Japan's Shinnosuke Oka wins men's all-around gymnastics gold - ESPN

PARIS — Shinnosuke Oka of Japan won the men's all-around gymnastics title at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, upsetting the two main favorites in a nail-biting contest.

The former junior world champion won with a total of 86.832 points ahead of Zhang Boheng and Xiao Ruoteng, both of China, to claim his second gold medal in three days at his first Olympics.

Defending champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan fell during his pommel horse routine, finishing sixth. Despite Hashimoto's struggles, it was another sweet evening for Japan, which produced a remarkable last-minute turnaround in the team final on Monday to edge China on the last rotation.

Along with Hashimoto, Zhang was the other top contender, but he got off a shaky start on the floor exercise that cost him the gold despite a strong finish. Zhang had dominated qualifying ahead of the 20-year-old Oka and Hashimoto.

Oka, who won the junior world title when he was 15, made the most of the favorites' mistakes. He delivered a solid pommel horse routine to surge into the lead after two rotations, then stuck a marvel vault. He was as impressive on the two remaining apparatuses, the parallel bars and bar.

Zhang had dominated qualifying ahead of Oka and Hashimoto.

The trio started in the leaders' group. Hashimoto got off the blocks with an excellent floor routine, mixing clean passes and stuck landings. Zhang had a shaky start, bouncing onto the mat after landing on his hands and knees on his second pass.

The unusual error left him trailing more than a point behind his Japanese rival. But it was Hashimoto's turn to falter when he fell off the pommel horse after losing his balance. Hashimoto put his hands behind his head in frustration, finished his routine, then received a massage