Rio Olympics 2016: Kristian Thomas shares his room with a view
As the countdown to the start of the Rio Olympics begins in earnest this week, Wolverhampton's Kristian Thomas showed off his room with a view.
The 27-year-old who led the men's British gymnastics team to a bronze medal at London 2012, shared the snap on Twitter after his arrival ahead of the opening ceremony this Friday.
Thomas' high-storey room overlooks an enviable palm tree lined swimming pool at the Olympic and Paralympic Village at Barra da Tijuca, situated to the west of central Rio de Janeiro.
The complex has the capacity to accommodate 17,950 athletes and technical staff at Games time in 3,604 flats.
Members of Team GB have been arriving at the village following a week-long training camp in Portugal.
Thomas and his fellow gymnasts are aiming to repeat and hopefully build upon their success at the last summer Olympics. The team bronze medal they earned in London was the first podium medal for a GB gymnastics team for 100 years, the last being at the 1912 Stockholm's 1912 Olympics.
Born in Wolverhampton, Thomas trained with the Earls Gymnastics Club in Halesowen and claimed his first senior medal aged just 17 with a team bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 2006.
Not only did he play a vital role in the historic achievement in 2012, during the same year he helped to secure a team gold medal at the European Championships.
In 2013, despite two major injuries, Thomas secured Team GB's first ever World Championship vault medal, taking home the bronze.
His success continued the following year, where he once again triumphed at the Commonwealth Games with team gold and vault and high bar silver, followed by European Team silver and the high bar bronze.
Last year Thomas won his first ever senior Team GB individual gold medal, in the floor at the European Championships.
