Uchimura Unstoppable at Japanese Championships

Uchimura Unstoppable at Japanese Championships
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Monday, 07 November 2011 12:11

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Three-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura won four gold medals at the 65th Japanese Championships, which concluded Sunday in Chiba.

Three-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura won four gold medals at the 65th Japanese Championships, which concluded Sunday in Chiba.

Uchimura led his Konami club to first place and won half the apparatus titles. (The fall championships feature team and apparatus, with the all-around contested in the spring.)

Uchimura, who won his third world all-around title last month in Tokyo, picked up golds on floor exercise, pommel horse and high bar in Chiba. He scored a high of 16.750 on high bar under a modified scoring system that included bonus.

World team members Koji Yamamuro (still rings) and Kazuhito Tanaka (parallel bars) also picked up individual titles. Teenager Keisuke Ogura won men's vault.

Nippon Sport Science University took the women's team title, while Natsumi Sasada and Rie Tanaka each won two titles. Sasada, who missed the world championships selection due to injury, won uneven bars and tied Tanaka for the beam title. Tanaka — the sister of Kazuhito and Yusuke Tanaka — grabbed the title on women's floor exercise.

International competition continues this fall in Japan with the upcoming Tokyo World Cup (Nov. 26-27) and Toyota Cup (Dec. 10-11).

External Link: Japan Gymnastics Association

65th Japanese Gymnastics Championships (Team and Apparatus)
Nov. 4-6, Chiba

Women's Team		VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Nippon Sport Science University	40.000	39.350	39.250	39.400	158.000
2.	Asahi Seimei Gymnastics Club	38.000	38.450	38.050	38.600	153.100
3.	Kokushikan University	39.600	37.650	37.800	37.050	152.100
4.	Shitennoji Sports Club	39.900	36.300	38.250	37.100	151.550
5.	Kyoto Jumping Gymnastics Club	41.350	37.050	36.600	36.000	151.000
6.	Legyc Sports	40.800	37.250	32.850	36.000	146.900
7.	University of Tsukuba	39.200	35.750	35.850	34.800	145.600
8.	Toda City Sports Center	39.550	35.800	33.500	35.450	144.300

Men's Team		FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	KONAMI	46.250	44.750	45.250	48.100	43.350	45.300	273.000
2.	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	42.850	42.350	43.800	47.550	45.800	45.950	268.300
3.	Nippon Sport Science University	45.200	43.700	42.900	47.450	44.550	41.200	265.000
4.	Juntendo University	43.150	42.550	41.650	45.300	45.750	45.450	263.850
5.	Sendai	44.150	41.050	42.350	47.050	42.950	44.350	261.900
6.	Funabashi Municipal High School	44.400	42.600	41.200	47.100	42.400	42.450	260.150
7.	Asahi Seimei	41.600	40.350	43.600	45.900	43.700	42.300	257.450
8.	Sohgoh Symnastics Club	43.300	38.700	42.250	46.000	42.350	43.600	256.200
9.	Nihon University	41.850	39.600	42.300	44.400	43.050	44.400	255.600
10.	Saitama Sakae High School	42.300	42.700	40.700	45.350	42.300	40.650	254.000
11.	Waseda University	42.850	40.850	40.550	45.700	41.450	42.050	253.450
12.	University of Tsukuba	42.550	37.400	40.550	43.800	40.600	38.500	243.400

Women's Vault Final			Score
1.	Ryu Wakiko	Tosu High Club	13.900
1.	Mizuho Nagai	Tokai TV Tomei Gymnastics Club	13.900
3.	Risaki Konishi	Swallow Sports Club Oizumi	13.800
4.	Ai Saito	Fukuoka University	13.400
5.	Misa Tamari	Miyazaki Gymnastics Club	13.325
5.	Yume Yamamoto	Fuji Sports Club	13.325
7.	Masami Ikeda	Komazawa	12.825
8.	Hasebe Haruko	Asahi Seimei Gymnastics Club	12.750

Uneven Bars Final			Score
1.	Natsumi Sasada	Oizumi Swallow Sports Club	14.300
2.	Yuko Shintake	Plumage International University	14.050
3.	Mai Yamagishi	Plumage International University	13.850
3.	Asuka Teramoto	Legyc Sports	13.850
5.	Yu Minobe	Asahi Seimei Gymnastics Club	13.700
6.	Yuki Uchiyama	Smile Gymnastics Club	13.450
7.	Haruhi Uchimura	Nippon Sport Science University	13.050
8.	Risaki Konishi	Oizumi Swallow Sports Club	11.000

