England's Gabriel Langton in action during the Commonwealth Games qualification. (Reuters pic)GLASGOW: The men's final of the team gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games on Friday was temporarily halted after England's Gabriel Langton landed awkwardly off the high bar.Langton, 19, was carefully attended to by nine medical staff and helped onto a stretcher.Despite landing on his neck, Langton was able to move his arms in acknowledgement of the crowd's applause as he was carried away from the arena.The competition was coming to a tense conclusion but was held up for 20 minutes and the gymnasts were then offered the chance to go through another warm-up.England had been sitting in silver medal position behind Canada and narrowly in front of Australia and Scotland in the battle for the podium with one apparatus to go. A horror fall from England gymnast Gabriel Langton overshadows his team's silver medal in the team event on the opening night of action at Glasgow 2026.
Teenager landed head-first during high bar routineCanada win men’s team gold, with England secondEngland’s bid for a fourth successive Commonwealth Games men’s artistic gymnastics team title ended with silver after a dramatic final overshadowed by an injury to the teenager Gabriel Langton, who was taken from the arena on a stretcher after a heavy fall from the high bar.The 19-year-old fell head and neck first on to the mat during the final rotation of the team final, bringing competition to a halt as medical staff rushed to his aid. The arena fell silent while Langton received treatment, with fellow gymnasts watching on in visible concern.
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