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.
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
Minami scored 14.766 behind Italy's Nicola Bartolini's 14.800. Emil Soravuo of Finland was third.
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
Japan's six-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura will compete in Sunday's horizontal bar final, while Tokyo Olympic all-around champion and world all-around silver medalist Daiki Hashimoto will compete in parallel bars.
In Sunday's women's apparatus competition, Tokyo Olympic floor bronze medalist Mai Murakami will compete in that event and the balance beam.
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
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