Uchimura grabs floor gold at gymnastics worlds
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Xinhua, October 15, 2011
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Kohei Uchimura of Japan won the men's floor title in the gymnastics world championships Saturday in Tokyo.
Uchimura collected an adjusted score of 15.633 points, edging out China's Zou Kai, a floor champion in Beijing Olympics, by 0.133 points.
The third place was shared by Diego Hypolito of Brazil and Alexander Shatilov of Israel.
Uchimura, 22 years old, won the men's all-around gold medal in the gymnastics world championships on Friday, making him the first to win three consecutive individual all-around title at the World Championships.
The Japanese champion won the individual all-around silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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