We would like to say a huge congratulations to former student Kristian Thomas, as he delivered a show-stopping final round at the World Gymnastics Championships last week.

It helped Great Britain claim an historic silver in the team all-around final in Glasgow.

The 26-year-old, who also claimed bronze at the 2012 Olympics in the same event, banished all memories of the team’s fourth-place finish in 2014 with three high scores from his rotations.

It looked like it might not happen for Britain, heading into the final rotation at the SSE Hydro.

But some solid floor work from Thomas, Dan Purvis and Max Whitlock saw them edge out China and claim their first-ever world championships men’s team medal – Japan holding on for gold.

Thomas said: “It’s an absolutely incredible feeling, it really is. We’ve made history and I can’t say much more than that.

“There was definitely a lot of pressure going into that final routine but, at the same time, we knew we’d worked hard for it.”

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