Asian Gymnasts Dominate Day 1 at Toyota Cup

Asian Gymnasts Dominate Day 1 at Toyota Cup
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Saturday, 10 December 2011 12:42

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Asian gymnasts swept the titles Saturday at the first day of the Toyota International in Japan. Japan won four gold medals, while Vietnam and Korea each picked up a title.

World champion Kohei Uchimura competed men's floor exercise only, winning the gold medal over teammate Makuto Okiguchi, 15.500-15.350. Uchimura, who won the all-around and floor exercise titles at October's world championships in Tokyo, left out his triple-double but performed his usual clean exercise (6.5 Difficulty).

Korea's Kim Hee Hoon and Ko Jung Bo went 1-2 on men's pommel horse, followed by Canada's Jayd Lukenchuk.

Japan's Koji Yamamuro — the all-around and still rings bronze medalist in Tokyo — defeated former world champion Yuri van Gelder (Netherlands) for the still rings title.

In the women's competition, world bronze medalist Phan Thi Ha Thanh easily won the vault title (14.725) with a piked Rudi and double-twisting Yurchenko.

World finalist Asuka Teramoto won the uneven bars gold medal (6.3 D) over teammate Yumi Iizuka.

Competition concludes Sunday with the remaining finals.

External Link: Japan Gymnastic Association

2011 Toyota Cup
Dec. 10, Toyota, Japan

Women's Vault Final		Score	Average
1.	Phan Thi Ha Thanh	13.875	14.300
		14.725
2.	Rie Tanaka	13.475	13.275
		13.075
3.	Anja Rheinbay	11.450	12.387
		13.325
4.	Yumi Iizuka	12.200	12.362
		12.525
5.	Lisa Katharina Hill	13.725	11.350
		12.975
6.	Kim Ye Eun	13.275	10.912
		12.550

Uneven Bars Final		Score
1.	Asuka Teramoto	14.150
2.	Yumi Iizuka	13.550
3.	Park Ji Yeon	13.025
4.	Lisa Katharina Hill	12.525
5.	Kim Ye Eun	11.800
6.	Anja Rheinbay	11.350

Men's Floor Exercise Final		Score
1.	Kohei Uchimura	15.500
2.	Makoto Okiguchi	15.350
3.	Kim Hee Hoon	14.450
4.	Jayd Lukenchuk	14.125
5.	Andreas Bretschneider	13.850
6.	Pham Phuoc Hung	13.475

Pommel Horse Final		Score
1.	Kim Hee Hoon	14.550
2.	Ko Jung Bo	14.350
3.	Jayd Lukenchuk	14.075
4.	Robert Weber	13.750
5.	Kenya Kobayashi	13.675
6.	Kenneth Ikeda	13.100
7.	Phuoc Hung Pham	13.025
8.	Andreas Bretschneider	12.475
9.	Kazuhito Tanaka	12.300

Still Rings Final		Score
1.	Koji Yamamuro	15.775
2.	Yuri van Gelder	15.225
3.	Kenya Kobayashi	15.200
4.	Andreas Bretschneider	14.750
5.	Ng Kiu Chung	14.425
6.	Robert Weber	14.050
7.	Jayd Lukenchuk	13.450
8.	Dang Nam	12.850

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