Japan's Uchimura out of Olympics after horizontal bars flop

July 24, 2021 / 10:48 AM

Japan's Kohei Uchimura competes in the horizontal bars event of the artistic gymnastics men's qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at ...

Sharjah 24 – AFP: Japanese gymnastics star Kohei Uchimura crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics on day one Saturday when he was eliminated from the horizontal bars competition and didn't compete in the parallel bars.

The all-around 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, who has said he will retire after these Games, lost his grip during his horizontal bars routine and failed to make next week's final.