Paris, July 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A superb victory in the men's team competition in Artistic Gymnastics helped Japan surge to the top of the medals table midway through Monday's schedule at the Olympic Games here. The gold in Gymnastics helped Japan move to six gold medals and 12 medals overall to take the top position.
Australia, who were in the lead at the end of competitions on Sunday, slipped to the fifth spot as China, South Korea and hosts France surged ahead in the standings.
India slipped to joint 25th position with one bronze medal, bagged by Manu Bhaker in the Women's 10mm Air Pistol shooting on Sunday.
Here's the medal tally at 00:30 IST:
MEDAL TALLY
Top 5 and India:
Nations G S B T
1) Japan 6 2 4 12
2) China 5 3 2 10
3) S. Korea 5 3 1 9
4) France 4 7 3 14
5) Australia 4 3 0 7
25) India 0 0 1 1
Source: IANS
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