Max Whitlock becomes Great Britain's first male gymnastics world champion in Glasgow following a 112-year wait while Andy Tennant wins silver at the Track Cycling World Cup in Cali. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours.
It has taken 112 years but Great Britain finally has a male gymnastics world champion after Max Whitlock edged out Louis Smith in a sensational pommel horse final to claim the gold medal.
Whitlock leaves Glasgow with three medals to his name, having also earned himself a floor silver at the start of Saturday's finals, to round off a truly historic week for the Brits. The girls took team bronze in the all-around final on Tuesday, before Whitlock and Smith helped the men team to silver a day later. It looked like there might be more medals for Whitlock on Friday but a slip on the high bar proved pivotal in his quest for a second World Championship individual all-around medal. On the pommel horse, Louis Smith racked up a stunning 16.033 to take the lead with just Whitlock left to perform meaning Britain were guaranteed gold. The 22-year-old set about matching Smith blow for blow with a perfect dismount earning him 16.133 and victory by just 0.100 over his teammate. “That was brilliant, to be honest I can’t really believe it,” said Whitlock. “The word to use to describe this week is historic. “Louis couldn’t be happier for me, and that’s just what our sport is like, and what our team is like in particular – we support each other and we want everyone to do the best they possibly can.”
Read more about Whitlock’s triumph and the other Brits in action here.
Andy Tennant picked up Great Britain’s second medal of the Track Cycling World Cup in Cali as he won silver in the individual pursuit.
GB’s women won bronze in the team pursuit on the opening day but Tennant went one better as he set a personal best of 4:19.992 minutes in qualifying to reach the final.
His time of 4:22.095 wasn’t quite enough to overhaul Germany’s Domenic Weinstein in the final itself but it was a first World Cup medal in the individual pursuit for the 28-year-old.
And while Tennant who was also part of the British quartet that finished fifth in the team pursuit on Friday, was content with the result he was left to rue the decision to move on to a bigger gear in the final.
“I’m pretty pleased,” said Tennant. “But I went on a 108 [in the final]; it was just too big for me. I was 106 in the qualification.
“The qualifier was a lot better than that [the final]. I can naturally spin a bike at cadence for the team pursuit, we should have probably stuck with that, I would have probably been closer. Whether I would have won or not I don’t know.
“It’s my first world cup medal in an individual pursuit though, so it’s nice.”
Elsewhere in Cali, triple European champion Laura Trott leads the women’s omnium at the halfway mark after finishing second in the scratch race, third in the individual pursuit and winning the elimination race.
The 23-year-old has a ten point advantage over second-placed Kirsten Wild with the time trial, flying lap and points race to come on Sunday.
Jonathan Dibben lies eighth in the men’s omnium at the halfway point, Katy Archibald came sixth in the women’s scratch race while Katy Marchant and Jess Varnish exited the women’s sprint in the last 16 and quarter-final repechages respectively.
Basketball star Chantelle Pressley is keeping her fingers crossed that the hard yards put in over the summer will be rewarded with a place on the Great Britain team for next month's EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers.
Pressley was a part of the squad earlier this year but didn't make the final 12 which competed for a place at the Final Round of the 2015 edition.
However the forward worked hard over the summer and has impressed for Sevenoaks Suns in the early stages of the Women's British Basketball League.
Jose Maria Buceta is the new senior women's head coach for Great Britain and Pressley admitted she was aiming to make her mark ahead of Great Britain opening their campaign against Montenegro on November 21.
“It is an honour to be called back to GB Camp,” she said. “I am thankful that they see something in me as a player and are giving me the chance to hopefully represent Great Britain on the global stage.
“This past May when I was released from camp ahead of EuroBasket Women 2015, I left knowing that I had done my best.
“The coaches were helpful in telling me areas of my game that they thought I needed to improve.
“I made it my mission this summer to get better, because I believe everything happens for a reason.
“Camp is challenging because you have 16 girls who are all very talented competing for 12 spots.
“As you can imagine, it can be pretty intense for all parties involved – it is certainly an experience that makes you stronger.”
Alice Schlesinger picked up valuable qualification points for Rio 2016 as the judoka finished seventh on day two of the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam.
Competing in the -63kg category, Schlesinger started the day strongly with victory over Brazil's Mariana Silva, who tapped out after an armlock with a little under 90 seconds left in the contest.
She then overcame Sweden's Anna Bernholm to move into the last eight, scoring a yuko with less than a minute remaining on the clock.
Her quarter-final opponent Clarisse Agbegnenou, ranked number two in the world, proved too strong for Schlesinger leaving the Brit facing Anicka Van Emden in the repechage.
And while unable to get back to winning ways, getting caught with a minute to go and thrown for yuko, elite performance coach Kate Howey insisted it has still been a promising day for Schlesinger.
“The fight against the French girl was really good and an improvement from Croatia Grand Prix,” she said.
“She was composed and tactically stuck to the fight plan. Her fight with the Dutch girl was also good and she lost on a yuko.
“She lost to the World number two and number eight but improvements were made and with the seventh place she has gained 80 more points towards Rio.”
Elsewhere, Sally Conway missed out on a place in the last eight in the -70kg competition after losing by a golden score to Poland's Katarzyna Klys.
Chris and Gabby Adock will bid for their first Bitburger Open title on Sunday after comfortably coming through their mixed doubles semi-final contest.
England's top seeds had been made to work hard in their last-eight clash a day earlier but there were no such problems against unseeded Dutch pair Jacco Arend and Selena Piek.
The 2013 runners-up and last year's semi-finalists won 21-14, 21-13 in just 29 minutes.
It was the shortest match of Saturday's semi-final session in Saarbrucken, Germany and Chris was aiming for more of the same against unseeded Polish pair Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Zieba on Sunday.
“A good performance today against the Dutch pair,” he posted on Twitter. “Hopefully keep our form going for tomorrow.”
Rajiv Ouseph was unable to maintain his recent form on court however as he exited at the semi-final stage of the men's singles.
The England number one lost out on a decider to Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus 21-16, 18-21, 21-18 in 50 minutes. Sportsbeat 2015