MONTREAL — Kohei Uchimura‘s eight-year streak as world’s best gymnast came to an end Monday night.
Uchimura pulled out of the world championships all-around qualification with an apparent left lower leg injury after three of six events in qualifying.
The Japanese megastar won the last six world all-around titles and the last two Olympic all-around titles, the longest streak of dominance in gymnastics history.
Uchimura limped badly after his second event in qualifying, vault, and had his left ankle area looked at by three men before his next event, parallel bars.
He landed his parallel bars dismount awkwardly, keeping pressure off that lower left leg.