TOKYO: The Japanese men's gymnastics team, all Olympic novices on a team without"King Kohei" Uchimura for the first time since 2008, lost to Russia by a whisker on Monday and said that while they regretted it, they were already turning their sights on Paris 2024.
Daiki Hashimoto went last for Japan, putting in an excellent performance on the horizontal bar with a perfect landing that had his teammates jumping up and down with joy. But their joy turned to bitter disappointment when Russian Nikita Nagornyy, the last gymnast for Russia, performed on floor and lifted Russia to 262.500 to Japan's 262.397 - a difference of only 0.103.
"We missed by only 0.1 point, which seems wide. We could have gotten gold but depending on fate, we could also have gotten bronze. We need to remember this feeling of regret and keep on working towards Paris."The team's hopes were pinned on Hashimoto, whose first training club was in a building with a gym so small they had to run through its front door to get enough length to do a vault.
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