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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands competes on the horizontal bar during the apparatus final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Zonderland won the gold.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands reacts after completing his performance for the horizontal bar final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Zonderland won the gold.

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Japan's Kato wins bronze in parallel bars at world championships

NANNING, China - Ryohei Kato of Japan hold up his bronze medal during an award ceremony for the parallel bars final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands (L) and Kohei Uchimura of Japan shake hands at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Zonderland won the gold in the horizontal bar event while Uchimura won the silver.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura of Japan performs on the horizontal bar during the apparatus final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Uchimura won the silver.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands (R) holds up his gold medal during the award ceremony for the horizontal bar final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014, while Kohei Uchimura of Japan holds up his silver medal for the event.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura of Japan performs on the horizontal bar during the apparatus final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Uchimura won the silver.

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N. Korea's Ri wins men's vault gold at world championships

NANNING, China - North Korea's Ri Se Gwang performs during the men's vault final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Ri won the gold.

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Japan's Kato wins parallel bars bronze at world championships

NANNING, China - Ryohei Kato of Japan performs during the men's parallel bars final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Kato won the bronze.

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Japan's Kato wins parallel bars bronze at world championships

NANNING, China - Ryohei Kato of Japan performs during the men's parallel bars final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Kato won the bronze.

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Japan's Shirai at gymnastics world championships

NANNING, China - Shirai Kenzo of Japan performs in the men's floor exercise final at the gymnastics world championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 11, 2014. He earned a score of 15.733 to finish second behind Russia's Denis Abliazin who scored 15.750.

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Floor exercise medalists at gymnastics world championships

NANNING, China - (From L) Japanese silver medalist Kenzo Shirai, Russian gold medalist Denis Abliazin and Brazilian bronze medalist Diego Hypolito pose for photos after the awards ceremony for the men's floor exercise medalists at the gymnastics world championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 11, 2014. Abliazin earned 15.750, followed by Shirai with 15.733 and Hypolito with 15.700.

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Shirai misses out on 2nd consecutive floor gold

NANNING, China - Kenzo Shirai (L) of Japan and Denis Abliazin (R) of Russia shown after being awarded the silver and gold medal, respectively, in the men's floor exercise at the gymnastics world championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 11, 2014.

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China newspapers on Uchimura's 5th straight world title

NANNING, China - Chinese newspapers, dated Oct. 10, 2014, are seen carrying stories on Japan's Kohei Uchimura winning a fifth straight all-around title at the gymnastics world championships in Nanning, China, the previous day.

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Uchimura wins 5th straight all-around world title

NANNING, China - Japan's Kohei Uchimura stands on the center of the podium on Oct. 9, 2014, in Nanning, China, after breaking his own record of four consecutive men's all-around titles with a fifth straight crown at the gymnastics world championships. To his left is Britain's silver medalist Max Whitlock and right is Japan's bronze medalist Yusuke Tanaka.

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Uchimura wins 5th straight all-around world title

NANNING, China - Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, in Nanning, China, shows Japan's Kohei Uchimura, who broke his own record of four consecutive men's all-around titles with a fifth straight crown at the gymnastics world championships.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura of Japan competes on the rings during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura performs his floor exercise during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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U.S. wins women's team division at gymnastic world championships

NANNING, China - U.S. gymnasts raise flowers after winning the women's team division at the gymnastic world championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 8, 2014.

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China wins gold in men's gymnastics team

NANNING, China - Chinese gymnasts (R) celebrate their sixth consecutive win in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships' men's team final in Nanning, southern China, on Oct. 7, 2014. To their left on the podium is the Japanese team, which finished second.

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Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the rings in the men's team final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, southern China, on Oct. 7, 2014. The Japanese team finished in second place.

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Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse in the men's team final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, southern China, on Oct. 7, 2014. The Japanese team finished in second place.

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Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kenzo Shirai of Japan performs the floor exercise in the men's team final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, southern China, on Oct. 7, 2014. The Japanese team finished in second place.

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National gymnastic team shows confidence for championships

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Uchimura (3rd from L, front row), captain of Japan's national gymnastics team, and other members attend an event in Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. The team will participate in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships scheduled in Nanning, China, in October.

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3 Japanese gymnasts book spots for world championships

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gymnasts -- (from L to R) Ryohei Kato, Shogo Nonomura and Kohei Uchimura -- smile at Tokyo's National Stadium in Japan on June 8, 2014, after winning third, second and first places respectively in the NHK Cup, booking tickets to the world championships in Nanning, China, in October.