Gabriel Langton fell three metres onto his head after missing a grab on the high bars and was taken to hospital in a neck brace and on a stretcher in worrying scenes11:26, 25 Jul 2026Updated 11:26, 25 Jul 2026An English gymnast had to be taken to hospital after landing on his head in a sickening fall at the Commonwealth Games.‌Gabriel Langton missed a grab on the horizontal bars and fell three metres onto his head while competing in the men's team gymnastics final in Glasgow on Friday night.‌Team England claimed the silver medal, but their success was overshadowed by Langton's injury. He was treated by over 10 medical staff, who put his neck in a brace before taking him away on a stretcher.‌The 19-year-old was conscious and could be seen moving his legs and arms before leaving the arena.A Team England spokesperson said: "We are grateful to the medical teams who responded immediately to provide assistance. He has been taken to hospital, and we will share more information when it is available."JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! All the best sports news and much more on our dedicated Facebook page‌The gymnast from the City of Birmingham Gymnastics Club was brought into the team to replace six-time Olympic medallist Max Whitlock. After a lengthy delay, his team took silver after failing to overhaul Canada's total.The injury clearly had an impact on Langton's team-mates, with Luke Whitehouse given the difficult task of following him on the high bar. He could only score 11.70, leaving him in 23rd place for the apparatus overall."It was really tough. We just had to reset, try to put it to one side mentally and focus on the job we had to do," Whitehouse said. "I think everyone should be proud of the way we carried on after Gabe's fall. We all agreed we'd take another warm-up and bring our energy back into it. There was a delay after the first warm-up, but we regrouped.‌"The coaches were fantastic, and the boys who had to go up on high bar were incredible. The togetherness of the team really showed, and I couldn't be prouder of everyone."He added: "From what we've heard, he's doing OK. Gymnastics is such a dangerous sport and things like this remind us of that. It's one of those things you have to put out of your mind."‌Felix Dolci, who helped Canada win the gold medal, said: "It's terrible but it goes to show that gymnastics is a very, very difficult and complicated sport. It's dangerous you know sometimes."All our thoughts go to Gabriel and the team. Pushing through this is definitely not easy, England stayed focussed, they stayed in the zone, a huge shout out to them because that's not an easy one."For any gymnast that was on the field of play, seeing this not only is difficult, but something you never want to see. It goes to show how hard the sport is."Article continues belowHamish Carter from Team Scotland added: "I didn't actually see what happened. I'm just so happy that he's alright and, having experienced that, anything could have happened. We've walked away with no medal but I'm thinking of Gabe in this moment."