TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's defending individual all-around Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura did not advance to the men's gymnastics apparatus finals Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics.

       Uchimura fell from the horizontal bar and scored only 13.866 points, not enough to finish among the top eight and advance to the final.

       The 32-year-old focused on the individual horizontal bar at his home Olympics instead of defending his titles in the team event and the individual all-around competition. He had been dealing with recent fitness struggles so chose that path to improve his chances of competing in Tokyo.

       Uchimura made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he finished with a silver in the individual all-around event. He won the event at the 2012 London Games and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games to establish himself as one of the all-time greats.

       He was also part of the Japanese team that won gold in Rio.

       However, he experienced fitness issues following the 2016 Games, and his winning streak at all-around events was snapped at 40 after he withdrew from the 2017 world championships due to a left ankle injury.

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