Nobuyuki Oka wins third gold in bizarre high bars final

Shinnosuke Okayama won his third Olympic gold medal on Monday, becoming the most decorated male gymnast at the Paris Games. The 20-year-old Okayama Prefecture native went into the horizontal bars final full of confidence following wins in the team and all-around events. However, the competition was a bit strange, with five of the eight finalists falling. When another gymnast fell to the ground, BBC commentator Craig Ship exclaimed: “I can’t believe it. What are we seeing in this horizontal bars final?” Spectators were also shocked by what happened, with some Want to know Whether the arena is enchanted.

Okada didn’t mind, though, landing on both feet. His score of 14.533 was good enough for bronze at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. In Paris, he beat Colombian Angel Barajas with a score of 14.533 to win the gold. China’s Zhang Boheng and Chinese Taipei’s Tang Jiahong shared the bronze. Okada is the first Japanese gymnast to reach the podium three times at a single Olympics since Kato Sawao in 1972. He also won bronze on the parallel bars earlier in the day. China’s Zou Jingyuan beat Ukraine’s Ilya Kovtun to win the event.

Wrestler Kenichiro Fumiaki advances to finals

In wrestling, Fumitake defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Zoraman Sharshenbekov to advance to his second consecutive Olympic 60kg final. He will face China’s Cao Liguo in the gold medal match on Tuesday. Three years ago, Fumitake missed out on gold after losing to Cuba’s Luis Horta. “I will try my best in the next match and let people say I am really strong,” explain After the semi-finals, Fumiaki. In other news in the wrestling world, Nonoka Ozaki lost to Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Merim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan in the quarter-finals. She still has a chance to win in resurrection The Japanese men’s volleyball team was also disappointing in this round. They led 2-0 in the quarter-finals but eventually lost to Italy 3-2.

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