Japan wins Olympic men's gymnastics gold after China stumbles

But China's Su Weide fell twice on the horizontal bars …

It’s the high bar or horizontal bar. There’s one bar, not multiple bars.

Congratulations Japan, well earned.

Well done Japan and China..

Congrats Japan!!!

Well done to the Japanese team! Fully earned and deserved Gold medal.

Congratulations to the Japanese team Daiki Hashimoto, Azuma Kaya, Shinnosuke Oka, Wataru Tanigawa and Takaaki Sugino. Once again, they each and all showed they were the best.

I can't help but to cheer for Japan. There are so many Japan bashers here that I instinctively recoil from the negative attitude. Loved Japan while I was there and it is still the best of the many countries I've visited. Hope they keep on rolling.

Daiki Hashimoto conjured up some late magic to help Japan win Olympic men's team gymnastics gold on Monday as arch-rivals China stumbled with the title within their grasp. It was a record-extending eighth team title for Japan

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Well done, Japan.

A great comeback! Well done.

Miracle among miracles! Japan rises and soars like real samurai! NEVER GIVE UP!

Good job keep it up Nippon!!

Stunning performance to lift themselves back into the contest.

Not sure that Su Weide will be flavour of the month when he returns to China, But hey, s###t happens. Hopefully he will be performing in the singles and will do well.

my wife and me shouting and jumping high when Japan beat china to earn the gold medal! They are so good in making miracle and well done! we are so so so proud of you Japan!

Wow! What an exciting win. Love it when the Olympics bring you a come from behind victory. The Japanese men were fantastic. Too bad most of the men have the worst haircuts in the history of the sport!

Congrats to the U.S. men on their first podium in a while. Killing the medals table too. Go USA!

Congrats to the U.S. men on their first podium in a while. Killing the medals table too. 

Ah, no. That'd be Japan.

No one cares about "Total medals," just America. A bronze is worth nowhere near what a gold is.

Fighto! !Today  01:04 pm

No one cares about "Total medals," just America.

As long as it’s won fairly, any medal won in the Olympics is worthy of celebrating. But just to clarify, at the end of the games are you going to say that only gold medals won by Japanese athletes are worthwhile or will you be praising them for all the medals they win?

A bronze is worth nowhere near what a gold is.

Interesting. So, are you saying that 3rd place is nowhere near 1st place? I just want to be sure I understand how the ranking system works.

I just want to be sure I understand how the ranking system works.

Sure - I'll help out.

Look at the medal tally of every nation - except the US. That's how the medal ranking system works. A gold medal is ranked higher than a silver. A silver is ranked higher than a bronze.

The US is not on top of the medal tally as US media are presenting.

Happy to help!

> Fighto!Today 01:04 pm JST

Congrats to the U.S. men on their first podium in a while. Killing the medals table too.

> Ah, no. That'd be Japan.

> No one cares about "Total medals," just America. A bronze is worth nowhere near what a gold is.

Wait until the end of the Olympics to talk. I'm sure the U.S. will have more than Japan in both categories.

Massive result and keeps Japan on top of the table too. Bravo boys! Team effort!

Fighto!Today 02:11 pm JST

I just want to be sure I understand how the ranking system works.

> Sure - I'll help out.

> Look at the medal tally of every nation - except the US. That's how the medal ranking system works. A gold medal is ranked higher than a silver. A silver is ranked higher than a bronze.

> The US is not on top of the medal tally as US media are presenting.

> Happy to help!

Medals tally equals total medals. Even here on JT, the tally shows the U.S. on top. Count gold, silver and bronze and you get a tally. That's how it's done everywhere in the world. Happy to help you with your counting skills.

Medals tally equals total medals. Even here on JT, the tally shows the U.S. on top.

LOL. You are clearly looking at an American website.

JT - rightly - shows Japan on top of the medal tally for now. Only Americans are putting themselves on top!

Fighto!Today  01:04 pm JST

Congrats to the U.S. men on their first podium in a while. Killing the medals table too. 

“ No one cares about "Total medals," just America. A bronze is worth nowhere near what a gold is. “

You clearly don’t know anything about sports and how hard it is to be an Olympic athlete.

You see, I’m not even talking about reaching a final which is the main goal of more than fifty percent of the athletes.

An Olympic bronze medal is an amazing achievement.

Fighto!Today 01:04 pm JST

Congrats to the U.S. men on their first podium in a while. Killing the medals table too. 

Ah, no. That'd be Japan.

No one cares about "Total medals," just America. A bronze is worth nowhere near what a gold is.

So I guess when the US crushes it on golds as well, you will consider it as having killed in the medals table?

An Olympic bronze medal is an amazing achievement.

No-one said it wasn't.

Lots of Americans getting a bit upset here! It's called banter, guys!

And of course the US will finish above Japan in total medals and total golds, that's a given.

My point is that nowhere else in the world publishes the medal tally as "Total Medals" and not based on Golds won. Just America - Fact.

Fighto!Today 05:42 pm JST

My point is that nowhere else in the world publishes the medal tally as "Total Medals" and not based on Golds won. Just America - Fact.

I bet there is some country out there taking the narrative they want and not just America. In some cases, the difference between gold and bronze is microseconds.

@Fighto, I agree with the medal count system. I always thought it was weird that the US ranks its standing based on total and not the gold medal count. Not to say one is better than the other, but it really should be standardized, it’s a global event.

Fighto!Today 02:59 pm JST

Medals tally equals total medals. Even here on JT, the tally shows the U.S. on top.

> LOL. You are clearly looking at an American website.

> JT - rightly - shows Japan on top of the medal tally for now. Only Americans are putting themselves on top!

That is the gold medal tally. Enjoy the view while you can. It won't last long. Guaranteed.

Go Japan! Crushed it!

(Should be Gold = 5pts, Silver = 3pts, Bronze = 1pt, then add up all the Total Points)

Fighto!July 30  02:11 pm JST

Sure - I'll help out.

Look at the medal tally of every nation - except the US. That's how the medal ranking system works. A gold medal is ranked higher than a silver. A silver is ranked higher than a bronze.

The US is not on top of the medal tally as US media are presenting.

Happy to help!

By your logic, because remember, you're the one who gave a "worth" to the different types of medals, so let's give each medal a point value, say 3 for gold, 2 for silver and 1 for bronze.

Gold Silver Bronze Point Total

China 6 6 2 32

Japan 6 6 2 32

Australia 5 4 9 32

France 5 8 3 34

Korea 5 3 2 23

USA 3 16 9 50

In all honesty, I don't care about the Olympics and comments such as your just solidify my feelings. I like sports and am happy for all of the athletes to achieve well in theirs but I can't stand the jingoistic nonsense that the Olympics seem to bring out in so many people. Really, who cares how well one country does over another? More likely than not it has to do with so many factors, such as population, national wealth, the amount of government support provided to athletes, the stability of a country and so on. But, sure, go ahead and puff up your chest when your country does well, as if you have anything at all to do with it and denigrate other countries because that's really in the spirit of the games. Don't even get me started on the backroom shady dealings and performance enhancing drugs or how people from impoverished countries or those at war are meant to compete on any truly equal level, or how host nations end up wasting so many resources. It's the Olympics so rah, rah, rah.

The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practiced without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.

More accurate first sentence star:

Daiki Hashimoto dug deep and concentrated to help Japan win Olympic men's team gymnastics gold....