• Whitlock holds nerve to win his sixth Olympic medal• Chinese Taipei’s Lee takes silver, Japan’s Kazuma bronzeMax Whitlock has remarkably defended his Olympic gold medal on the pommel horse, outclassing the field with a score of 15.583.Whitlock is the…
Simone Biles’ twisties: mental block which puts gymnasts at serious risk
The star of the US team has been struggling with a dangerous condition where gymnasts lose their sense of spatial awarenessSimone Biles almost never misses her Amanar vault. There are numerous times when she has peeled off during uneven-bar routines, w…
Daiki Hashimoto is hosts’ gymnastics hero as GB’s Joe Fraser falls short
Japanese teenager follows in Kohei Uchimura’s footstepsSixth- and ninth-place finishes for Britain’s all-around finalistsOne of the great hopes of a home Olympics for Japan was the opportunity for the greatest male gymnast of all time, Kohei Uchimura, …