Jake Jarman claims bronze but Max Whitlock misses out on fairytale ending

Jake Jarman claims bronze but Max Whitlock misses out on fairytale ending

GB’s greatest gymnast pays price for pommel horse errorRhys McClenaghan confirms mastery with Ireland gold

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.

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