SCOT Daniel Purvis was centre-stage during one of the most goosebumps-inducing moments of the Commonwealth Games last summer when he won gold on parallel bars in front of a packed SSE Hydro.
The 24-year-old will return to the scene of that triumph as part of a six-strong Great Britain men's team at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow which get under way today.
Their main priority will be a top-eight placing in the team competition in a bid to secure a spot for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Purvis and team-mates Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Kristian Thomas, Nile Wilson and Brinn Bevan will begin their campaign in qualification on Sunday morning.
The Great Britain men looked solid in podium training this week and Purvis said he was raring to go. It helps that the venue holds such fond memories for him.
"I can't wait," he said. "Walking out at the Commonwealth Games, it was just electric. At first it was like: 'Wow, this is unbelievable'. Hopefully this time I have more experience and I can take it in."
Having the home crowd support behind them will be vital. The British men have been drawn alongside Brazil and Puerto Rico in the least preferred subdivision one.
With scoring typically lower in the opening rounds of qualification, it means that they will have their work cut out for them coupled with a nail-biting almost 36-hour wait to find out whether they have done enough for a place in the team final.
"The Olympics was the same," said Purvis. "We were in the first qualification so we are used to it. Hopefully we hit our routines clean then we will know we have done enough."
It is his goal to also claim a spot in the all-around final and individual apparatus events on his strongest pieces of floor and parallel bars.
"Individually, I will try to come in the top 24 and be able to do the apparatus finals," he said. "One of them would be great, but that's the best case scenario. The important thing is the team."
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