speculative leap in content. It was a routine carried out well enough to stay ahead of a very strong field.

Why the 8.233 matters

Gymnastics scores can look opaque because different judging roles sit inside the final total. The current International Gymnastics Federation code assigns the D-Jury to the D-Score, covering the content of an exercise, and the E-Jury to the E-Score, covering execution and artistry.

That is the useful lens for Yap’s 13.233. The official report does not require anyone to reverse-engineer every skill to understand the headline: it explicitly identifies her 8.233 execution mark as the second-best of the final. A large execution number does not turn a routine into a certainty, but it tells readers why composure and clean delivery were central to this particular podium finish.

The published figures also make the arithmetic transparent. Subtracting the reported 8.233 execution score from the 13.233 total leaves 5.000 for the remaining score component. That calculation is a reading aid, not a substitute for the official judges’ breakdown.

A medal report, not a career forecast

Yap is 16 and this was her Commonwealth Games debut. Team Singapore says she was competing in only her second year as a senior; CNA independently reports that the silver was Singapore’s first gymnastics medal at the Commonwealth Games since 2014.

Those are meaningful facts. They do not licence the more dramatic claims that often follow a medal. One final does not guarantee an Olympic place, a future medal or a permanent ranking. The fair takeaway is more specific: on 28 July in Glasgow, Yap produced a 13.233 balance-beam routine, with the second-best execution mark in that final, and it was enough for silver.

Why this is worth knowing in Singapore

The medal story already has wide coverage. What a casual viewer may miss is that the score is not just a decoration beside the result. The 13.233, 8.233 and 0.233 margin over bronze show a podium secured by a high execution mark in a close final.

That is also why this is best read as a finished-event explainer rather than a promise about the next meet. Check Team Singapore’s live channels for any future programme or result updates; do not infer them from this scorecard.

Frequently Asked Questions

What did Amanda Yap score to win silver?

Yap scored 13.233 in the women’s balance-beam final at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Breanna Scott won gold with 13.933 and Lia-Monica Fontaine took bronze with 13.000.

What was Amanda Yap’s execution score?

Team Singapore reported an 8.233 execution score, the second-highest execution mark in the eight-gymnast final. Scott’s 8.333 was the highest.

How close was the balance-beam podium?

Yap was 0.700 behind the gold-medal total and 0.233 ahead of bronze. Those are direct calculations from the published 13.933, 13.233 and 13.000 results.

What do the D-Jury and E-Jury assess in women’s artistic gymnastics?

Under the current FIG code, the D-Jury establishes the D-Score for the content of an exercise, while the E-Jury judges the E-Score for execution and artistry.

Was this Singapore’s first medal at Glasgow 2026?

Yes. Team Singapore and CNA both describe Yap’s silver as Singapore’s first medal at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Sources and caveat: Team Singapore’s official result report; CNA’s independent report; The Straits Times’ competitor coverage; and the FIG Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028. The score discussion reflects the published final result only. It does not forecast selection, ranking or future performance.