News Japan celebrated winning Olympic gold in the artisitic gymnastics team event, while China had to settle for bronze, Russia having found space between the Asian nations to claim the silver, its first medal in the event for 16 years Though Brazil was at times in contention for a third-place finish, vying with the British, a medal would have come as a surprise The home nation is, in truth, some way off the summit of the sport, but sixth place is already a historic achievement Russia gymnast Ivan Stretovich in the team final (Photo: Getty Images/Matthias Hangst) Japan’s Kohei Uchimura provided the inspiration and lead by example for his team's victory  At 27, he is widely considered to be the world’s best gymnast, having won ten world championships and six Olympic medals, including gold in the all-around at London 2012, a title that followed his silver at Beijing 2012 He also took the floor silver at London, and holds another two silver medals in team events, also at Beijing and London With a broad smile on his face, Uchimura praised the “fantastic crowd”, who were happy to cheer for countries other than the host nation, even when mistakes were made “I feel very good competing here,” he added "Winning gold at the Olympics is incredibly difficult, that is what I realised," he continued "Given that it's the Olympics, I feel great satisfaction getting the gold medal " Uchimura in action for Japan at Rio 2016 (Photo: Getty Images/Alex Livesey) If China were disappointed to take the bronze, it fell to Zhang Chenglong to sum up a nation’s feelings: “For us, the team medal is the most important of all It’s the most representative and the most valuable, because gymnastics is a team effort ” The Russians, meanwhile, were overjoyed to have won the medal that had eluded them for the past 16 years (having won a bronze at Sydney 2000), while for Brazil, sixth place was also reason to celebrate Olympic Games tickets are available to buy on the Rio 2016 portal Alexandra Raisman of the United States competes in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise final Photo: Getty Images/Hannah Johnston Elizabeth Tweddle of Great Britain competes in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars final Photo: Getty Images/Ryan Pierse Arthur Zanetti of Brazil competes on the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings Photo: Getty Images/Phil Walter Sergio Sasaki of Brazil competes on the rings in the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around final Photo: Getty Images/Ronald Martinez Krisztian Berki of Hungary competes on the horse during the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Pommel Horse Final Photo: Getty Images/Le Segretain Kazuhito Tanaka of Japan competes on the parallel bars in the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around final in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images/Ezra Shaw Kyla Ross of the United States competes on the balance beam in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team final in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images/Jamie Squire Gabrielle Douglas of the United States competes on the uneven bars in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team final in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images/Ronald Martinez John Orozco of the United States of America competes on the pommel horse in the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team final in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images/Ronald Martinez