22 Oct 2010

China claim gymnastics gold

3:40 pm on 22 October 2010

China have claimed their fourth successive men's team title at the gymnastics world championships in the Netherlands after rivals Japan tumbled out of the running with a fall from the horizontal bar.

Olympic champions China took a narrow 0.794 of a point lead into the final rotation and Japan's gold-medal hopes were all but dashed when Kazuhito Tanaka fell to the mat from the bar.

That left China knowing three wobble-free performances would land them the top prize and they did not disappoint.

Japan earned silver and crowd favourites Germany picked up bronze.