Kohei Uchimura
Daiki Hashimoto of Japan celebrates as he won the gold medal at the Men's All-Around Final during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Hashimoto adds world championship to go with Olympic gold

Nov. 04, 2022 05:48 PM EDT

FILE - Silver medalist Kohei Uchimura of Japan celebrates after his horizontal bar performance on the second and last day of the apparatus finals of the Gymnastics World Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar on Nov. 3, 2018. Three-time Olympic gold medal gymnast Kohei Uchimura of Japan, the man they call “King Kohei,” is retiring, his management company said Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, FIle)
3-time Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan retiring

Jan. 10, 2022 09:43 PM EST

Brody Malone, of the U.S., competes in the horizontal bar during the men's apparatus finals of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu, western Japan, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Hu wins horizontal bar, Uchimura shines at gymnastics worlds

Oct. 24, 2021 11:18 AM EDT

Daiki Hashimoto, of Japan, competes on the pommel horse during the men's all-around finals in the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu, western Japan, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Zhang Boheng wins all-around final at gymnastics worlds

Oct. 22, 2021 09:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2021, file photo, Daiki Hashimoto, of Japan, celebrates after performing on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The 50th artistic gymnastics world championships started Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 and will continue through Sunday in Kitakyushu, featuring more than 300 gymnasts representing 59 countries. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Uchimura, 5 new Olympic champs headline gymnastics worlds

By Jim Armstrong Oct. 18, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

Samuel Mikulak, of the United States, performs on the vault during the artistic gymnastic men's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
The Next One: Japan's Hashimoto takes gold in gymnastics

By Will Graves Jul. 28, 2021 11:21 AM EDT

Katie Ledecky, of the United States, reacts after winning the women's 1500-meters freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Ledecky wins gold, Biles drops out of all-around

By Josh Dubow Jul. 28, 2021 03:40 AM EDT

Dmitriy Gruzdev of Kazakhstan, Nikias Arndt of Germany and Mohcine El Kouraji of Morocco compete in the men's cycling road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Oyama, Japan. (Tim de Waele/Pool Photo via AP)
Olympics Latest: Latvia wins gold in men's 3-on-3

Jul. 27, 2021 08:40 PM EDT

The Russian Olympic Committee's Nikita Nagornyy celebrates after winning the gold medal in the artistic men's team final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Russia edges Japan, China for gold in men's gymnastics

By Will Graves Jul. 26, 2021 09:14 AM EDT

Kohei Uchimura, of Japan, falls from the horizontal bar during the men's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Long live the King; Uchimura's Olympic career ends in grace

By Will Graves Jul. 24, 2021 05:53 AM EDT

Yang Qian, of China, reacts after winning the gold medal in the women's 10-meter air rifle at the Asaka Shooting Range in the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
China's Yang takes first gold at uneasy Tokyo Olympics

By Jake Seiner Jul. 24, 2021 04:48 AM EDT

2-time Olympic champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura of Japan falls on high bar, will not reach event finals at Tokyo Games

Jul. 24, 2021 02:30 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — 2-time Olympic champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura of Japan falls on high bar, will not reach event finals at Tokyo Games. ...

China's Lin Chaopan performs on the parallel bars during the men's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Japan surges to gymnastics lead; Reigning champ Uchimura out

By Will Graves Jul. 23, 2021 11:59 PM EDT

THIS CORRECTS TO GOLD, NOT BRONZE - Naohisa Takato of Japan, left, and Yang Yung-wei of Taiwan compete during their men's -60kg gold medal judo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Olympics Latest: US men get off to fast start in volleyball

Jul. 23, 2021 08:11 PM EDT

South Africa's Olympic soccer team members, wearing face masks, leave the training venue in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Monday, July 19, 2021. Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo Games open on Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Medal predictions for events at the Tokyo Olympics

Jul. 19, 2021 05:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine celebrates after his performance on the horizontal bar in the men's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Olympic champion gymnast Oleg Verniaiev will miss the Tokyo Games after testing positive for a prohibited drug and banned for four-years Tuesday July 13, 2021, by the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation. Verniaiev denies wrongdoing and says he will appeal the ruling. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, FILE)
Gymnast Oleg Verniaiev out of Olympics after doping ban

Jul. 13, 2021 04:26 AM EDT

Simone Biles competes on the vault during the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials Sunday, June 27, 2021, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Simone's Showcase; Biles bidding for history in Tokyo

By Will Graves Jul. 02, 2021 01:48 PM EDT

Sunisa Lee competes on the floor exercise during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
American star Simone Biles aims for more history in Tokyo

By The Associated Press Jul. 01, 2021 12:30 PM EDT

An anti-Olympic protester stands outside the Yoyogi National Stadium on in Tokyo on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. About 30 anti-Olympic protesters showed up Sunday outside the gymnastic event. They distributed leaflets and warned IOC President Thomas Bach in their handout that they would be around when he arrives "to deliver our message to cancel the Olympics.”(AP Photo/Stephen Wade)
Critics speak out on Tokyo Olympic costs, pandemic, fairness

By Yuri Kageyama, Stephen Wade And Koji Ueda Nov. 13, 2020 12:13 AM EST

Kohei Uchimura of Japan competes in the bars of an international gymnastics meet in Tokyo on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Gymnasts from four countries of China, Russia, U.S. and Japan performed in the meet at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium, a venue planned to be used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the summer 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Tokyo holds 1-day gym meet to show Olympics may be possible

By Stephen Wade Nov. 08, 2020 06:01 AM EST