Daiki Hashimoto wins maiden national title to lead race for Olympics
Daiki Hashimoto came from behind to win his maiden Japan national gymnastics championship on Sunday and take the lead in the qualification race for this summer's Tokyo Olympics. Hashimoto, who started the day in seventh place from Friday's preliminary round, claimed a dramatic victory after ...
'King' Kohei Uchimura confident of walking narrow path to Tokyo Olympics
The 32-year-old told a news conference he has no room for error if he is to gain a spot at his fourth straight Olympics.
The nation has gained an additional men's all-around gymnastics berth for the Tokyo Games following the cancellation of an Olympic qualifying series.
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.
Hope rises for Tokyo Games after gymnastics event sticks the landing
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.
'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.
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 said, recalling his initial reaction to the result of a PCR test from Oct. ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
