Artistic Gymnastics - 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Men's Team Final - Horizontal Bar - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany - October 9, 2019 Russia's Artur Dalaloyan applauds REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
(Reuters) - Russia's men clinched their first-ever team title at the gymnastics world championships on Wednesday, edging China in a tight contest in Stuttgart to avenge their 2018 defeat.
Last year in Doha, Russia were beaten to the title by China by a slim margin of 0.049 points but there were no mistakes this time as European all-around champion Nikita Nagornyy closed out the victory.
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