Kenzo Shirai at one of many medal ceremonies yesterday Young Kenzo Shirai of Japan, winner of Friday's all around competition, confirmed his individual superiority at yesterday's Olympic Hopes competition by taking a further three gold medals in event finals : high bar (13.05; shared with Serbia's Ilic Gavrilo), floor (15.1) and vault (15.55). He also took a silver medal on parallel bars (13.15), behind Russia's Kirill Potapov (14.1). Elsewhere, Uzbekistan's Abdylla Azimov won pommel horse (14.1) and Russia's Igor Lemeshenko took Russia's second gold of the day on rings (13.6). Russia's Artur Dalaloyan enjoys his medals All four members of the Russian A team managed to medal, with Potapov performing most strongly (silver all around, gold on parallel bars and bronze on vault). 16 year old Artur Dalaloyan from Moscow gained a bronze on high bar and silver on floor, while Victor Britan achieved silver on vault and pommel horse in addi...
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