Kristian Thomas felt pressure to deliver

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 beamed: "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.

"We knew we were in good shape and for us to go out there and hit 18 routines is quite incredible.

"The aim was to make sure we just got to Rio for sure, be we also knew that we could be pushing for a medal.

"We just tried to enjoy it without getting carried away and putting too much pressure on ourselves.

"We stuck together as a group, really supported each other and that worked for us on the night."

That was the last action of the week for Thomas, who missed out on qualifying for the individual floor, vault and high bars finals over the weekend's qualifying.

He added: "I suppose I am a little disappointed not to be there myself, but if someone had told me at the start I'd be coming home with a silver medal, I'd have taken it.

"This was the one medal I was missing."

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