Gymnast Hashimoto, 19, clinches gold for Japan

Japan`s Daiki Hashimoto celebrates with his gold medal during the podium ceremony of the artistic gymnastics men`s all-around final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Toky. Pic/AFP

Japanese teenager Daiki Hashimoto won the coveted men's all-around gymnastics title with a superb final horizontal bars routine at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.

Hashimoto, 19, edged out China's Xiao Ruoteng with Russian world champion Nikita Nagornyy taking bronze.

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