Gymnastics-From despair to Games debut: Japan's 'other Kohei'

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nobody was surprised when a Japanese gymnast named Kohei made it through to the men's apparatus finals. The shock was that it wasn't former Olympic champion 'King Kohei' Uchimura but a pommel horse specialist making his Olympic debut at 32.

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Men's Pommel Horse - Qualification - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Kohei Kameyama of Japan celebrates after his performance on the pommel horse. REUTERS/Mike Blake

But Kohei Kameyama, who turns 33 later this year, made it through on pommel horse tied in second place in qualifiers, outstripping Daiki Hashimoto, who later won men's all-around - the culmination of a long journey that included battling despair and nearly quitting. He fell into despair, telling Japanese media"I lost myself," and planned on quitting. But his coach stopped him, and he clawed his way back, claiming a pommel horse gold at a World Cup meet in 2019/2020.

 

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