Disappointment for Max as he misses out on the individual finals

Whitlock, 21, won Commonwealth titles in both events this summer, but fell during his floor routine and finished outside the top-eight qualification spots.

Britain’s Dan Purvis and Nile Wilson both scored higher than Whitlock in the all-around standings.

The Adeyfield man, who won European gold on the pommel horse earlier this year and has a PB of 16.1, scored just 15.233 after struggling to find his rhythm and also misses out on that final.

Max Whitlock. Picture (c) Alan Edwards, F2images Operations

A consolation for Whitlock, however, is that the Great Britain men have comfortably qualified for the team final, placing fourth after the two-day qualification in Nanning.

The team of Olympians Whitlock, Dan Keatings, Purvis, Kristian Thomas, and World Championship debutantes Wilson and Courtney Tulloch scored a total of 357.193 points to trail Japan, China and the USA in the standings.