Gymnastics Dec 13, 2020
Kohei Uchimura's national title an important step toward Olympics
The two-time Olympic champion will focus on the horizontal bars at the postponed Tokyo Games.
Olympics / Summer Olympics Nov 12, 2020
Hope rises for Tokyo Games after gymnastics event sticks the landing
by Jason Coskrey
Tuesday also brought a small ray of hope for Olympic organizers, as drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was 90% effective per initial trial results.
Gymnastics Nov 8, 2020
'King Kohei' Uchimura highlights Friendship and Solidarity meet
by Jason Coskrey
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.
More Sports / Gymnastics Nov 7, 2020
Kohei Uchimura ready for one-day gymnastics event in Tokyo
by Jason Coskrey
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 said, recalling his initial reaction to the result of a PCR test from Oct. ...
More Sports / Gymnastics Nov 4, 2020
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 Nov 1, 2020
Gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus this past week, has since been returned three different negative test results.
Gymnastics Oct 30, 2020
Olympic men's champion Kohei Uchimura tests positive for coronavirus
by Elaine Lies and Jack Tarrant
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.
Gymnastics Oct 13, 2020
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 ...
More Sports / Gymnastics Nov 30, 2019
Kohei Uchimura says he's 'jealous' of athletes with Olympic berths already secured
Kohei Uchimura said Saturday he is envious of those athletes who have already earned berths to next summer's Tokyo Games amid his own recent fitness struggles. "Olympic spots are allocated in many sports, and I'm very jealous of those athletes," the two-time reigning men's all-around ...
More Sports / Gymnastics Apr 26, 2019
Kakeru Tanigawa leads in men's all-around event; King Kohei fails to qualify for final
Two-time reigning Olympic men's gymnatics champion Kohei Uchimura failed to qualify for the final of the six-apparatus event on Friday, the opening day of the Japan National Championships. Uchimura, also a six-time world all-around champ, placed 37th and did not advance to Sunday's final, which ...
More Sports / Gymnastics Nov 4, 2018
Kohei Uchimura missed out on the men's horizontal bar gold Saturday as Japan finished without any individual apparatus titles at the artistic gymnastics world championships. The 29-year-old, who was aiming for his first world title in three years, earned a silver medal — his 21st ...
More Sports / Gymnastics Nov 1, 2018
Japan, without six-time world all-around champion and two-time reigning Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura, came away without a men's individual all-around medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Wednesday for the first time since 1995. Japan's two finalists, 2017 bronze medalist Kenzo Shirai and Kazuma ...