Max Whitlock wins gold at World Gymnastics Championships, first GB male to do so

Max Whitlock of England competes on the pommel horse during day one of the men's artistic gymnastics team final at Glasgow's SSE Hydro on July 28, 2014
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Max Whitlock becomes first male to win a gold for Great Britain in a World Championships after topping the pommel horse table.

Max Whitlock has become the first man to win a gold for Great Britain in a World Championships after topping the pommel horse table in Glasgow.

Whitlock, 22, scored 16.133 points, 0.1 points ahead of teammate Louis Smith who grabbed silver.

The result follows a similar triumph earlier in the week after Whitlock and his team won the men's first-ever team medal with silver.

"Starting with the silver as a team, everyone has been on such a high," Whitlock told reporters. "We could not ask for anything better and now we are world champions."

Smith, 26, was favourite having qualified top of the apparatus.

Louis Smith of England celebrates after completing his pommel horse routine for the Commonwealth Games men's artistic gymnastics team final at Glasgow's SSE Hydro on July 28, 2014
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