Photos

  • 2,094 spectators watched the competition at Yoyogi National Gymnasium
  • Japanese athlete UCHIMURA Kohei on the pommel horse
  • TERAMOTO Asuka competes in the floor exercise
  • Russian Federation gymnast Artur Dalaloyan on parallel bars
  • Russian Federation gymnast Angelina Melnikova on uneven bars
  • Chinese gymnast LU Yufei jumps on balance beam
  • Chinese athlete SHI Cong competes in pommel horse
  • eMjae Frazier from Team Solidarity on balance beam
  • Paul Juda competes on the parallel bars
  • Athletes from Team Friendship and Team Solidarity exchange their medals at the closing ceremony
  • UCHIMURA Kohei gave his shirts to Nikita Nagornyy as gift after the competition
Artistic Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics friendship and solidarity competition in Tokyo

On Sunday (8 November), thirty athletes from Japan, Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China and USA joined a mixed-team competition held at the Yogogi National Stadium à Tokyo au Japon. Under the values of excellence, friendship and solidarity, the athletes were divided into two teams — Team Friendship and Team Solidarity.

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