Japan’s Hashimoto Daiki conquered the field again at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, following in the footsteps of idol Uchimura Kohei to become the second Japanese man to win three consecutive World All-Around titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor me, this medal is more than just a medal,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a way for me to find out how to get the wins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Already the top gymnast in the preliminary rounds, Hashimoto added more than two points to his qualification score as he swept through the All-Around final with brio to tally 85.131 points. That Hashimoto was in fine form was evident from his first routine on Floor Exercise, where sharp tumbling earned him 14.000. It would remain the highest number of the night on the apparatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hashimoto was also the highest scorer on Vault (14.466) and Horizontal Bar (14.700). While his domestic rival Oka Shinnosuke started well and even led at one point, the 2024 Olympic champion faded on Floor Exercise, missing a 2.5 twist to front layout and removing himself from contention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That left China’s Zhang Boheng and rising Swiss star Noe Seifert for Hashimoto to contend with. Zhang had the top score on Still Rings (14.600), while Seifert was the best competitor on Pommel Horse (14.000). But Seifert\u2019s lower-difficulty double-twisting Yurchenko vault was only 12th best, and Zhang faded on Parallel Bars, the apparatus he considers his weakest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That left Hashimoto a clear pathway to the title provided he hit his final routine on Horizontal Bar. Hashimoto obliged with 14.700, the highest score of the night, giving him victory by 0.798.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hashimoto said he found this All-Around competition was not easier than qualification, \u201cbut it\u2019s more familiar now,\u201d he commented, \u201cand I adapted to this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a qualification round littered with errors, the majority of the 24 men who made the cut appeared to have sorted out their difficulties. Wednesday night\u2019s competition in the Indonesia Arena was a tight one, with eight men in contention for the podium. Shi Cong of China, Oka, Angel Barajas of Colombia, Daniel Marinov (AIN), and Hungarian Krisztofer Meszaros made up the top eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zhang\u2019s silver is his second since he announced himself by defeating newly-crowned Olympic champion Hashimoto for the title in 2021. The 25-year-old took silver in their last Worlds battle in 2022 and skipped the World Championships in favor of the Asian Games in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel that I am not doing my maximum performance, and I appreciate the other athletes\u2019 performances,\u201d the always-courteous Zhang said. \u201cI found my mistakes in the qualifications and I improved my mistakes into perfections,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For his part, Seifert was thrilled to end on the podium after a challenging year that involved a prolonged struggle with his Horizontal Bar routine. \u201cI\u2019m just a Swiss guy who does gymnastics,\u201d the 26-year-old marvelled. \u201cIt\u2019s just amazing. I just still can\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, Hashimoto kept the promise he made to the media before the competition. \u201cI will win,\u201d he had told them. And he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He hopes it won\u2019t be his last victory, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWinning three championships is not easy. I will try my best to win a fourth, a seventh, who knows?\u201d Hashimoto said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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