Golden day for Great Britain as our men dominate as a team
Great Britain took gymnastics gold yesterday in the men’s team final at the European Championships in Munich.
European allaround champion Joe Fraser, James Hall, Jake Jarman, Courtney Tulloch and Giarnni Regini-Moran finish more than six points clear of silver medallists Italy.
They are the first British team to win the European title since 2012 with a score of 254.295, as Turkey took bronze behind the Italians.
The team kept up their consistent form that had seen them top qualification on Thursday as they secured a commanding victory at Olympiahalle.
Jarman, 20, led with a score of 14.500 as Britain made an encouraging start to their competition on the floor before Fraser displayed his pommel class with a 14.433.
Britain were on course for gold at the halfway mark after Tulloch (14.633), Fraser (14.100) and Hall (13.433) executed solid routines on the rings.
Jarman, who won four golds at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, helped extend the advantage as he led the team with a superb 15.200 on vault.
Joined by ReginiMoran (14.900) and Tulloch (14.600), it ensured Britain stood five marks clear of second-placed Italy after four of six rotations.
Having become the first British man to win the European allaround title two days earlier, the 23-yearold Fraser reinforced his credentials on the parallel bars before today’s individual final with a 15.166.
There was to be no let-up from the British team on the final rotation, as Hall (14.066), Fraser (13.900) and, finally, Jarman (12.966) secured the title on the horizontal bar, allowing the celebrations to begin.
Fraser will go for further golds today in the pommel horse and parallel bars finals, while ReginiMoran has qualified for the floor, vault and parallel bars finals.
Tulloch will compete on the rings and in the vault, Jarman on the floor, and Hall will contest the high bar final.