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European Gymnastics Championships: Britain Defend Men's Team Gold

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Great Britain men produced a superb performance to successfully defend their team gold at the European Gymnastics Championships in Antalya for the first time. Britain, gold medallists a year ago in Munich, finished third in the qualifiers after making several mistakes, but made a strong start to the final on the pommel, rings and vault, and held the lead at the halfway stage. However, mistakes on the parallel bars and high bar meant there was less than a mark separating Britain and World Gymnastics Group 2 (WG2) heading into the final rotation.

It all came down to [PERSON_NAME], who followed up his individual floor bronze medal performance on Friday with another big score on the floor to secure gold. Britain finished third overall with a score of 246.728 points after a tense battle with World Gymnastics Group 2 went down to the final routine. Qualifying for the men's team final meant Britain had already secured a place at the World Gymnastics Championships in October in Liverpool, which will serve as the first Olympic qualifying event for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

Earlier this week, Britain retained team gold at the junior European Championships.