For Uchimura, it's all in the performance


FILE PHOTO - Japan's Kohei Uchimura reacts during the men's team final at the World Gymnastics Championships at the Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland, October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kohei Uchimura lost the first competition he ever entered but at the Rio Olympics he will be the man to beat as he aims to become the first gymnast in 44 years to win back-to-back all-around golds.

Even so, he claims the results don't matter that much.

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