Gymnastics Zone: Best Male Gymnasts of All Time

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The crowd inside the arena fell silent as Uchimura stepped up to perform Four years earlier Uchimura had been crowned Olympic champion Could he repeat that now Uchimura didn’t hesitate One after another he performed high-flying release skills He let go of the bar and caught it again perfectly several times When he cast into his double-twisting double-layout dismount time seemed to stand still Uchimura soared through the air twisting and turning His feet hit the mat and he stuck the landing flawlessly GREATEST OF ALL TIME Afterward Uchimura paced the sidelines and waited for his score from the judges Before these Olympics many people had already called him the greatest male gymnast of all time Had he done enough to win Olympic gold again When his score came up Uchimura took over the lead But Verniaiev still had to perform 6