Exhausted but elated, Nile Wilson wrapped up his five golden days in Australia with victory in the men's high bar final at the Commonwealth Games, and vowed not to rest until he has been crowned the best gymnast in the world.

The Pudsey 22-year-old is under no illusions about the context of his five-medal haul, including three golds, at a tournament bereft of the sport's traditional super-powers and in which his England team-mates served up his closest threat.

But the packed grandstands cheering Wilson and his fellow competitors through almost a week of action, and the challenges posed by some of his less favoured apparatus, have led Wilson to believe his Gold Coast success will form a critical part of his path to the top.

Wilson said: "I think the medal that stands out for me is my gold in the all-around coming off the back of my hand injury. That is still my baby and the pinnacle of gymnastics, being consistent enough across the board to come out on top.

"It's a massive stepping-stone for the future. We might not have been amongst the best gymnasts in the world, but to soak up the environment and learn how to handle the pressure is a huge thing."

Wilson's high bar score of 14.533 was well down on his qualifying mark but enough to nudge team-mate James Hall into silver, confirming a 16-medal total for England's relatively inexperienced gymnastics team.

Earlier, Wilson had been edged into silver on the parallel bars by Marios Georgiou of Cyprus, who took gold due to a higher execution element, while Scotland's Frank Baines won bronze.

Seventeen-year-old Alice Kinsella held her nerve to win her first major title on the women's beam, scoring 13.7 to beat home favourite Georgia-Rose Brown into the silver medal position with team-mate Kelly Simm in bronze.

It was a significant achievement in the development of Kinsella, who will take a medal of each colour home from the Games and continue to build on her qualification for the all-around final at last year's World Championships in Montreal.