Dan Purvis GBR 5th at Worlds

The biggest surprise to me at this World Championships in the Men’s competition was Dan Purvis from Great Britain.

Purvis scored a strong 15.066 on the floor on the way to a total of 88.965 points, 3.366 behind winner Kohei Uchimura of Japan …

“It’s been great, I never dreamed about coming fifth,” Purvis told BBC Sport.

“One or two things could have been better but this is a totally different feeling to last year.

“Last year things didn’t click into place as much, but this year I’ve had luck on my side and great coaching.” …

BBC

Excellent pommels. Great technique. Great form. Watch for him in the lead up to the London Olympics.

Daniel Purvis of Britain performs on the vault during the men's individual all-around final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam October 22, 2010. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SPORT GYMNASTICS)

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Consider the guys to be added to the top teams: Keatings (GBR), Marcel Nguyen (GER), Hamm (USA), Benoit Caranobe (FRA) … Who else?

China has another team this good back home training, of course.

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