Tag: Kohei Uchimura
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IAGOC sets the scene for 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Incheon – Korea, Jan 14, 2014: The Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee (IAGOC) has set the scene for this year’s Asian Games with a detailed report on the progress and preparations – as well as the chances of DPR Korea taking part. The Press Release is as follows: The year 2014 that will see the…
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Press also awarded Longines Prize For Elegance
Antwerp (BEL, Oct 06, 2013: The historical FIG partner Longines traditionally rewards media representatives who share the decision of the jury of the Longines’ Prize for Elegance, this year awarded to Kyla Ross (USA) and Kohei Uchimura (JPN). All accredited press in Antwerp (494 journalists!) at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were kindly also requested…
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Kyla and Kohei Longines Prize for Elegance
Antwerp, Oct 05, 2013: The Longines Prize for Elegance 2013 has been awarded to Kyla Ross (USA) and for the second time to the All Around world champion, Kohei Uchimura (JPN). The aim of this prize is to honor the two gymnasts who have displayed the most charisma, charm and above all elegance – one…
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Simone Biles wins Women’s 2013 World title
Antwerp, Oct 4, 2013: Following the exciting men’s All-around final, the stage was set on Friday at the Antwerps Sportpaleis for the eagerly awaited women’s competition at the 44th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The 24 All-arounders, who qualified during Tuesday and Wednesday’s preliminaries, faced off for the right to claim the prestigious world title.…
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Japan’s Kohei Uchimura wins fourth straight title
ANTWERP, Oct 3, 2013: On the first day of finals at the 44th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, the world’s best 24 men’s All-around gymnasts battled it out for the discipline’s most prestigious title of the season. In a thrilling final, Kohei Uchimura of Japan made history on Thursday by adding an unprecedented fourth consecutive World…
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44th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
Lausanne, Sept 23, 2013: Artistic gymnasts from around the world will be competing for accolades at the blue riband event of the 2013 season when the 44th FIG World Championships get under way in Antwerp (BEL) in a mere seven days’ time. In this post-Olympic year the world championships feature individual competitions only, staged over…
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Champion Uchimura still striving in search for perfection
London – GBR, August 8, 2012: Uchimara, He is the world’s finest gymnast and owner of a brand-new Olympic Gold medal as Individual All-around Champion but he will return home to Japan only “50% satisfied” with his efforts at London 2012. That was the verdict that Kohei Uchimura gave as he reflected on an Olympic…
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World Champion Uchimura bids for Gold
London – GBR, August 02, 2012: World Champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan will begin his bid for Olympic glory in the Men’s Individual All-Around Final in the precise spot where his last appearance at Greenwich Arena ended – on the Pommel Horse. Uchimura’s revised score after the judges’ reviewing of his horse dismount was a…
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Games of the XXX Olympiad London
Lausanne (SUI), July 12, 2012: XXX Olympiad, With the deadline for National Olympic Committees to name or confirm their athletes for the London 2012 Olympic Games having passed on July 9, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) confirmed the lists of participating gymnasts today. The FIG has a 324-athlete quota for the Olympic Games, which it…
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Gymnastic: Courtesy visit Tokyo 2020
LAUSANNE (SUI), July 10, 2012: Courtesy visit, Even before the 2012 Olympic Games begin, the 2020 edition is already looming on the horizon for the next generation of up-and-coming gymnasts. That was certainly very much the case at the FIG office in Lausanne on 22 June, when it played host to Masato Mizuno, CEO of…