30. October 2015  
Glasgow, GBR  
WM, Männer

Men's All-around Final: Kohei Uchimura to the sixth time unbeatable!

"Emperor Kohei" - unbeatable again!

Japan's Kohei Uchimura breezed to his record sixth world gymnastics championship title Friday, putting together a series of nearly flawless routines to continue his long run of dominance. Uchimura posted a total of 92.332, more than 1.6 points better than Cuban teenager Manrique LARDUET and DENG Shudi of China (90,099).
The triumph came two days after Uchimura helped Japan to its first gold team medal in the world championships in nearly 40 years. The 26-year-old Uchimura's combination of elegance and athleticism makes him a heavy favorite to repeat at the 2016 Olympics.
Reigning European champion Oleg VERNIAIEV from Ukraine, one of the biggest competitor of Uchimura, finished on fourth place only, scoring 89,640, followed by the local British hero Max WHITLOCK, but the 2014 vice champion crashed on hig bar an so he ranked on fifth place at the end.. The best Russian, Nikolai Kuksenkow came on sixth place.

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The usually reserved Uchimura — who said he was disappointed after a high bar flub during team finals made the margin over second-place Britain a little slimmer than anticipated — let loose after his final score was unveiled. He made the "6'' sign with his fingers and pointed to the crowd that included his mother, who is still a competitive gymnast back home.
His biggest competition came from the surprising Cuban Manrique Larduet!
His very first international top event he made at the World Cup event in Anadia (POR) this summer and was the three times winner there! He appeared right at home in his debut at a major international event. His powerful tumbling runs made the floor creak underneath him and his aggressive parallel bars display had a youthful enthusiasm that will certainly make him a factor in Rio next summer.
Still, Uchimura remains a man apart. Light on his feet yet still remarkably strong, his precision and difficulty are unmatched. He makes every set appear like just another training workout and his consistency is unrivaled.

American Donnell Whittenburg finished eighth after being added to the field when Belarus' Dzmitry Barkalau withdrew. American teammate Darnell Leyva struggled on pommel horse and high bar, fading to 17th. Whittenburg struggled through qualifying and wasn't pushed into the field until Barkalau pulled out with an injury.
The 21-year-old did just fine on short notice, his only real misstep coming on vault — typically one of his strongest events. Whittenburg overcooked his landing and ended up sitting down while trying to save it. Still, he hung around the top 10 all evening and finished with a steady 14.1 on pommels, a weak spot for the rising American star.
** Donnell WHITTENBURG in Interview after the AA Final --:
 

Darnell Leyva, the bronze medalist in the all-around at the 2012 London Olympics, was fourth in qualifying but never got on track in the finals. He muscled through a rough pommel horse routine and bailed in the middle of his high bar set on his 24th birthday.
Three years after bolding proclaiming he was coming for Uchimura's spot, Leyva hasn't made the kind of inroads he expected. Then again, neither has anyone else on arguably the greatest male gymnast of all-time.

... with 21, at the ECh in Montpellier, he needs an own pharmacy already!

A word more before in advance to the challenger:
This Ukrainians Oleg VERNIAEV (22), the seemingly youth ( .. also he freshness?) seems to have on his side, is technically similar disposition - or rather of "trained" childhood - as his Japanese model (!):
- At age 18, he made his first Worlds in Tokyo in 2011 (5th in the team)
- With 19 he scraped over in London 2012 in the Ukrainian team (4th) narrowly on an Olympic medal.
- With 20 already he was third in 2013 in Moscow at the Europeans in the all around competition and the World Cgampionships 2013 in Antwerp, he was the first time already in Uchimura's footsteps: - unfortunately only up to half of the all-around competition (-0.892) - then he crashed at the high bar .. .. but then,
- one year later, in 2013 in Sofia he won his first title, was European champion on parallel bars , won bronze on vault and the Worlds in the autumn of 2014 in Nanning, his first worlds title!
- Now, with 22 years, the current all-around European champion (2015, Montpellier) came already to his third Worlds and could here be in Glasgow the most serious Uchimura challenger - before the Russians Belyavsky and the British Purvis !
Whether its high, often a year 2-digit number of more all-aroun events and international performances - including in the f German Premiere league team of TG Saar - some experts worry already about the physical compatibility of such loads,but this man infected currently something simple (yet) cool away ...!
Has Oleg VERNIAEV already the format to keep Uchimura throne tonight falter ...?
Look at the results of this evening in Glasgow below and you will get the answer ...:
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♦♦  * MEN's FINAL RESULTS - All-Around
  1. UCHIMURA, Kohei        (JPN)  - 92,332
  2. LARDUET Manrique   (CUB) – 90,698
  3. DENG Shudi                (CHN) – 90,099

4. VERNIAIEV Oleg                    (UKR) – 89,640
5. WHITLOCK Max                     (GBR) – 89,249
6. KUKSENKOV Nikolai             (RUS) – 89,198
7. PURVIS Daniel                      (GBR) – 89,064
8. WHITTENBURG Donnell         (USA) – 88,797
9. XIAO Ruoteng                        (CHN) – 88,230
10. KAYA Kazuma                       (JPN) – 88,198
11. BELYAVSKIY David                (RUS) – 88,031
12. OYAKAWA MARIANO Arthur (BRA) – 87,966
13. BRAEGGER Pablo                 (SUI) – 87,799
14. DEURLOO Bart                    (NED) – 87,164
15. BAUMANN Christian              (SUI) – 86,515
16. LIKHOVITSKIY Andrey          (BLR) – 85,998
17. LEYVA Danell                      (USA) – 84,565
18. PARK Minsoo                      (KOR) – 84,339
19. LOPEZ Ruben                      (ESP) – 84,097
20. De SOUZA BITENCOURT Lucas (BRA) – 83,831
21. BATAGA Cristian Ioan         (ROU) – 83,589
22. ZONA Jim                          (FRA) – 83,297
23. AUGIS Axel                       (FRA) – 82,264
24. LANDUYT Florian               (BEL) – 45,123
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