ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Japan successfully defended its men’s team all-around title Tuesday at the artistic gymnastics world championships, securing qualification for the Los Angeles Olympic Games in the process.
Japan totaled 251.928 to finish 1.599 points ahead of silver medalist Russia, while China claimed bronze. The top three teams in Rotterdam earned Olympic berths through the result.
The Japanese squad of Daiki Hashimoto, Shinnosuke Oka, Shohei Kawakami, Ryosuke Doi and Fusuke Maeda came into the final as the top qualifier and maintained its lead through the six-apparatus competition.
Hashimoto competed on all six apparatuses and capped Japan’s victory with a score of 14.866 on the horizontal bar in the final rotation.
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