England’s Gabriel Langton was conscious and talking after being rushed to hospirtal after a horror fall during the men’s team gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Langton, 19, landed on his head after coming off the horizontal bar, bringing the action inside the arena to a halt. He received medical treatment on the floor for several minutes before taken away on a stretcher wearing a head brace.
Langton was conscious, moving and speaking with doctors, team officials said.
“We are grateful to the medical teams who responded immediately to provide assistance,” Team England said in a statement. “He has been taken to hospital and we will share more information when it is available.”
The incident cast a shadow over the remainder of the competition, with England settling for silver behind Canada after action resumed.
Australia claimed bronze, securing their first men’s team gymnastics medal since winning gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Langton, who had been drafted into the squad as a replacement for injured six-time Olympic medallist Max Whitlock, could not celebrate his team’s podium finish.
“From what we’ve heard, he’s doing OK,” said Langton’s teammate, Luke Whitehouse. “Gymnastics is such a dangerous sport and things like this remind us of that. It’s one of those things you have to put out of your mind.”
additional reporting by Reuters
