Team GB’s artistic gymnasts won a first women's team Olympic medal since 1928 after delivering a spectacular performance to battle back for bronze in Tokyo.
A medal looked unlikely after the first two rotations but a brilliant comeback on the vault and uneven bars saw Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, Alice Kinsella and Amelie Morgan leapfrog Italy and Japan.
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— Team GB (@TeamGB) July 27, 2021
Morgan held her nerve with a superb uneven bars routine at the end to score 14.033 and there was a nervous wait before confirmation of a medal arrived, sparking jubilant scenes.
They finished with a combined 164.096, just 0.458 points more than fourth-placed Italy.
Jessica Gadirova said: “It’s a dream we never thought come true. I never thought this was possible but it’s happened – I don’t know what to say.
“We each played a massive part and altogether, we just did it."
Jennifer Gadirova added: “It’s more than a dream com true, it’s just incredible. We’re such an amazing team and without each and every single one of us working hard, doing the performances we did, it wouldn’t have been possible.
“I’m so thankful of all of you guys and so proud of you."
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— Max Whitlock MBE (@maxwhitlock1) July 27, 2021
Morgan said: “It’s absolutely incredible, I think we’re all quite speechless right now.
"It seems so unreal that we’ve made history and got a medal, we can’t quite believe it."
Kinsella said: “My qualification didn’t go so well so I came here wanting to smash my routine, to enjoy it, come out with the girls and coming away with a bronze is absolutely amazing."