Men's qualifying for the gymnastics world championships held in England was held, and Japan advanced to the final on the 2nd at the top of the group qualifying, thanks to the success of ace Daiki Hashimoto.
The World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, England, will be held over the Paris Olympics next year.
On October 31st, the third day of the tournament, the men's preliminary round was held.
The qualifying rounds serve as group and individual all-around, as well as qualifying for each event. In the group, 4 people from each team perform in 6 events, and the top 3 scores are combined to compete.
Japan will be competing with five men, Hashimoto, Yuya Kamimoto, Wataru Tanigawa, his younger brother Sho, and first-timer Ryosuke Doi, aiming to win the team gold medal for the first time in seven years.
Of these, Hashimoto, who won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, was unable to improve his score with 11.666 due to a mistake in the task "pommel horse", but he was the only one among the participating athletes with 15.100 in the "horizontal bar", which he is good at. He led Japan by scoring 14 points or more in 5 out of 6 events, including marks in the 15-point range.
Japan marked 260.695 in total and advanced to the final on the 2nd at the top of the qualifying.
Powerhouse China finished in 4th place after making a mistake.
In the individual all-around, Wataru, who showed a stable performance, finished first, and Hashimoto finished second, advancing to the finals.
In addition, by event,
▽ Hashimoto placed 1st in horizontal bar, 7th in floor,
▽ Doi placed 2nd in floor, 6th in pommel horse,
▽ Kou in 7th in vault, ▽ Kamimoto in
parallel bars 2nd place in , and 6th place in ring and horizontal bar,
advancing to the finals.