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Three-time Japanese Olympian Naoya Tsukahara took the lead on day one of the Australian men's championships, held Saturday in Perth. Pictured: Tsukahara helped Japan win the team gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Japanese guest Naoya Tsukahara took the lead on day one of the Australian men's championships, held Saturday in Perth.

Still seeking Australian citizenship, the 34-year-old Tsukahara outscored the domestic field by nearly 2 points. Tsukahara, though ineligible for Australia's national all-around title, nevertheless helped Queensland win the team title in Perth.

The son of legendary gymnast Mitsuo Tsukahara, Naoya won world all-around medals in 1997 (bronze) and 1999 (silver). He represented Japan at three consecutive Olympic Games, capped off by a team gold at the 2004 Olympics. He last represented Japan in world competition in 2006, winning a team bronze medal. He unofficially won the Australian championships in both 2009 and 2010, though was ineligible for awards.

Tsukahara scored 86.850, 1.2 points higher than his result at the Japanese championships in April, where he placed 33rd. Two-time defending titlist Samuel Offord of South Australia was second (85.050) over Victoria's Luke Wadsworth (83.550).

World pommel horse medalist Prashanth Sellathurai earned the highest score of the competition, 16.100, on his specialty. He also earned 15.650 on still rings (6.7 Difficulty score).

Competition continues Sunday with the women's apparatus finals. The senior men's competition concludes Monday.

External Link: Gymnastics Australia

2011 Australian Championships
July 16, Perth

Senior Men's All-Around			FX		PH		SR		VT		PB		HB		Total
1.	Naoya Tsukahara		4.6	13.900	4.6	13.800	6.0	15.150	6.2	15.050	6.0	14.900	5.4	14.050	86.850
2.	Samuel Offord		6.0	14.250	4.9	12.300	6.3	15.100	6.2	15.100	5.6	14.250	5.8	14.050	85.050
3.	Luke Wadsworth		5.7	13.300	5.3	13.000	5.3	14.200	6.2	15.800	5.7	13.650	5.1	13.600	83.550
4.	Luke Wiwatowski		6.0	15.100	4.9	12.350	5.6	14.250	6.2	15.450	5.8	13.550	6.1	12.450	83.150
5.	Sean O'Hara		5.8	13.800	4.8	12.350	4.7	12.500	6.6	14.350	5.1	13.250	5.2	13.200	79.450
6.	Samuel Simpson		5.7	14.800	5.1	12.250	4.5	12.900	6.2	14.700	4.2	11.400	5.2	13.200	79.250
7.	Michael Mercieca		5.2	12.700	5.3	11.850	5.1	13.500	5.4	14.650	5.6	13.150	5.5	13.300	79.150
8.	Mitchell Morgans		4.7	12.900	4.5	12.550	4.4	12.400	5.4	14.700	5.5	13.550	4.3	11.250	77.350
9.	Jayden Bull		5.4	13.200	3.9	10.550	5.4	13.900	5.8	13.850	5.1	11.700	6.3	14.000	77.200
10.	Dion Pocklington		4.7	12.050	4.1	12.550	4.1	12.800	6.6	14.850	4.1	12.400	3.9	10.250	74.900
10.	Jimmy Macarios		4.4	12.500	3.8	11.600	4.7	12.400	5.4	14.600	4.3	11.600	4.9	12.200	74.900
12.	Phillip Kismartoni		5.4	13.000	3.8	10.750	3.6	11.000	5.8	13.550	3.7	11.600	3.8	11.700	71.600
13.	Martin Kurz		4.9	12.600	3.2	9.350	2.7	11.500	4.6	13.450	4.4	11.500	2.4	11.200	69.600
14.	Felipe Hernandez		4.6	12.450	3.2	5.300	4.4	12.950	5.4	14.733	3.8	11.950	3.1	11.150	68.533
15.	Kevin James				4.3	10.500	5.2	12.950	6.2	14.400	4.2	12.900	3.3	10.100	60.850
16.	Philippe Rizzo				4.3	13.400			5.4	14.800	5.5	14.550	4.3	13.650	56.400
17.	Tomoki Ohashi		4.5	12.050			4.3	12.200	4.6	13.750			4.3	13.550	51.550
18.	Prashanth Sellathurai				6.6	16.100	6.7	15.650			5.4	14.350			46.100
19.	Joshua Jefferis				3.6	10.600	5.5	14.250			5.3	13.900			38.750
20.	Vincent Lam				4.6	12.250	5.8	13.800			5.2	12.500			38.550
21.	Matthew Goonatillake		5.3	12.000	5.2	12.200					4.6	10.300			34.500
22.	Mitchell Nylander				5.8	13.800	4.2	12.200							26.000
23.	Evgeny Bespalov				4.7	10.700					5.6	12.300			23.000
24.	Elliott Cook				6.2	14.100									14.100
25.	Christopher Martin				5.9	13.450									13.450
26.	Bradley Spicer				5.1	12.700									12.700

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