Kaho Minagawa finished fifth in the individual all-around on Friday at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, marking the best finish in the event by a Japanese in 42 years. Russia's Dina Averina won the gold medal with a 74.700 total, her twin sister Arina (73.450) took silver and Israel's Linoy Ashram ...
Kaho Minagawa earned the bronze medal in the individual hoop competition at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Wednesday, becoming the ...
Sae Miyakawa on Sunday captured her fourth straight vault title and won the floor for the first time at the ...
Kohei Uchimura secured his ninth straight individual all-around title at the NHK Cup on Sunday, clinching a place in the world championships, starting in late September in Montreal, along with runner-up Kenzo Shirai. The two-time Olympic gold medalist in the event trailed Shirai by 0.500 ...
Mai Murakami won the individual all-around title at the NHK Cup for the first time on Saturday, booking her spot at the world championships in October in Montreal. Murakami, who won her second straight national championship last month, scored 56.150 on Saturday and came in ...
Coming off a year in which he sealed his legacy as an all-time great by adding two more Olympic gold medals at the Rio Summer Games, Koehi Uchimura got off to a good start in his first season as a professional gymnast. He captured ...
Kohei Uchimura earned his 10th straight national individual all-around championship on Sunday, edging Kosuke Tanaka by 0.05 points for the landmark win. In his first competition since winning the team and individual all-around gold medals at last August's Rio Games, Uchimura settled for fourth during ...
Kohei Uchimura placed fourth in the men's qualification round of the national individual all-around gymnastics championships Friday, when the nine-time reigning champion returned to action after capturing two gold medals at the Rio Olympics. Uchimura won the men's team and all-around competitions in Brazil last ...
Kohei Uchimura wants to rehone his competitive instincts at the national individual all-around championships starting Friday, when the nine-time champion returns to action for the first since capturing two gold medals at the Rio Olympics last summer. After winning the team and the all-around competition ...
The International Gymnastics Federation on Tuesday announced the approval of eight new elements for its men's code of points, including a vault named after Rio Olympic team gold medalist Kenzo Shirai and a floor exercise element named for Takahiro Goshima. "My motivation in gymnastics is ...
Steve Penny resigned as president of USA Gymnastics on Thursday following intensified pressure on the organization for its handling of sex abuse cases. The resignation came a week after the United States Olympic Committee's board recommended to USA Gymnastics chairman Paul Parilla that Penny should ...
Legendary gymnast Olga Korbut has sold her collection of medals won at the 1972 Munich Olympics among a sale of memorabilia at an auction in the United States, auctioneers said Monday. Korbut, 61, captured the imagination of the sporting world with her spellbinding displays in ...
Rio 2016 Olympic team gymnastics event gold medalist Kenzo Shirai won the vault and high bar to complete a treble at a World Cup meet on Saturday. Shirai won the vault with 14.916 points and scored 13.933 in the high bar, adding the wins to ...
Kenzo Shirai, a member of Japan's gold medal-winning men's gymnastics team at last summer's Rio Olympics, won the floor title in the apparatus finals at a World Cup meet on Friday. Shirai scored 14.700 points to finish ahead of China's Mu Jile. Mu had 14.466 ...
In gymnastics, the more years you compete, the more damage your body sustains. And for someone like Kohei Uchimura, who takes part in both individual and team all-around competitions, the wear and tear is much greater. So it's not difficult to imagine that Japan's king of ...
