Japan’s Uchimura adds to collection of gold in all-around (Yahoo Sports)
Trailing by nearly a point entering the final rotation and his chances of a second Olympic all-around title very much in jeopardy, Kohei Uchimura pondered what for the last seven years has been unthinkable. ”I felt really close to admitting that it might be really difficult,” Uchimura said. Delivering a fearless high bar with a gold medal on the line, the Japanese superstar put all the pressure on Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev.