Gymnastics: Britain's Whitlock repeats as pommel horse champion
Max Whitlock
Oct 7  2017; Montreal  Quebec  CAN; David Belyavskiy of Russia (left) and Max Whitlock of Great Britain (center) and Ruoteng Xiao of People's Republic of China (right) respectively won the silver and the gold and the bronze at the men's pommel horse final during the 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Montreal Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports
(Reuters) -  Olympic champion Max Whitlock  became the first British gymnast to retain a world title when  he  won the pommel horse gold medal at the gymnastics world championships in Montreal on Saturday.
 Whitlock   a five-time Olympic medalist  finished with a score of 15.441 to defeat Russian David Belyavskiy (15.100) and Chinaâs Xiao Ruoteng (15.066).
Oct 7  2017; Montreal  Quebec  CAN; Max Whitlock of Great Britain competes on the pommel horse during the 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championship at Montreal Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 7  2017; Montreal  Quebec  CAN; David Belyavskiy of Russia (left) and Max Whitlock of Great Britain (center) and Ruoteng Xiao of People's Republic of China (right) respectively won the silver and the gold and the bronze at the men's pommel horse final during the 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Montreal Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports
 [TGT] became the first British gymnast to retain a world title when   [TGT]   won the pommel horse gold medal at the gymnastics world championships in Montreal on Saturday.
  [TGT] a five-time Olympic medalist  finished with a score of 15.441 to defeat Russian David Belyavskiy (15.100) and Chinaâs Xiao Ruoteng (15.066).
Oct 7  2017; Montreal  Quebec  CAN; Max Whitlock of Great Britain competes on the pommel horse during the 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championship at Montreal Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports