Japan men’s gymnastics team, led by reigning olympic champion on horizontal bar, Hashimoto Daiki, clinched the gold medal Men’s Gymnastics At Paris Olympics defeating America. The final of men’s gymnastic was a sort of dramatic in the 33rd Olympic Games at Paris on Monday. Japan secured gold, China had to be satisfied with silver, United States was placed third bagging the bronze medal. Japan managed to score 259.594, China finished second with a narrow margin at 259.062. The US managed to secure 257.793.
With a flawless routine from former pommel horse world champion Stephen Nedoroscik, the United States had fought back. With a score of 14.866, Nedoroscik guaranteed the United States at least a bronze medal. He raced to his colleagues and gave them a bear embrace as they began to jump up and down.
However, Su Weide’s lackluster performance on the high bar, which resulted in a mere 11.600 after his two falls, allowed Japan to pass both the USA and the People’s Republic of China with only one gymnast remaining for each team.
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Japanese spectators in the arena were ecstatic when Hashimoto Daiki, who was on the horizontal bar, almost stuck the landing and took a tiny step back.
Zhang Boheng held the key to China’s dreams. To pass Japan and put China ahead of the US, he needed to get 15.266. In qualifying, he’d scored higher than that. Zhang had a fairly decent routine, but during the dismount, he took a significant step back with his left foot, which proved to be the difference maker. Zhang received a score of 14.733, meaning Japan won.
Sugino Takaaki, after a shaky dismount, added to the victory with a flawless routine. Japan needed to catch up to China by more than three points, as he receives 14.566. Following for China, Xiao Ruoteng dismounted clumsily and took a few steps ahead before landing on his knee. Opening the door for Japan, he only receives 13.033.
Meanwhile, the battle for bronze is also a close one with Ukraine in hot pursuit of the USA. Ukraine’s first routine is from Nazar Chepurnyi, who struggles on his final pass and takes a big step while Paul Juda nails his pommel horse set, a well-executed routine with slightly lower difficulty. The score is 13.366 for Chepurnyi and 13.900 for Juda means the U.S. pulled further ahead.
