Rio Olympics 2016: Louis Smith falls as Team GB miss out on Team GB gymnastics medal places

LOUIS SMITH crashed off the pommel horse and so did Team GB’s medal hopes in the men’s team gymnastics.

Great Britain were in third half-way through the six-discipline event in Rio, behind leaders Russia and second-placed Japan.

But then world silver medallist and European champion Nile Wilson exploded into action with a massive 15.666 score on the high bar.

It proved in vain, however, as Smith fell off the horse - his strongest event - in the final rotation.

China then came from the pack to overtake Britain - whose team also included Max Whitlock and Brinn Bevan - in third and that proved an unassailable gap.

Russia took silver, their first ever, as Japan picked up their seventh gold and China came third.