GLASGOW (AFP) - Four gymnasts shared the uneven bars title at the world gymnastics championships for the first time ever on Saturday.

China's Fan Yilin, Russian duo Viktoriia Komova and Daria Spiridonova and American Madison Kocian all achieved 15.366 points at Glasgow's Hydro Arena.

The four received a gold medal with no silver or bronze awarded.

America's Gabrielle Douglas, the all-around silver medallist and reigning Olympic champion, finished next best as fifth, scoring 15.133, in the eight woman field.