That left him in fourth place, 0.333 points behind two-time world champion McClenaghan, who put the disappointment of missing out on a medal in Tokyo firmly behind him with a brilliant performance. The 25-year-old Northern Irishman clenched his fists in delight when gold was confirmed, with Nariman Kurbanov of Kazakhstan taking silver and American Stephen Nedoroscik bronze. Earlier, Jake Jarman secured Britain’s first artistic gymnastics medal in the French capital in a high-level floor final, taking bronze, his first Olympic medal. “I’ve only got a bronze medal at a European Championships so, to be walking away with an Olympic medal, I feel like I’ve skipped a step. Jarman will have another chance of a medal when he goes in the final on vault on Sunday, where he is world champion.
