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Kohei Uchimura expressed a measure of sympathy for Great Britain and Ukraine after a judging inquiry into his pommel horse routine gave Japan the silver medal in the men's Olympic gymnastics team final on Monday night.
The Japanese superstar badly miscued his dismount from the pommel in the final rotation and it left Japan in fourth place.
As Britain celebrated a shock silver medal and Ukraine toasted an apparent third-place finish behind winners China, Japan submitted an appeal to the judges that brought proceedings to a confused standstill.
The judges ultimately decided that Uchimura had not been given sufficient credit for his dismount and amended his score taking Japan up to second, dropping Britain to third, and leaving Ukraine empty-handed.
