Daiki Hashimoto wins 4th world all-around gymnastics title, largest margin in 13 years
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Key Points:
- Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto won his fourth consecutive world all-around gymnastics title with a total score of 85.998, finishing 1.799 points ahead of China’s Yang Haonan in Rotterdam.
- Hashimoto’s margin of victory is the largest in a men’s all-around at the Olympics or World Championships since Kohei Uchimura won by 1.958 points in 2013.
- British gymnast Joe Fraser earned the bronze medal, while American Frederick Richard placed ninth, marking the first time a U.S. man has finished in the top 10 at multiple world championships since 2018.
- Hashimoto, who also won Olympic gold in Tokyo, achieved the top scores on pommel horse, parallel bars, and high bar, and expressed a growing focus on performance over the pressure of maintaining his winning streak.
- The women’s all-around final continues with U.S. gymnasts Skye Blakely and Claire Pease aiming to maintain the country’s podium streak in global championships dating back to 2003.
