Tokyo Olympics: Team GB’s men’s gymnastics team finish fourth at the Games

Team GB’s men’s gymnastics team finish fourth at the Tokyo Olympics as Max Whitlock and Co just miss out on a bronze medal after being pipped to a podium place by China with Russia claiming gold

  • Team GB have finished fourth in the men’s gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics 
  • Max Whitlock, Joe Fraser, James Hall and Giarnni Regini-Moran caught the eye
  • They finished with a score of 255.760, a bigger total than the USA 
  • But their performance wasn’t enough for a medal as China sealed the bronze
  • Russia took the gold medal, while Japan came in second on home turf 

Team GB‘s men’s gymnastics team put on an impressive display at the Tokyo Games but their efforts were only enough for a fourth placed finish as they narrowly missed out on a bronze medal.

Max Whitlock led a team featuring Joe Fraser, James Hall and Giarnni Regini-Moran, who put together some eye catching routines – including the pommel horse to round off their display, which saw end up with a score of 255.760. 

However, their efforts weren’t quite enough for a podium place as China pipped them to the bronze after collecting 261.894. 

Team GB’s men’s gymnastics team finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday

Led by Max Whitlock, the team put on an good display as they performed the pommel horse

It was Russia who went home with the gold medal after racking up a score of 262.500, with Japan claiming silver on home soil after registering 262.397. 

The ROC ended Asia’s domination of the team event after surviving a ferocious fightback from China and Japan and claim gold for the first time in 25 years. 

What was expected to be a tight, tense battle between defending champions Japan, Russia and China was exactly that as the three powerhouses swapped places over the six rotations.

The ROC managed to snatch victory only after Nikita Nagornyy, the last athlete to compete, delivered a pressure-packed floor routine to secure gold for his team by 0.103 of a point over the host nation.

But they didn't have enough to overtake China, who claimed third spot to seal a bronze medal

But they didn’t have enough to overtake China, who claimed third spot to seal a bronze medal

It was Russia who walked away with the gold medal after racking up a score of 262.500

It was Russia who walked away with the gold medal after racking up a score of 262.500

‘There was news this morning that there was a typhoon moving towards Tokyo,’ Nagornyy told reporters. ‘Well, the typhoon made it here and took gold and is sitting in front of you now.’

China had entered the final rotation topping the standings by 0.604 of a point but finished with the bronze medal for the second consecutive Games. 

Familiar foes once again battled it out for the medals as Japan, Russia and China have claimed every men’s team gold since the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, with the exception of the Soviet-boycotted 1984 Los Angeles Games when the United States claimed the top prize.

‘We have been working for this medal for a long time. This has taken 25 years,’ said Russia’s Denis Abliazin. ‘I think we will realise that we are Olympic champions only tomorrow.’

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