Ryohei has been named to the national team for this year's World Championships to be held in Nanning, China, 3-12 Oct 2014. 凌平くん、おめでとうございます! ^o^
This was decided at the 53rd NHK Cup held earlier today, where the top 3 gymnasts were set to be part of the team. The final score was a combination of the gymnasts' scores today, as well as their average scores at the 68th All-Japan Championships (9-11 May 2014).
Battling the the shoulder injury he sustained at last year's East Japan Inter-College Championships (where one the the Still Rings cables snapped while he was on the apparatus) which unfortunately acted up prior to the All-Japan Championships, Ryohei kicked off today's competition in 3rd place with his average score of 88.675, behind Uchimura Kohei's 90.600 and Nonomura Shogo's strong 89.775.
With strong routines from both Uchimura and Nonomura, Ryohei remained focused and ultimately managed to reduce the gap between him & Nonomura from 1.100 to just 0.450, finishing just behind Uchimura with 89.600 for a total of 178.275.
Uchimura achieved his 6th consecutive NHK Cup title, King Kohei is showing no sign of slowing down this year! Nonomura has really risen to the occasion this year, so Ryohei will have to stay on his toes if he's to repeat (or even better) his World Championships 2013 result! It appears that all three men will be competing the All-Around at this year's World Champs (which I believe will also include a team event unlike last year), but assuming that the '2 gymnasts per country per event final' rule stands, Ryohei is likely to have to out-score Nonomura to have a chance to reclaim his Silver. He definitely has the ability to achieve this as long as he is able to stay in tip-top condition, so let's keep cheering & praying for him^^
凌平くん、お疲れ様でした、頑張ってください~~!
Our heartfelt congratulations to the three gymnasts, we have a really exciting season ahead ;)
Results for the 53rd NHK Cup: http://www.jpn-gym.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14a_nhk_m.pdf
Results for the 68th All-Japan Championships: http://www.jpn-gym.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/14a_nai_mf.pdf
Photo credits as tagged.
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