Worlds Gymnastics Champions

If you’d completely forgotten the World Championships were on this weekend, catch up on what happened in the all-around competition.

Japan’s Kohei Uchimura and Russia’s Aliya Mustafina won the all-around titles Friday at the 2010 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam. …

Kohei Uchimura of Japan reacts after his performance on the horizontal bar during the men's individual all-around final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam October 22, 2010. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SPORT GYMNASTICS)

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… Next year Uchimura could take an unprecedented third all-around title at the 2011 World Championships, which will be held in Tokyo no less. …

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Gold medallist Kohei Uchimura of Japan (C), silver medallist Philipp Boy of Germany (L) and bronze medallist Jonathan Horton of the U.S. pose on the podium during the prize ceremony for the men's individual all-around final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam October 22, 2010. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SPORT GYMNASTICS)

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… Mustafina’s all-around total of 61.032 is even higher than it was in the team final and qualification, and is the second-best score posted by a female gymnast under the new Code of Points. (Russia’s Viktoria Komova, not eligible for Rotterdam, won the Youth Olympics in August with a record 61.250). …

Note that the rules at the Youth Olympics are slightly different than FIG.

Aliya Mustafina of Russia (C), Jiang Yuyan of China (L) and Rebecca Bross of the U.S. pose with their medals on the podium after winning first, second and third places respectively in the women's individual all-around final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam October 22, 2010. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SPORT GYMNASTICS)

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Gymnastics Examiner commentary – Aliya Mustafina, Kohei Uchimura win 2010 World all-around titles

FIG – Mustafina prevails in women’s All-around

FIG – Uchimura defends All-around title

Bross will be back next year, I’m certain. She’s determined.

Good night.

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