The past 12 months have seen him become European pommel horse champion, claim three Commonwealth Games gold medals and take individual all-around silver at the 2014 World Championships. Add to that the senior men’s British all-around title, a European team silver, and a further two apparatus medals at Glasgow 2014 – silver on pommel horse and bronze on parallel bars – and it is quite some medal haul. …
“I’ve seen photographs of other gymnasts who have stood next to Uchimura in the past and always thought it would be pretty amazing to do that,” he says. “To do it myself feels unbelievable. I’ve looked up to the Japanese guys for many years now and aspired to be like them because I admire their style of gymnastics.”
Sadly, Whitlock didn’t have much chance to chat with Uchimura. “All of the Japanese gymnasts are fairly secretive and keep themselves to themselves, but it was the first time he had shaken my hand and acknowledged me so that was a good feeling,” he says. …
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