Gymnastics Oct 17, 2011

Zou wins horizontal bar; Uchimura takes bronze

by Dave Hueston

Zou Kai led a 1-2 finish for China in the men’s horizontal bar while three-time all-around champion Kohei Uchimura had to settle for bronze on the final day of the world gymnastic championships on Sunday. Zou was the pride and joy of his country ...

Gymnastics Oct 6, 2011

Uchimura shrugs off injury worries

Kohei Uchimura is trying to put fitness concerns out of his mind ahead of his quest to become the first gymnast to win three consecutive individual all-around titles at the upcoming world gymnastics championships. The Japanese men’s team rehearsed Wednesday at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium ...

Gymnastics Sep 26, 2011

Gymnastics team earns Olympic bid

Japan’s rhythmic gymnastics team punched its ticket for next year’s London Olympics after placing fifth in the all-around event Saturday at the world championships in France. Yuka Endo, Airi Hatakeyama, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeed Yokota and Kotono Tanaka performed without making any major errors ...

Gymnastics Sep 20, 2011

Sibling trio make gymnastics team

Japanese starlet Rie Tanaka has been named to represent the host country at the upcoming world gymnastics championships along with her older brother Kazuhito and younger brother Yusuke, the Japan Gymnastics Association said Sunday. The association announced a squad of six women — Tanaka, ...

Gymnastics Jul 4, 2011

Uchimura cruises to another title

Double world champion Kohei Uchimura won his third straight men’s all-around title at the Japan Cup with a dominating mark of 93.150 on Sunday. Uchimura had the highest score in all six disciplines, finishing a comfortable 3.650 points ahead of China’s Liao Qiuhua to ...

Gymnastics Jun 12, 2011

Uchimura sets pace at NHK Cup

Reigning gymnastics world champion Kohei Uchimura got off to a flying start in pursuit of his third consecutive NHK Cup title on Saturday, producing the highest score of 92.250 points, despite a fall on the horizontal bar in men’s individual all-around. Uchimura stands in ...

Gymnastics May 24, 2011

Gymnastics worlds to stay in Tokyo

The world gymnastics championships will be hosted by Tokyo this October as originally planned, despite earlier concerns about high radiation levels following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the International Gymnastics Federation said Sunday. The FIG found no scientific basis to call off the ...

Gymnastics Apr 25, 2011

Gymnast Uchimura breezes to title

Reigning all-around world gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura won his fourth consecutive national title in dominant fashion on Sunday. Uchimura scored 94.000 points to post a two-day total of 188.900 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Kenya Kobayashi finished a distant second with 180.750. Uchimura became the ...

Gymnastics Dec 6, 2010

Gymnast Tanaka builds on success

YAMAGUCHI (Kyodo) Asian Games bronze medalist Rie Tanaka won her first national titles at the all-Japan gymnastics championships on Sunday, winning in the vault and the balance beam. Tanaka, the new face for Japanese women’s gymnastics, scored 13.837 points on the vault and 14.075 ...