Uchimura, Tanaka Japanese Champions

PRELIMS:

Women’s All Around
1 Tanaka, Rie 14.200 14.350 13.850 13.800 56.200
2 Minobe, Yu 13.050 14.550 14.900 13.650 56.150
3 Teramoto, Asuka 14.100 13.750 14.100 13.600 55.550

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Men’s All Around
1 Tanaka, Kazuhito 14.900 14.500 14.800 15.000 16.050 15.450 90.700
2 Tanaka, Yusuke 14.550 14.300 15.100 15.100 15.450 15.500 90.000
3 Kato, Ryohei 15.350 14.200 14.350 15.750 14.850 14.950 89.450

… Multiple world champion and Olympic favourite Kohei Uchimura only competed on three appratus: pommel horse (14.400), parallel bars (15.750), and high bar (16.100). …

The depth of the Japanese men’s program is visible with the top 17 scoring 87+ points, although bonus points may account for some of the scores. …

The All Around – Tanakas lead Day 1 at Japanese Championships

Full Twist – Results & Videos: Japanese Nationals Day 1

FINALS:

… Uchimura, the only Japanese gymnast to have already booked his ticket to London, delivered a solid performance to score 92.650 points ahead of Kenya Kobayashi (90.800) and Shogo Nonomura (90.050). …

… In women’s action, Rie Tanaka, who topped the women’s preliminaries on Saturday, captured her first national title with 56.450. Natsumi Sasada was second with 54.450 and Yumi Iizuka was third with 54.400.

… Koko Tsurumi, the 2009 world all-around bronze medalist, failed in her bid for a seventh straight national title, finishing seventh with 52.950.

Japan Times – Uchimura coasts to 5th national gymnastics title

Finals results.