Great Britain won their first men’s Olympic team medal in a century when they claimed bronze at the North Greenwich arena today.
Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Daniel Purvis, Sam Oldham and Kristian Thomas scored a total of 271.711 as they produced a stunning team performance in front of a royal audience.
Britain had initially been awarded silver but an inquiry into the score of Kohei Uchimura’s pommel horse routine saw Japan claim silver and Britain downgraded to bronze.
China retained their gold medal with 2008 silver medallists Japan leapfrogging Britain’s score of 271.711 with an upgraded total of 271.952.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry led the support as Britain won their first Olympic team medal since the bronze at the Stockholm Games in 1912 to thunderous applause from the home crowd.
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