{"success":true,"data":{"id":"e43511ae-c962-4f32-8ea2-7482b0665876","title":"Gymnast Langton cleared of serious injury after shocking fall","summary":"A-Z Sports Gymnast Langton cleared of serious injury after fall Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Langton contested the floor, rings and parallel bars before falling on the horizontal bar in the final rotation By Matthew Henry BBC Sport Journalist in Glasgow Published 20 minutes ago English ...","content":"**A-Z Sports**\n\n# Gymnast Langton cleared of serious injury after fall\n\n![Image 1: Gabriel Langton](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/2560/cpsprodpb/0d74/live/25f65c60-885b-11f1-b2ab-0dd01740f9f6.jpg)Image source, Getty Images\n\nImage caption, \n\nLangton contested the floor, rings and parallel bars before falling on the horizontal bar in the final rotation\n\nBy Matthew Henry\n\nBBC Sport Journalist in Glasgow\n\n*   Published 20 minutes ago \n\n**English gymnast Gabriel Langton has been cleared of serious injury after a sickening fall at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.**\n\nLangton [fell head first from three metres to the floor](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c151qlnzw05o) after missing his catch on the horizontal metal bar during the opening day of competition and was taken to hospital.\n\nTeam England said Langton underwent \"multiple scans\" on Saturday with \"very positive results\".\n\nThe 19-year-old, who has not qualified for any remaining events at the Games, will be discharged from hospital on Saturday evening.\n\n\"He is in good spirits and hugely grateful for the many messages of support and the excellent care provided by the medical teams,\" a statement said.\n\n\"He is looking forward to being reunited with the team to celebrate his silver medal.\"\n\nThere was a lengthy halt to proceedings after Langton's fall before he was taken away on a stretcher.\n\nWhen the competition resumed, his team-mates secured a silver medal behind Canada, though Langton is yet to receive his.\n\nAfter the incident, team-mate Luke Whitehouse said: \"When something like that happens, you've just got to forget about it and reset. I just had to focus on my routine one skill at a time.\"\n\nCanada's Felix Dolci said: \"It's terrible but it goes to show that gymnastics is a very, very difficult and complicated sport. 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