Adam Cox surpassed expectations by reaching the final and finishing eighth on the High Bar at the Glasgow Grand Prix at the Kelvin Hall. 

While Scotland's  Olympian, Danny Keatings, fell off the Pommel Horse in qualification and failed to make the final, 21-year-old Cox bounced back from injury to prove he will be a contender for London 2012.

The only disappointment was that the Livingston gymnast failed to make a final catch in the final and fell to the floor. "I only had three release and catches in qualification, but decided to add an extra one for the final," explained the 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist. . "You have got to go for it. 

“This is my first major competition since a shoulder operation in March, so it was nice to make an impact. I'm facing another operation on an ankle before Christmas. You could say that this year has been  a bit of a nightmare"

"If I had been fully fit, I think I could have made the Olympics. I would have needed to pull out some big results, but I did have a good chance.”

Over the next few weeks, Cox and Keatings will be competing at the British Championships and both will be in the team for the Northern European Championships.

England’s Louis Smith, the Olympic bronze medallist, confirmed his world-class from by taking a silver on the Pommel Horse behind Hungary’s three-time European Champion, Krisztian Berki. 

“This is my first major event since Beijing and so I was delighted to pull off a

clean routine,” said Smith, who appears in a BBC advert for the Sports Personality of the Year Award. 

England's Mariissa King was another silver medallist on the Beam.