JJapanese Star Gymnast Uchimura's Tokyo 2020 Campaign Ends After Failing To Qualify For Horizontal Bar Final

Faizan Hashmi Published July 24, 2021 | 04:40 PM

TOKYO, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Jul, 2021 ) --:Renowned Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura fell off the horizontal bar during the competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday, failing to qualifying for the final after finishing only 18th.

Uchimura made an error on a pirouette and flew off the mat. Although he remounted the bar, his score of 13.866 points was not able to make him through the qualification round.

Horizontal bar was the only event Uchimura entered at Tokyo 2020, which means the two-time Olympic all-around winner has ended his Olympic journey.

"I simply don't want to review.

I don't want to review," Uchimura said during a mixed zone interview.

"I couldn't perform what I have practiced. That's how I simply think. In the last three Olympic Games I could perform what I practiced. But I couldn't do that at these Olympics," he added.

Uchimura started with a 6.600 difficulty and completed his routine with an execution point of 7.266 after mounting to the apparatus again.

The 32-year-old has been marred by injuries since winning at the Rio Games. The all-around specialist has won a record six straight world titles and two Olympic golds.