RIO DE JANEIRO – Gold-medal favorite Kenzo Shirai failed to live up to his billing after falling to a shock fourth-place finish in the men’s floor exercise final at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
All-around champion Kohei Uchimura was also denied his first-ever Olympic individual apparatus medal after finishing fifth behind gold medalist Max Whitlock of Britain and the Brazilian pair of Diego Hypolito and Arthur Mariano, who claimed silver and bronze, respectively.
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