日本が男子団体で８年ぶり金メダル獲得　世界体操

【アントワープＡＦＰ＝時事】第５２回世界体操競技選手権は３日、ベルギーのアントワープで男子団体決勝が行われ、日本が合計２５５．５９４点で金メダルを獲得した。（写真は第５２回世界体操競技選手権、男子団体決勝。鉄棒の演技に臨む橋本大輝）
　中国が先に演技を終えてプレッシャーがかかる中で、日本は最後の橋本大輝が鉄棒の着地を決め、１．８０点差で勝利した。米国が２５２．４２８点で銅メダルを獲得した。
　男子団体の金メダルは、２０１５年大会以来８年ぶり７度目。昨年の前回大会は銀メダルだった。
　２年前の東京五輪で個人総合と鉄棒の金メダルを獲得したが、世界大会の団体では銀、銅だった橋本は「やっと金メダルが取れた。ずっとこれを待っていた」と喜んだ。橋本は５日、６連覇を達成した２０１５年大会の内村航平以来となる個人総合の連覇に挑む。
　予選８位で何とか決勝に勝ち上がった中国はそこから盛り返したが、鉄棒での２回の落下が響いた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/10/04-16:14）

Daiki Hashimoto delivered with his final routine to ensure Japan regained the team gymnastics world title on Tuesday in Antwerp, less than 10 months ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Japan, last year's silver medallists, scored 255.594 to finish 1.80 points ahead of defending champions China.
I've competed in team event since 2019, but only got silver and bronze medals, said Hashimoto. Finally, I got a gold medal, which is the one I really wanted. I'm very happy.
China finished by putting up the best score on the rings. That put the pressure on Japan's last man Hashimoto, but he nailed his final landing on the horizontal bar to seal victory.
The United States completed the podium with 252.428 points. Great Britain were fourth on 249.461.
Japan, who had dominated qualifying on Sunday, took the team title for the seventh time.
Hashimoto, Olympic all-around and high bar champion two years ago in Tokyo, and his team-mates won Japan's first world crown since 2015. They had finished on the podium in the three world championships after that.
Having squeezed into the final with an eighth-place qualifying finish, the Chinese bounced back on Tuesday, but two falls on the high bar cost them dearly.
On Thursday, Hashimoto will attempt to become the first man to win back-to-back world all-around titles since compatriot Kohei Uchimura took the last of his six consecutive victories in 2015.
We still have the all-around coming, Hashimoto said in Japanese when asked whether he planned to celebrate the team title before adding in English: Long sleeping.
The competition continues on Wednesday with the women's team all-around, where American Simone Biles, back after a two-year hiatus, could claim her 26th world medal.