Hu Wins Horizontal Bar, Uchimura Shines at Gymnastics Worlds
Hu Xuwei (C) of China is congratulated by Kohel Uchimura of Japan after winning the horizontal bar final of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2021. Hiro Komae/AP Photo
KITAKYUSHU, Japan—China’s Hu Xuwei upstaged Tokyo Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan to win the horizontal bar gold medal on the final day of the 50th artistic gymnastics world championships on Sunday.
Hu received 15.166 points to edge Hashimoto by just .100 of a point. Brody Malone of the United States won the bronze medal with 14.966 points.
