PARIS: Daiki Hashimoto conjured up some late magic to propel Japan to Olympic men’s team gymnastics gold on Monday as arch-rivals China stumbled with the title within their grasp. It was a record-extending eighth team title for Japan and made up for narrowly missing out to Russia for gold at the Tokyo Games. China took silver and the United States bronze, ahead of Britain. China were favorites after bossing the qualifying and, streets ahead, only had to hold their nerve in the last of the six rotations for victory.