It's a costly Pokémon-no-go for Uchimura

Rio Olympics - Gymnastics - Rio Olympic Arena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 03/08/2016. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) of Japan sits during training. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

RIO DE JANEIRO: Kohei Uchimura's bid to become the first gymnast in more than 40-years to win back-to-back Olympic all-around gymnastics golds began with a costly error as his as addiction to Pokémon Go landed him with a near US$5,000 (approximately RM20,000) phone bill. 

The man known as Super-mura, who has won a record six successive world all-around titles, was persuaded by his teammates to download the game shortly after touching down in Sao Paulo for a pre-Games training camp last week.