28. July 2016  
Tokyo, JPN  
Artistic Gymnastics

Kohei UCHIMURA - the gymnast from another Planet

Six consecutive times he was the all-around world champion and he won the Olympic gold medal 2010 in London:
This is not merely a statistical record but the Japanese Kohei UCHIMURA acting on the gymnastic apparatus in technology and content manner like from another planet!
Ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, superstar Kohei Uchimura and four other members of the Japan men’s gymnastics team got haircuts a few days ago. This wasn’t necessarily a sign of their spirited mood for competition at the global sporting festival, because it’s a little too premature for that. One day before their departure for South America, the five gymnasts looked pretty laid-back at a Tokyo news conference ...:

Japanese Olympic Men's Team of artistic gymnastics with new hair style ..: (- from left): Kenzo Shirai, Ryohei Kato, Kohei Uchimura, Yusuke Tanaka and Koji Yamamuro



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                      (source: japantimes)