Kohei Uchimura, the most decorated male all-around gymnast in history and one of Japan’s biggest stars heading into the Tokyo Olympics, is again in pain going into next week’s national championships.
“My body doesn’t move the way I’d hoped it would at this point,” Uchimura said Thursday, according to an Olympic Channel translation of a Sankei Sports report. “It’s not only the shoulders, but everything from the neck down is painful.”
Uchimura, a 30-year-old with two Olympic all-around titles and a record six world all-around crowns, hasn’t competed in a major all-around since the Rio Games due to injuries.