Balance Beam Final			Score
1.	Rie Tanaka	Nippon Sport Science University	14.200
1.	Natsumi Sasada	Oizumi Swallow Sports Club	14.200
3.	Yu Minobe	Asahi Seimei Gymnastics Club	14.150
4.	Haruhi Uchimura	Nippon Sport Science University	13.550
5.	Maki Ikejiri	Nippon Sport Science University	13.400
6.	Yuko Shintake	Plumage International University	12.850
7.	Haruko Hasebe	Asahi Seimei Gymnastics Club	12.450
8.	Wakana Inoue	Mizutori Gymnastics	11.550

Women's Floor Exercise Final			Score
1.	Rie Tanaka	Nippon Sport Science University	13.850
2.	Yu Minobe	Asahi Seimei	13.750
3.	Yuki Uchiyama	Smile Gymnastics Club	13.550
4.	Wakana Inoue	Gymnastics Hall waterfowl	13.150
5.	Mai Yamagishi	Plumage International University	13.100
6.	Yuri Ishii	Jumping Gymnastics Club Kyoto	12.950
7.	Chinami Otaki	Kokushikan University	12.500
8.	Kyoko Oshima	Asahi Seimei Gymnastics Club	12.450

Men's Floor Exercise Final			Score
1.	Kohei Uchimura	KONAMI	16.200
2.	Kenzo Shirai	Tsurumi Junior Gymnastics Club	15.650
3.	Takumi Sato	Nippon Sport Science University	15.300
4.	Riku Munakata	Sendai	14.800
5.	Ryuzo Sejima	Nippon Sport Science University	14.750
6.	Shun Kuwahara	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	14.700
7.	Hitoshi Aoyama	Nippon Sport Science University	14.300
8.	Takuya Nakase	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	14.000

Pommel Horse Final			Score
1.	Kohei Uchimura	KONAMI	15.700
2.	Kenya Kobayashi	KONAMI	15.200
3.	Kazutoshi Sotomura	Sohgoh Gymnastics Club	15.050
4.	Kohei Kameyama	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	15.000
5.	Yusuke Tanaka	Juntendo University	14.400
6.	Kazuya Ueda	KONAMI	14.000
7.	Ryosuke Kobayashi	Nihon University	13.550
7.	Masashi Horino	Kansai High School	13.550

Still Rings Final			Score
1.	Koji Yamamuro	KONAMI	15.850
2.	Kenya Kobayashi	KONAMI	15.200
3.	Yasuhiro Okamura	Asahi Seimei	15.150
4.	Shun Saito	Sohgoh Gymnastics Club	15.000
5.	Takuya Nakase	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	14.900
6.	Kyoichi Watanabe	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	14.700
7.	Hiroyuki Imai	Juntendo University	14.650
8.	Tasuku Saito	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	12.500

Men's Vault Final			Score
1.	Keisuke Ogura	Narashino High School	16.425
2.	Koji Yamamuro	KONAMI	16.275
3.	Tasuku Saito	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	16.175
4.	Shuichi Yamamoto	Sendai	15.850
5.	Masashi Aoyama	Nippon Sport Science University	15.825
6.	Takumi Sato	Nippon Sport Science University	15.800
7.	Makoto Fukuo	Juntendo University	15.700
8.	Takuya Inatera	Foundation for Amateur Sports	15.650

Parallel Bars Final			Score
1.	Kazuhito Tanaka	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	15.600
2.	Shun Kuwahara	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	15.500
3.	Kenya Kobayashi	KONAMI	15.450
4.	Ryuzo Sejima	Nippon Sport Science University	15.300
5.	Masahiro Yoshida	Sohgoh Gymnastics Club	15.150
6.	Yuya Kamoto	Kansai High School	15.100
7.	Yousuke Hoshi	Central Sports Co., Ltd.	14.750
8.	Takuya Nakase	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	13.600

High Bar Final			Score
1.	Kohei Uchimura	KONAMI	16.750
2.	Yusuke Tanaka	Juntendo University	16.250
3.	Takashi Ishikawa	Juntendo University	15.650
4.	Tasuku Saito	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	15.600
5.	Rui Yamazaki	Asahi Seimei Gymnastics Club	15.550
6.	Kazuaki Koizumi	Nihon University	14.950
7.	Takuya Nakase	Tokushukai Gymnastics Club	14.750
8.	Hiroyuki Imai	Juntendo University	14.450