NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — China’s Zhang Boheng retained the boys’s all-around gymnastics title on the 2026 Asian Games on Monday.
Fresh from successful the occasion on the Asian Championships, the 26-year-old collected 85.065 factors to take gold, whereas Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka and Daiki Hashimoto completed second and third, respectively.
Hashimoto, the Tokyo Olympic all-around champion, made a robust begin with 14.500 factors on pommel horse, whereas Zhang opened with 13.800 on ground train.
Oka’s constant efficiency stored the battle for gold shut. The reigning Olympic all-around champion moved forward of Zhang and Hashimoto after scoring 14.633 on parallel bars within the fourth rotation.
Zhang responded with 14.700 on the identical equipment within the fifth rotation, taking a slender 0.167-point lead over Oka into the ultimate spherical.
With Zhang competing on horizontal bar and Oka and Hashimoto on ground train, the title remained up for grabs. Zhang scored 14.033 to safe his second consecutive Asian Games all-around title, whereas Oka completed with 13.833 on ground to take silver and Hashimoto’s 13.433 left him with bronze.
Zhang mentioned competing final on horizontal bar allowed him to regulate his routine primarily based on his rivals’ scores. After watching Oka and Hashimoto full their ground routines, he opted to scale back the issue of his routine and decrease the danger of errors.
“Gymnastics keeps progressing, and both Japanese all-around gymnasts have high levels in difficulty and execution,” Zhang mentioned.
Looking forward to the 2028 Olympics, Zhang mentioned he wanted to develop a broader vary of adverse expertise and enhance his aggressive mindset as he goals to ship a stronger general efficiency.
The all-around competitors additionally served as qualification for the group and equipment finals. China topped the group standings with 255.361 factors, forward of Japan on 254.460, establishing one other shut contest between the 2 conventional powers. South Korea certified third with 238.327.
The girls’s all-around competitors will happen Tuesday, adopted by the boys’s and ladies’s group finals Wednesday.