China climbed to the top of a controversial podium in team gymnastics

The definition was controversially in the other positions, since the rotations are completed Britain ranked second and Ukraine third.

Japan had finished in fourth place, but the judges accepted a protest by the score of their last gymnast Kohei Uchimura.

So, eventually the silver went to Japan, while Britain, European champion, won the bronze with 16,500 euphoric fans. It was the first Olympic medal for British gymnastics for 90 years.