Kristian Thomas takes Commonwealth gold

The 25-year-old was part of the England men's team which claimed gold in Glasgow this afternoon, with Scotland claiming the silver.

Thomas, Sam Oldham, Louis Smith, Max Whitlock and Nile Wilson scored a total of 266.804 points, despite losing Oldham to an injury sustained on the vault.

Thomas said: "The last few months we've just been training so so hard, so this is for the whole team.

"We don't know what Sam's situation is, but we just wish him all the best. I'm pretty sure he'll be fine, just give him a couple of weeks."

England's men had topped the pile at the halfway stage on Monday night with a total of 133.806 ahead of the vault, parallel bars and high bar apparatus on Tuesday, with Scotland second (127.240) and Canada third (125.380).

England and Scotland both resumed in the next sub-division, with Whitlock and Thomas impressing on the vault while Purvis led Scotland's medal charge on the parallel bars with 14.733. Keatings fell on landing but scored 14.100.

However, Oldham landed awkwardly after his vault and was carried from the apparatus after clutching his left ankle before leaving the arena shortly afterwards in a wheelchair for a scan.

It meant England were left to compete on the parellel bars and high bar with a man down, with three scores needed on each to go towards the team total.

Pommel horse specialist Smith stepped up and scored 14.133 on the p-bars and was bettered by Whitlock and Wilson as England's charge continued.

Scotland's Baines impressed on the high bar with 14.633 before Keatings came back from his earlier tumble to achieve 14.566.

That should secure the duo places in individual finals, with the line-ups for each apparatus and all-around final to also be decided at the end of the day.

The final rotation saw England on the high bar and Scotland on vault, with Whitlock again sticking a clean routine as he topped the all-around qualification with after a score of 14.766 gave him a total of 90.365.

Wilson and Thomas finished off England's team medal bid with clean and high-scoring routines which all but secured them gold, while a strong series of vaults left Scotland in silver medal position.

England and Scotland are also both set to have representation in each apparatus final and the all-around final, where a maximum of two gymnasts per country are allowed to compete.