This past weekend, Japan hosted the 2014 Toyota International Gymnastics Tournament at the Sky Hall in Aichi.

Though it wasn’t very well-attended by international competitors, all of Japan’s superstars were in attendance, including the entire women’s 2014 World Championship team as well as the legendary Kohei Uchimura on the men’s side.

The women competed on vault and bars on Saturday, followed by beam and floor on Sunday. Mai Murakami won the vault title after competing a solid DTY followed by a tsuk full for a 14.35. She also took home gold on floor, earning a 13.55 for a hit routine to edge out Natsumi Sasada, who brought home the silver with a 13.5.

On bars, Wakana Inoue earned the title with a 13.2. Teammate Azumi Ishikura won silver here with a 13.15, a score matched by Asuka Teramoto, though Teramoto didn’t place because she performed her routine as a sort of exhibition, as the competition only allowed two competitors per country to stand in the rankings.

There was a similar situation on beam. Teramoto won the gold with a 14.5 for her impeccable routine, but the other ‘official’ competitor, Yu Minobe, fell and placed just off the podium. Sasada, performing an exhibition routine, earned a 14.1, which would have been good enough for silver had she been on the ‘official’ roster, and then Ishikura, another exhibition performer, earned a 13.4 for her ‘unofficial’ routine. Instead, silver went to Canada’s Madison Copiak, who earned a 13.25, while bronze went to South Korea’s Kim Chae-yeon.

On the men’s side, King Kohei competed just on high bar, but it was worth the wait – he nailed his routine for a massive 15.925 to a roaring home crowd.

Full results are below.

Vault Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	D	E	ND	Score	Total
1	Mai Murakami	Japan	5.8	8.900		14.700	14.325
			5.2	8.750		13.950
2	Hiu Ying Angel Wong	Hong Kong	5.2	8.500		13.700	13.700
			5.0	8.700		13.700
3	Lee Hye-been	South Korea	5.0	8.800		13.800	12.925
			4.8	7.350	-0.1	12.050
4	Ka Man Leung	Hong Kong	4.4	7.350		11.750	12.150
			4.2	8.350		12.550

Uneven Bars Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	D	E	ND	Score
1	Wakana Inoue	Japan	5.2	8.000		13.200
2	Azumi Ishikura	Japan	5.1	8.050		13.150
3	Madison Copiak	Canada	5.0	8.100		13.100
4	Kim Chae-yeon	South Korea	5.0	6.000		11.000
*	Asuka Teramoto	Japan	5.8	7.350		13.150
*	Koko Dobashi	Japan	5.4	7.550		12.950
*	Yasuha Matsumura	Japan	5.6	6.300		11.900

Balance Beam Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	D	E	ND	Score
1	Asuka Teramoto	Japan	5.8	8.700		14.500
2	Madison Copiak	Canada	5.0	8.250		13.250
3	Kim Chae-yeon	South Korea	5.4	7.650		13.050
4	Yu Minobe	Japan	5.8	7.200		13.000
5	Lee Hye-been	South Korea	4.7	7.750		12.450
6	Ka Man Leung	Hong Kong	3.8	7.000	-0.1	10.700
7	Nim Yan Choi	Hong Kong	3.9	4.950		8.850
*	Natsumi Sasada	Japan	5.5	8.600		14.100
*	Azumi Ishikura	Japan	5.4	8.000		13.400
*	Sakura Yumoto	Japan	5.6	7.600		13.200

Floor Exercise Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	D	E	ND	Score
1	Mai Murakami	Japan	5.4	8.150		13.550
2	Natsumi Sasada	Japan	5.4	8.100		13.500
3	Lee Hye-been	South Korea	5.1	7.800		12.900
4	Madison Copiak	Canada	4.8	7.550		12.350
5	Kim Chae-yeon	South Korea	4.9	7.400		12.300
6	Hiu Ying Angel Wong	Hong Kong	4.6	7.400		12.000
*	Koko Dobashi	Japan	5.5	7.950	-0.1	13.350
*	Sakura Yumoto	Japan	5.3	7.750	-0.5	12.550
*	Yasuha Matsumura	Japan	5.2	7.200		12.400

* Exhibition routine; did not count in rankings.

Article by Lauren Hopkins