'King Kohei' Uchimura highlights Friendship and Solidarity meet
Thirty athletes representing four nations participated in the event at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, which served as a test for virus countermeasures ahead of next year's Olympics.
Kitakyushu to host both gymnastics world championships in 2021
The southern city of Kitakyushu will host the 2021 Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) announced on Sunday, becoming the first city to welcome both ...
Kohei Uchimura ready for one-day gymnastics event in Tokyo
When Kohei Uchimura heard he’d tested positive for COVID-19, the three-time Olympic gold medalist was shocked. “When I was first told I was positive, I didn’t believe it at all,” he ...
International gymnastics meet to provide insight into coronavirus control at Olympics
The one-day event at Yoyogi National Gymnasium will likely be viewed as a test of Tokyo's capability to safely hold an international sporting event.
Gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus this past week, has since been returned three different negative test results.
Olympic men's champion Kohei Uchimura tests positive for coronavirus
Negative tests next week could allow the reigning Olympic champion to participate in a planned four-nation meet at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Nov. 8.
U.S. gymnasts blaze a trail to Tokyo meet
A chartered flight will bring a team of six Americans to Japan for next month's four-nation event, a major test of anti-COVID countermeasures ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
The Japan Gymnastics Association said Monday it has chosen three-time Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura for a team competing in a four-nation meet next month, the first international event for an Olympic sport in Japan since the postponement of the Tokyo Games caused by the ...
The event is expected to serve as a test of protocols designed to allow international athletes to attend the Tokyo Olympics.
New Zealand becomes latest nation to face claims of abuse from gymnasts
Gymnastics New Zealand has launched "urgent inquiries" into allegations of systemic psychological and physical abuse of its athletes, media reports said, echoing similar complaints in other countries. Stuff Media and the New Zealand Herald reported on Saturday that club and elite gymnasts had complained of ...
Simone Biles 'praying for the best' with rescheduled Olympics
Four-times Olympic champion Simone Biles said she was hopeful the rescheduled Tokyo Games will take place next year, amid concern over the global response to the novel coronavirus. "I’m just praying for the best, hoping that it goes on — for selfish reasons, of course ...
Hikaru Mori became Japan's first world individual champion in trampoline on Sunday and earned a spot in next year's Tokyo Olympics in the process. The 20-year-old Mori scored 55.860 in the women's final on the final day of the sport's world championships, a qualifying and ...
