It looked bizarre and prompted plenty of speculation that his team threw the men's gymnastics team final, as it finished with no points in last place. The Olympics gymnastics routine that ended before it startedMIKE BLAKE/REUTERSWhen the Ukraine's Maksym Semiankiv took the gymnastics floor to perform the high bar, he hung on to the bar briefly before dropping to the floor and nodding to the judges. The final involved each country having three athletes perform on each appparatus - the high bar, parallel bars and floor exercise. Some pundits suggested the team were using the competition to prepare for the individual finals. Earlier Thornton had suggested the team had planned to throw the competition.

Source: Stuff August 09, 2016 10:03 UTC