The Japanese easily topped qualifying at the men’s gymnastics world championships Sunday, posting a score of 358.884 to finish well clear of their rivals as the two superpowers spent six rotations shadowing each other around the chilly SSE Hydro in what amounted to a dual meet. The USA, the Netherlands and Romania scheduled to compete Monday, with the teams with the best eight scores earning an automatic spot in the 2016 Olympics.
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The 46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships have kicked off in Glasgow, Scotland.
“I just had to forget about the fall on the high bar”. When Britain won the rights to host in 2012, the country poured money into the program. “I want to be on that team'”.
“The mistakes aren’t down to lack of effort or lack of work, it’s just one of those things and I know I couldn’t have done any more”. At the end of the day, I’ve had the best build -up that I can, and it just comes down to what happens on the day.
“It’s been a relentless and rollercoaster year so it’s awesome feeling to make the team”, said Wilson.
Competition at the 2015 worlds ends on November 1. Beating China in a major worldwide team competition is the thing that keeps him going, the lone hole in Uchimura’s peerless resume.
“If we are successful in the team event then the individual stuff will come after”.
“Every member of the team contributed and we go into the team final knowing we have even more to offer to push for a medal”.
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“I’m really looking forward to competing at the Hydro Arena in Glasgow, I competed there for the Commonwealth Games, but for the Commonwealths it was a home crowd but equally it wasn’t”. Assessing whether Paris 2024 is on the cards, Wilson pondered: “It is a high demand on your body, I’m 19 years old but I can already tell the guys who are a little bit older are finding it hard and their training schedules are a little different from ours”.
