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Max Whitlock led throughout the competition to win gold for Britain at the Glasgow World Cup as compatriots Dan Purvis and Claudia Fragapane took bronze at the Emirates Arena. Whitlock, 23, posted a final score of 89.299 points to become champion in the first competition of the year, putting him in a good position for the Olympics this summer.Leading from the first apparatus, the 2012 double Olympic bronze medal winner posted a score of 15.033 on the floor and followed it with a 15.500 on the Pommel horse - enough to establish a lead he retained until the end. Fellow Team GB member Purvis took the bronze with 86.465, narrowly finishing behind Brazils Arthur Mariano (86.598). Purvis posted his biggest score of the day (15.166) on his penultimate apparatus, the parallel bars, but Mariano secured silver with a score of 15.133 on the horizontal bar.Speaking after the event, Whitlock said My target coming in was to do clean routines and Im happy to do that on all six pieces and come out with a good score and a gold medal.Eighteen-year-old Fragapane started well but an unfortunate slip on the uneven bars left her in sixth position after the second of four apparatus. The four-time Commonwealth gold medalist rallied in the final event, achieving the highest score of the day on the floor (14.366) to push her into the bronze medal position. Claudia Fragapane shot to fame after winning four gold medals during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Fragapane finished with a total of 55.398, behind USAs Mykayla Skinner (56.999) and Germanys Elisabeth Seitz (55.732).The event, which sees the worlds top eight male and female gymnasts from around the world, is the only round of the FIG World Cup series to be held in the UK. Tyler Seguin Stars Jersey . The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. Ben Bishop Jersey . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. http://www.thedallasstarshockey.com/jon-casey-hockey-jersey/ . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Anton Khudobin Jersey . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Stephen Johns Jersey . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. "Paul sent me a text this morning, just told me he loved me and wanted to go out and fight as hard as I would any other day," Simpson said Sunday after doing just that. The Phoenix Mercury wouldnt mind playing Washington Mystics more frequently.The Mercury are 9-2 in the last 11 meetings with the Mystics heading into Wednesdays game at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix.Phoenix is also 7-4 so far this season against all East teams -- compared to 1-9 against their home West -- and own a 2-0 mark against Washington.But the Mercury (8-13) have hit a rough patch with three straight losses, the most since opening the season with a four-game losing streak and six losses in their first eight.The Mystics (9-10) had won five of six heading into their current five-game road trip and then dropped three straight away from home.Guard Tayler Hill leads Washington with a 15.3-point average while center Emma Meesseman is right behind at 15.1 and a teeam-best 5.dddddddddddd7 rebounds. Meesseman had a career-high-tying 24 points in last Sundays 93-82 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.Mercury veteran Diana Taurasi is sixth in league scoring with a 19.2-point average and eighth in assists (4.1). Teammate Brittney Griner tops the team with a 6.2 rebound per game average.Taurasi seeks her fourth gold medal as she joins Team USA next month for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Griner is also on the team, making her first Olympics appearance.Washington wraps up the road trip on Friday at Seattle before heading home for a July 20 game against New York. Phoenix is at San Antonio on Saturday. ' ' '