Britain’s gymnasts gave further impetus to their preparation for the Olympics when they took the women’s team silver medal at the European Championships in Bern, Switzerland. Still, the Brits’ performance provided substantial hope that more medals will be secured at the Games Britain finished 4.900 points behind with 170.312. France were third on 168.496. Many members of the squad, who had qualified for the final in first place, aimed for a high tariff rating of difficulty in their routines but this resulted in four falls off the apparatus, without which they would have challenged Russia more closely for the title.

Source: The Times June 05, 2016 16:52 UTC