Olympics-Gymnastics-Hashimoto's gold no match for Biles' bronze

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Men's Horizontal Bar - Medal Ceremony - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - August 3, 2021. Gold medallist Daiki Hashimoto of Japan poses in front of the Olympic rings REUTERS/Mike Blake

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto ended on a golden note to close off the Tokyo Olympics gymnastics programme with a victory on the horizontal bar, but even the host nation's rising star could not steal the spotlight from American Simone Biles.

Japan's male gymnasts are used to hogging all the attention on home soil, but Tuesday at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre was all about Biles and her last appearance in Tokyo after abruptly pulling out of last week's team event.