Commonwealth Games: Gymnast Langton’s headfirst crash leads to concussion

Gabriel Langton suffers concussion aft headfirst clang disconnected horizontal barroom successful the ⁠final rotation of the competition.

United Kingdom gymnast ‌Gabriel Langton was conscious and speaking with doctors aft ⁠being taken ⁠to infirmary pursuing a dense autumn during the men’s squad gymnastics last astatine the Commonwealth Games, squad officials said.

The 19-year-old crashed headfirst to the level connected Friday aft helium came disconnected the horizontal barroom successful the ⁠final rotation of the competition, prompting a lengthy halt arsenic aesculapian unit rushed to his aid.

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Langton received attraction connected the contention level for respective minutes earlier being placed connected a stretcher, fitted ‌with caput and cervix enactment and taken from the arena to infirmary for further assessment.

Langton was conscious, moving and speaking with doctors, squad officials said.

“We are grateful to the aesculapian teams who responded instantly to supply assistance,” Team England said successful a statement.

“He has been taken ⁠to infirmary and we volition stock much ⁠information erstwhile it is available.”

The incidental formed a shadiness implicit the remainder of the competition, with England settling for metallic down Canada aft enactment resumed.

Australia ⁠claimed bronze, securing their archetypal men’s squad gymnastics medal since winning golden astatine the ⁠2010 Commonwealth Games successful Delhi.

Langton, who ⁠had been drafted into the squad arsenic a replacement for injured six-time Olympic medallist Max Whitlock, could not observe his team’s podium finish.

“From what we’ve heard, ‌he’s doing OK,” said Langton’s teammate, Luke Whitehouse.

“Gymnastics is specified a unsafe athletics and things similar this punctual america ‌of ‌that. It’s 1 of those things you person to enactment retired of your mind.”