Max Whitlock, the greatest British gymnast of all time, fell short of a fairytale ending to his career as he finished in fourth place in the pommel horse while Jake Jarman positioned himself as the future of British men’s gymnastics with a bronze medal in the floor exercise.
As the two-time world champion Rhys McClenaghan confirmed his mastery of the pommel horse by winning his first Olympic gold medal with a stellar score of 15.533, Whitlock finished just outside the medals, scoring 15.2. Nariman Kurbanov, of Kazakhstan, and Stephen Nedoroscik, of the United States, took silver and bronze.
