British men set to prove they are flipping brilliant

Nine days of artistic gymnastics begins today with three divisions of men’s qualifying.

With the greatest male gymnast in the history of the sport – six-time individual all-around world champion Kohei Uchimura –spearheading the Japanese team the reigning team world champions are understandably favourites for Monday’s team final. But 4-5 is a bit short given they won by just 0.473 at Glasgow from Great Britain, with China a further 0.386 back in third.

Based on history China look a solid bet at 9-4, having won three of the last four golds and ten of the last 12 world championships, and they will no doubt give supporters a great run for their money.