Gymnastics: GB men master art of winning European silver

GREAT Britain's men won a European Artistic Gymnastics Championships team medal for the first time yesterday, winning silver as Germany took gold in the Birmingham event.

By The Newsroom

Published 24th Apr 2010, 21:38 BST

Updated 24th Apr 2010, 23:19 BST

Errors on the pommel horse and parallel bars from World Championships all-around silver medallist Daniel Keatings cost Britain, though, as Germany triumphed by 3.125 points in a total of 266.150.

Britain's team of Keatings, Olympic pommel horse bronze medallist Louis Smith, Sam Hunter, Kristian Thomas and Daniel Purvis scored 263.025 points, while France finished third with 260.100.