Japan's Kazuma Kaya, Kazuki Minami seize silver at gymnastic worlds

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- Oct 23, 2021 - 22:24 All,Sports

Kazuma Kaya of Japan competes in the men's pommel horse final on the sixth day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct. 23, 2021, at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. He won silver. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Stephen Nedoroscik of the United States competes en route to winning the men's pommel horse final on the sixth day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct. 23, 2021, at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kazuki Minami of Japan competes in the men's floor exercise final on the sixth day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct. 23, 2021, at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. He won silver. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nicola Bartolini of Italy competes en route to winning the men's floor exercise final on the sixth day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct. 23, 2021, at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kohei Uchimura of Japan competes in the horizontal bar during the men's qualification phase on the third day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct. 20, 2021, at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Daiki Hashimoto of Japan competes on the parallel bars in the men's all-around final on the fifth day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct. 22, 2021, at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mai Murakami of Japan competes on the balance beam during the women's qualification on the first day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct. 18, 2021, at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kazuma Kaya, the Tokyo Olympic men's pommel horse bronze medalist, added world silver medalist on the apparatus to his resume on Saturday, as Japan teammate Kazuki Minami took second in the floor exercise.On the sixth day at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium, Kaya scored 14.900 points and finished in a tie for second with China's Weng Hao behind the 15.266 scored by gold medalist Stephen Nedoroscik of the United States.Minami scored 14.766 behind Italy's Nicola Bartolini's 14.800. Emil Soravuo of Finland was third.Japan's six-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura will compete in Sunday's…READ FULL ARTICLE

Japan's Kazuma Kaya, Kazuki Minami seize silver at gymnastic worlds

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