Japan’s star gymnast Uchimura bows out
Updated On: 25 July, 2021 08:18 AM IST | AFP
The all-around 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, who was due to retire after the Games, lost his grip during his horizontal bar routine and failed to qualify for next week’s final
Japan`s Kohei Uchimura competes in the horizontal bars event of the artistic gymnastics men`s qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo. Pic/AFP
Japanese gymnastics star Kohei Uchimura crashed out of the Tokyo Games on day one Saturday when he was eliminated from the horizontal bar competition to dash his dream of ending his decorated career with a fourth Olympic gold.
The all-around 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, who was due to retire after the Games, lost his grip during his horizontal bar routine and failed to qualify for next week’s final. “In the last three Olympic Games I’ve been able to match the level of performance I’d reached in training—but not this time,” a dejected Uchimura said.
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