Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto cruised to his first horizontal bar title at a gymnastics world championships on Sunday, with the reigning Olympic champion on the apparatus taking home a total of three titles from the event held in Belgium.
Having captured his first men’s team gold earlier at the championships and a second straight individual all-around crown, the 22-year-old logged 15.233 points to easily top the horizontal bar podium in Antwerp.
Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto celebrates after winning the men’s horizontal bar gold at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 8, 2023. (Kyodo)
Tin Srbic of Croatia was second with 14.700 and Su Weide of China third with 14.500. Japan’s Kenta Chiba finished seventh.
“It’s my first gold medal (in the horizontal bar) since the Tokyo Games so I’m really happy,” Hashimoto said.
“I was able to show my strength and what I’ve been working on. I’ll be aiming to win three golds at next year’s Paris Olympics as well.”
In the men’s parallel bars, Japan’s Kaito Sugimoto secured bronze, scoring 15.000, with Kazuma Kaya ending a place below on 14.733.
Lukas Dauser of Germany won with 15.400 and Shi Cong of China narrowly beat Sugimoto to a runner-up spot on 15.066.
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