Olympics: Japan's Uchimura wins second men's all-around gold
Gymnastics superstar Kohei Uchimura soared to his third Olympic gold on Wednesday as he defended his all-around crown two days after winning a first team title with Japan.
The 27-year-old snatched gold after a thrilling battle with Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev, winning by just 0.097. Britain's Max Whitlock won bronze in the Rio Olympic Arena.
Uchimura had trailed the Ukrainian for the final four of six rotations but pulled out a spectacular horizontal bar routine to seal his seventh Olympic medal over three Olympics.
Uchimura becomes the first man to successfully defend his title since countryman Sawao Kato in 1972.
Whitlock, a two-time world all-around medallist, gave Britain a first Olympic men's all-around medal since Walter Tysal's silver in 1908.
