Jake Jarman chasing Commonwealth déjà vu this summer season

Jarman won a stunning four golds at Birmingham 2022

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Jake Jarman wants to experience Commonwealth Games déjà vu at Glasgow 2026 this summer.

Jarman became one of the stars of Birmingham 2022 when he won four golds aged just 20 and now the Peterborough gymnast has eyes on repeating the trick four years later.

The 24-year-old swooped top spot in the all-around, floor, vault and team events in Birmingham and hopes he will be coming home with another bumper haul when he heads north of the border this summer.

“It would be a dream to replicate my performance in Glasgow,” he said. “I am trying to put out some new routines that if I can perform it on that stage [in Glasgow], replicating it at the World Championships towards the end of the year will be a lot easier.

“Regardless of what happens, I am going to try and enjoy it as much as I can.

“To be a part of the Commonwealth Games, it comes around as often as an Olympics does. It is quite a unique experience and for it to be in the UK, we are quite lucky really.”

Jarman’s Commonwealth debut was central to launching his senior career, that has since seen him become a two-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist at Paris 2024.

And the 24-year-old will never forget the memories he made at the Commonwealth Games, and hopes to repeat those scenes this summer.

He added: “To be able to experience that kind of atmosphere, a home crowd and a home environment, was quite important for me because it meant I didn’t have to leapfrog into the world championships and the Europeans.

“I had my family there and people from the club supporting as well. It was quite a surreal moment actually.

“You don’t really get a lot of time to live that moment and appreciate that you have that many people supporting you. I tried to take it in as much as I could when I was there.

“It was really lovely to meet up with my parents and people from the club and just spend time with them.”

The 24-year-old is now one of the biggest names in gymnastics and is determined to raise the profile of the sport through his social media channels.

Jarman boasts over 340,000 followers on Instagram, where he regularly gives fans an insight into life as a professional gymnast in the hope that it can inspire the next generation.

“Gymnastics is generally quite a serious sport so to be able to put that fun element in can be a bit difficult but I try and just be as organic as possible and put my own spin on things,” he said.

“It does seem to work. I want to make gymnastics enjoyable for the average person who doesn’t really know much about the sport.

“I have put out little videos before where I showcase some competitions from when I was a younger gymnast, around the age of nine, and show the progression from that point up to where I am now to give some perspective for what it takes to get to the level that I am at now. It is difficult but you can enjoy the journey as well.”