Kenzo Shirai won the men's floor exercise gold medal for the third time at the artistic gymnastics world championships on Saturday.

Shirai, the all-around bronze medal winner, produced a "Shirai 3," a double-backward somersault triple-twisting layout named after him, en route to successfully defending his title with 15.633 points.

The 21-year-old, who topped the qualifying round, finished 1.100 ahead of Israel's Artem Dolgopyat, who scored 14.533 for the silver medal. American Yul Moldauer took the bronze with 14.500.