Artistic gymnastics great Kohei Uchimura had his last hurrah on Saturday, as the 2012 and 2016 Olympic men's all-around gold medalist retired after performing at a packed Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
The winner of a staggering 40 straight tournaments in the all-around at home and abroad from 2008 through 2017, Uchimura made one last appearance in a unique event dubbed "Kohei Uchimura the Final," joined by his nine Japan teammates and a crowd of around 6,500, including his mother and father.
Uchimura turned back the clock in his grand finale, performing on each apparatus for the first time since August 2019, when injuries to both shoulders forced him to stop competing in the six-apparatus all-around.