Japanese NHK Trophy 2016

Uchimura: incredible 93,350 points!

The Six-time world all-around and Olympic Champion Kohei UCHIMURA won his eighth consecutive title at the 55^thNHK Trophy 2016 in Tokyo, where runner-up Ryohei KATO clinched his second Olympic berth. Uchimura scored its second routine sensational 93, 350 points (first routine: 91,300 = 184,650).
The remaining three gymnasts will be named to the team following the Japanese national event championships in June.

On women's side 2012 Olympian Asuka TERAMOTO (Chukyo University) won the all-around earning an automatic berth to her second Olympic Games. On second place came Mai Murakami, followed by Aiko Sugihara ...

Ryohei Kato

1. Kohei Uchimura
    (KONAMI SPORT): 184.650 (91.300 + 93.350)
2. Ryohei Kato
    (KONAMI SPORT): 180.100 (89.400 + 90.700)
3. Tanaka Yusuke
    (KONAMI SPORT) : 180.000 (89.050 + 90.950)

4. Yuya Komato
    (Nippon Sport Science Uni.) - 179.400 (89.250 + 90.150)
5. Kenzo Shirai
    (Nippon Sport Science Uni.) - 177.400 (89.700 + 87.700)
6. Kazuma Kaya
   (Juntendo University)        - 176.800 (87.550 + 89.250)
7. Yamamuro Koji
   (KONAMI SPORT) - 176.350 (87.350 + 89.300)
8. Yusuke Saito
    (Tokusdyukai Gymn. Club) - 175.700 (89.250 + 87.100)
( ... from 33 participants in all-around)

Kohei Uchimura (KONAMI SPORT) and Ryohei Kato (KONAMI SPORT) are selected already as Japanese team member for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
member, but with -0.1 points behind, on 3rd place, Tanaka Yusuke (KONAMI SPORT) didn't reach the nomination, yet:
The All Japanese Apparatus Final in this June should be last chance not only for him but for all male Japanese ymnasts for the Games in Rio.
Kohei Uchimura said to the press: "For me, make perfect landing is to be expected. Especially for Horizontal Bar. Yes, I know I have to do this at Olympic!"
(C) GYMmedia; correspondent Yoshinori SAKAKIBARA (report & photos
    - assisted by Takako Kobayashi

<< On women's side 2012 Olympian Asuka TERAMOTO ...
(< photo left)
... from the Chukyo University won the all-around earning an automatic berth to her second Olympic Games.

On second place came Mai Murakami, followed by Aiko Sugihara ...:

* Women's competitions - All-around

Rank	Athlete	Club	VT	UB	BB	FX	AA	Total*
1	Asuka Teramoto	Les Logic Sports	15.300	14.050	14.350	14.050	57.750	115.050
2	Mai Murakami	Nippon Sport Science Univ.	15.050	13.600	12.450	14.800	55.900	113.300
3	Aiko Sugihara	Asahi Seimei	14.400	14.150	13.750	14.050	56.350	112.350
4	Yuki Uchiyama	Smile Gymnastics	14.300	14.350	12.800	13.700	55.150	110.050
5	Natsumi Sasada	Nippon Sport Science Univ.	14.000	13.100	13.950	13.550	54.600	108.400
6	Marina Kawasaki	Tri-Gymnastics	14.000	13.650	13.300	12.350	53.300	107.850
7	Hitomi Hatakeda	Central Meguro	13.900	13.500	13.250	13.250	53.900	107.600
8	Ayu Koike	Toda City Sports Center	14.600	12.550	13.150	13.000	53.300	107.450
9	Nagi Kajita	Yamanashi Junior Gymn.	14.700	13.100	12.750	13.500	54.050	106.600
10	Koko Dobashi	Les Logic Sports	14.350	12.550	12.150	13.400	52.450	106.400