Gymnastics-Japan's Hashimoto wins second all-around world title

Gymnastics - 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium - October 5, 2023 Gold medallist Japan's Daiki Hashimoto celebrates winning the men's individual all-around final REUTERS/Yves Herman

(Reuters) - Japanese Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto claimed a second all-around men's title with a 86.132 total score on Thursday at the World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp.

The 22-year-old showed great control on the parallel bars to take the lead after a slow start on the floor. He secured the gold on the final rotation with a score of 14.500 on the horizontal bar, the same exercise on which he locked up Japan's men's team gold on Tuesday.