Canada is sending a menB次元官网网址檚 gymnastics team to the Olympics for the first time since 2008.

Needing a top-12 finish in the team qualification to clinch an Olympic berth, Canada placed fourth at the world artistic gymnastics championships on Sunday to secure their spot.

The group of Ren茅 Cournoyer, F茅lix Dolci, William 脡mard, Jayson Rampersad, Zachary Clay and Yanni Chronopoulos will be headed to the 2024 Paris Games thanks to their 249.260 score across six events.

B次元官网网址淟eading up to these world championships, the main goal was securing a team spot to the Olympic Games,B次元官网网址� Cournoyer said. B次元官网网址淢ission accomplished.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭here is so much significance to this fourth-place finish and I am so proud of all my teammates,B次元官网网址� he added.

Cournoyer is the lone member of the team with prior Olympic experience. The Repentigny, Que., native competed at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Canada now looks ahead to competing in the team final on Tuesday.

Japan (258.228), the U.S. (254.528), Great Britain (254.193), Germany (248.862), Italy (248.796), Switzerland (248.192) and China (248.163) will also be in the final.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 womenB次元官网网址檚 team advanced to the Olympics at the 2022 worlds.

The squad of three-time Olympian Ellie Black, Laurie Denommee, Sydney Turner, Denelle Pedrick and Emma Spence earned CanadaB次元官网网址檚 first-ever team medal at worlds with a bronze.