Australia's rhythmic gymnasts have hit all the right notes to claim Commonwealth Games team silver on their first night of competition in Birmingham.
Lidiia Iakovleva, Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva and Ashari Jesse Gill finished second on 268.650, behind Canada (272.950) and ahead of England (267.050).
Australia remained in the medal mix throughout Thursday evening at Arena Birmingham, but their silver medal wasn't confirmed until after the ribbon discipline was completed.
The final act, with Australia all but locked in for silver, was Gill's ribbon routine, to the tune of Sonny Bono's 'Bang Bang'.
Gill's entertaining routine scored 25.200, but ultimately ended up being one of the two lowest scores dropped from the final score.
But Australia's night still finished with a 'Bang Bang' as they upgraded their Gold Coast bronze.
Kiroi-Bogatyreva is the only gymnast remaining from the Gold Coast team, where she was also ball bronze medallist, and clearly led the way at Birmingham Arena on Thursday night.
The 20-year-old earned the top score in ball, second-best in clubs, fourth-best in ribbon and qualified fourth for Friday's all-around final.
Kiroi-Bogatyreva also earned the unique honour of becoming the only gymnast to compete at two different Birmingham 2022s: the Commonwealth Games in the UK and the World Games in the USA.
Iakovleva got Australia off to a strong start when she finished seventh in the hoop (26.900), earning qualification to the apparatus final with her classy routine to 'Volver' by Maxime Rodriguez.
The highlight for Australia came when Kiroi-Bogatyreva scored 29.100 with a tremendous ball routine, earning the top-qualifying score.
Iakovleva and Gill both dropped the ball and missed qualification.
Kiroi-Bogatyreva won plenty of love from the Arena Birmingham crowd when she completed her clubs routine to a Beyonce melody.
The judges loved it too, handing her a score of 29.300, the second-highest overall.
The all-around event is on Friday with individual events on Saturday.
