July 25 (Reuters) - England gymnast ⁠Gabriel Langton was conscious and speaking with doctors after ⁠being taken to hospital following a heavy fall during the ‌men's team gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games on Friday, team officials said.

The 19-year-old crashed headfirst to the floor after he came off the horizontal bar ​in the final rotation of the competition, ⁠prompting a lengthy halt as ⁠medical personnel rushed to his aid.

Langton received treatment on the competition ⁠floor ‌for several minutes before being placed on a stretcher, fitted with head and neck support and taken from ⁠the arena to hospital for further assessment.

Langton was conscious, ​moving and speaking ‌with doctors, team officials said.

"We are grateful to the ⁠medical teams who ​responded immediately to provide assistance," Team England said in a statement.

"He has been taken to hospital and we will share more information when ⁠it is available."

The incident cast a shadow ​over the remainder of the competition, with England settling for silver behind Canada after action resumed.

Australia claimed bronze, securing their first men's team ⁠gymnastics medal since winning gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Langton, who had been drafted into the squad as a replacement for injured six-time Olympic medallist Max Whitlock, could not celebrate ​his team's podium finish.

"From what we've heard, ⁠he's doing OK," said Langton's teammate, Luke Whitehouse.

"Gymnastics is such a ​dangerous sport and things like this remind ‌us of that. It's one of ​those things you have to put out of your mind."

(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in Bengaluru; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)