Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Men's Individual All-Around - Final - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 28, 2021. Daiki Hashimoto of Japan reacts after performing on the horizontal bar. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Olympic newcomer Daiki Hashimoto on Wednesday claimed the men's all-around gymnastics crown, proving a worthy heir to countryman "King Kohei" Uchimura, the two-time Olympic champion he followed, and extending a proud Japanese sporting legacy.
Hashimoto punched the air and grinned after finishing a spectacular horizontal bar routine, giving his nation a third consecutive gymnastics all-around gold - a continuity they haven't achieved for nearly half a century.
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