LONDON — Japan’s Kohei Uchimura ran away with the men’s title at the world gymnastics championships Thursday night.
He led from the second event, and his final score of 91.500 points was more than 2 1/2 better than Daniel Keatings, who delighted the crowd with Britain’s first all-around medal ever. Russia’s Yury Ryazanov was third.
“Today’s performance wasn’t entirely up to my standards,” said Uchimura, who sealed the win with a high-flying high bar routine that had the crowd oohing and ahhing.
The results were mixed for the Americans. Tim McNeill finished seventh at his first major international competition, while national champion Jonathan Horton, a pre-meet favorite for the podium, was 17th after falls on three events.
Sledder gets waiver
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — U.S. skeleton rider Eric Bernotas, the 2006 Olympian who was leading after the first day of national team trials, has been excused from the competition with a strained right quadriceps.
Barring another injury, Bernotas will be on the World Cup roster when that season begins next month.
Two-time World Cup overall champion and 2006 Olympian Katie Uhlaender of Breckenridge is still recovering from three surgeries on her left kneecap. Unlike Bernotas, Uhlaender’s waiver does not guarantee her a World Cup spot.
• After two years away, Bode Miller has returned to train with the U.S. Ski Team in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. The men’s World Cup starts Oct. 25. Miller hasn’t said when he’ll join the circuit. The AP
