Two medals for GB gymnasts, but not gold
British gymnast Louis Smith had to settle for silver in the pommel horse as team-mate Max Whitlock won a surprise bronze medal.
Pre-event favourite Smith was pipped to the gold by Hungary's
Krisztian Berki in the North Greenwich Arena by the narrowest of
margins.Both routines received scores of 16.066 from the judges but Berki took the gold courtesy of a better execution score.
Smith, the bronze medallist in Beijing four years ago, had disappointment etched across his face after the result flashed up on the scoreboard having been the last man to perform.
Whitlock claimed third place with a score of 15.600.
Gold
Earlier, Zou Kai claimed the first individual apparatus title of the London 2012 Olympics, winning on the floor.In doing so, the Chinese star successfully defended the crown he won on home soil in Beijing four years ago.
Zou's score of 15.933 at the North Greenwich Arena was more than enough to defeat Japan's Kohei Uchimura (15.800).
It was his second gold of the Games, having been part of China's all-round team champions.
Sandra Raluca Izbasa claimed victory in the women's vault, edging out favourite McKayla Maroney, of the USA.
Izbasa took gold with an average of 15.191 for her two vaults, ahead of Maroney, whose error on her second vault proved costly.
She had scored 15.866 with a huge technically difficult Amanar before losing rotation on her second effort to finish with a score of 15.083.
German Oksana Chusovitina, the oldest female gymnast in the Games at the age of 37, finished in fifth place.
Source : SkySports.com
