Japan Juniors Claim Four Golds (19th April, 2006)

Koji Yamamuro won pommel horse and high bar, Kohei Uchimura won floor and Ryotaka Deguchi took the parallel bars gold in the junior apparatus finals of the Pacific Alliance Championships in Honolulu.

Philip Onorato won the gold medal on rings, sticking a double layout dismount and hitting his strength positions well for 15.200 points, finishing ahead of Timothy Gentry (USA). Onorato also won the silver medal on vault behind Mexico’s Daniel Corral. Timothy Gentry won his fourth silver medal on high bar. Ryan Lieberman (USA) earned bronze on parallel bars.

‘I had a couple of mistakes but overall I did pretty well,’ Lieberman said. ‘I’m glad I earned a medal. It’s a great experience to compete with all of these countries.’

Floor Exercise
1. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) 15.475
2. Koji Yamamuro (JPN) 15.175
3. Joaquin Ramirez (MEX) 14.225
4. Timothy Gentry (USA) 14.150
5. Misha Koudinov (NZ) 13.675
6. Martin Jozwiak (AUS) 13.575
7. Maxim Malishkin (RUS) 13.050
8. Chen Chih-Yu (CHN) 12.975

Pommel Horse
1. Koji Yamamuro (JPN) 15.175
2. Yu Yu-Shun (CHN) 14.100
3. Misha Houdini (NZ) 13.525
4. Timothy Gentry (USA) 13.275
5. Masaya Ishii (JPN) 12.725
6. Alexander Klochkov (RUS) 12.200
7. Daniel Corral (MEX) 11.500
8. Mathew Curtis (AUS) 11.325

Rings
1. Philip Onorato (USA) 15.200
2. Timothy Gentry (USA) 14.775
3. Chen Chih-Yu (CHN) 14.450
4. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) 13.975
5. Maxim Malishkin (RUS) 13.725
6. Daniel Corral (MEX) 13.200
7. Misha Houdini (NZ) 12.475
8. Shek Wai Hung (HK) 11.975

Vault
1. Daniel Corral (MEX) 16.150
2. Philip Onorato (USA) 16.025
3. Koji Yamamuro (JPN) 15.975
4. Thomas Kelley (USA) 15.900
5. Masaya Ishii (JPN) 15.875
5. Shek Wai Hung (HK) 15.875
7. Chen Chih-Yu (CHN) 15.800
8. Martin Jozwiak (AUS) 15.775

Parallel Bars
1. Ryotaka Deguchi (JPN) 15.125
2. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) 14.250
3. Ryan Lieberman (USA) 14.025
4. Misha Houdini (NZ) 13.275
5. Joaquin Ramirez (MEX) 13.100
6. Michael Mercies (AUS) 12.950
7. Chen Szu-Chieh (CHN) 12.700
8. Alexander Klochkov (RUS) 12.425

High Bar
1. Koji Yamamuro (JPN) 14.750
2. Martin Jozwiak (AUS) 14.375
2. Timothy Gentry (USA) 14.375
4. Masaya Ishii (JPN) 14.200
5. Maxim Malishkin (RUS) 13.725
6. Michael Mercies (AUS) 13.475
6. Chen Chih-Yu (CHN) 13.475
8. Joaquin Ramirez (MEX) 12.625