He and Oleg Verniaiev (Ukraine） showed a dead heat.
Verniaiev was scoring higher than Uchimura, but at his last performance on the Horizontal Bar, he lost the read and ended up the Silver medal.
Actually, I thought that his last score was very lower than his performance. In fact, there was booing from the audience when his score was showed.
At the press conference, a reporter asked Uchimura that he is liked by judges, or something like that.
Silver Medalist Max Whitlock (the UK), Uchimura, Verniaiev
(from: https://geinou-news.jp)
He answered in a calm that he doesn't think so and we are judged fairly.
A person who was angry with the question was Verniaiev.
He said,
"Judges might have their own feeling but judging the scores is fair and sanctity (? <-- I don't know the appropriate English word.) . Uchimura always gets high scores. It's a meaningless question."
Verniaiev must be very chagrined at missing the gold medal. He was sure he won after finishing his performance. Many people in the venue also thought that, so there was booing.
But he respects his rival. What a nice sportsman!!
Verniaiev is still 22 years old. I look forward to watching his great performance again and the scene that he gets the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics!
Uchimura and Verniaiev
(from: http://www.nbcolympics.com)
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