Harry Hepworth became a bronze medallist in the men’s vault on his Olympic debut after a tense eight-man final on Sunday when the reigning world champion and Hepworth’s Team GB teammate, Jake Jarman, missed the podium by less than two hundredths of a point.
Hepworth, competing second, secured Britain’s first medal in the men’s version of the discipline with a dragulescu and a handspring two and a half twist, then faced a nervy wait to see if his two-vault average of 14.949 would be enough.
