Gymnastics-Russia survive Asian fightback to take team gold

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Russia ended Asia's domination of the Olympic gymnastics men's team event on Monday when they survived a ferocious fightback from China and Japan at the Tokyo Games to claim the gold medal for the first time in 25 years.

Russia, competing in Tokyo as representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee because the country has been stripped of its flag and anthem for doping offences, posted a winning total of 262.500 points to go top of the podium for the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Games.

“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." Through three of the six rotations, the ROC appeared to be heading for a romp after constructing a 2.6-point advantage over Japan, a poor effort by Daiki Hashimoto on the rings doing much of the damage for the host nation after he earned only 13.833.

The score vaulted the hosts over China and into the lead as Nagornyy, the reigning world all-around champion, waited on the edge of the stage for his turn to compete on the floor exercise.

 

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