OVERTURNED! I’m delighted to finally be allowed to compete at the Commonwealth Games. I get the opportunity to retain my title🥇 compete with my team mates and represent everybody who has assisted and supported me in this difficult time. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/lLRm0vKcYu
17.1 SV attempt, one of my last turns for the next 6 weeks. As upset that I am I couldn’t make it, this video alone will keep me motivated as I recover. pic.twitter.com/uYPdURWV9p
Next we have the award for Outstanding Coach of the Year (Olympic).
The winner is…
Scott Hann MBE! 👏@hannzed is the Director of Coaching at South Essex Gymnastics Club and in 2021 coached Max Whitlock OBE to another Olympic title. Well done Scott!#NationalAwardspic.twitter.com/mFT3Ae1PQ4
… back-to-back Olympic all-around golds in 2012 and 2016 (the first man to do so since Sawao Kato in 1972), six consecutive world all-around titles collected between 2009 to 2015 (in a sport where no other man has more than two), and 21 world medals (including individual titles on floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.) …
“He’s my hero,” echoed Carlos Yulo, the reigning world champion on vault, who on his best days shares Uchimura’s crystal-clear sense of execution and extreme difficulty.
The Philippines-born 21-year-old, who trains in Japan, credits watching Uchimura compete at the London Olympics as a key moment in his childhood. …
Japan’s Kohei Uchimura competes on the pommel horse during the men’s all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships at the Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland, October 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Music professor Lasse Nettum created an original piece to accompany Uchimura’s horizontal bar routine from the 2011 World Championships.