Kai Uemura wins second-straight junior title as Nathan Roman holds off Danila Leykin at 2023 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships

By Karyssa D'Agostino | August 26, 2023
Kai Uemura swings pommel horse during Day 2 of junior men's competition at the 2023 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Kai Uemura won his second-straight U.S. junior title on Saturday inside the SAP Center, besting the junior men's 17-year-old field by 6.68 points.

Just a couple months ago, at the junior national team camp in Japan, Uemura – who is a Japanese-American and speaks Japanese – had...

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