Max Whitlock completes golden double at Rio Olympics

Great Britain's Max Whitlock has won his second gold of the day with success on the pommel horse in Rio.

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Whitlock had already made history a little over an hour before by becoming his country's first Olympic gymnastics champion with a surprise gold on the floor, and he followed that up by beating teammate Louis Smith in his favoured event.

The 23-year-old became a double Olympic champion with a score of 15.966 after an almost-flawless display with the penultimate routine of the competition.

Smith had earlier recorded a score of 15.833, which proved to be good enough for a second consecutive Olympic silver and his fourth Olympic medal overall.

USA's Alexander Naddour made up the medals with bronze, finishing just ahead of France's Cyril Tommasone.