Britain’s Max Whitlock overcomes jitters to make Olympics pommel horse final

Gymnast admits to ‘nerve-racking’ qualificationJapan’s Kohei Uchimura exits after peeling off horizontal barMax Whitlock was not quite at his best as he stepped up to the pommel horse on Saturday afternoon. In the second half of his routine, he suffered a notable form break then fought hard to maintain his rhythm. But what is most important in the tense qualification round where medals can only be lost, not won, is that he managed to do so.He finished with a score of 14.900, ad