Who will be the 2010 World Gymnastics Champion?
The 2009 World Champion. Even Horton and Boy thinks so, a couple of his strongest rivals.
In the individual overall standings Japan’s Kohei Uchimura kept his first rank. With a total score of 92.231 points he was far ahead of the rest. Germany’s Philipp Boy (90.156) took a surprising second spot after the tenth and final subdivision. He pushed China’s Lu Bo (89.639) and American Jonathan Horton (89.598) to third and fourth place respectively. Teng Haibin finished ninth and will be the second Chinese in the final.
“For me it wasn’t a big surprise,” the 23-year old German Boy said. “I Knew that I am able to get 90.000 plus points. I am very happy that my allround competition was almost perfect, with only a few small mistakes. Maybe Friday I can do even better and get 91.000 points. I am trying to do the same as usual and will not try to do different things. If I make no mistake it will be OK.”
Uchimura, who even wasn’t fully fit because of his shoulder injury, seemed untouchable in the qualification.
“I don’t think Uchimura is beatable by me,” Boy confirmed. “Maybe in the next years, but he is from a different level. His gymnastics is so beautiful, he is like an idol to me.” …
I’d say Uchimura’s strongest quality is stable landing. The last guy this good at STICKING was Scherbo.
His weak point? … Perhaps tumbling. Yep, tumbling. … An I’m saying that about a guy who can do triple double (VIDEO) effortlessly.
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