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Antwerp's Sports Palace, where the competition took place
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Venue | Antwerp's Sports Palace |
Location | Antwerp, Belgium |
Start date | 30 September |
End date | 6 October 2013 |
The 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Antwerp, Belgium, from 30 September to 6 October 2013 at Antwerp's Sports Palace.Kōhei Uchimura won the men's all-around gold medal and finished the competition with four total medals. Simone Biles won the women's all-around title and also finished the competition with four medals.
The final was held on 3 October.Kōhei Uchimura won his fourth consecutive all-around world championship, outscoring silver medalist Ryohei Kato by 1.958 points. Uchimura became the first gymnast to win four world all-around titles. He posted the highest score on three of the six apparatuses.
The final was held on 5 October. Japan's Kenzo Shirai became the first gymnast to perform a quadruple twist at the final of a major event; he won the gold medal.
The final was held on 5 October.Kohei Kameyama of Japan won the gold medal.
The final was held on 5 October.Arthur Zanetti, the Olympic champion on this event, won the gold.
The final was held on 6 October. The Olympic vault champion, Yang Hak-Seon, took the gold.
The final was held on 6 October. Kōhei Uchimura of Japan and Lin Chaopan of China shared the gold medal.
The final was held on 6 October.Epke Zonderland, the reigning Olympic champion, had a routine "full of gravity-defying leaps" and won the gold medal.
The final was held on 4 October. The top two finishers were Simone Biles and Kyla Ross, both of the United States. It was the third time since 2005 that the US won the World Championship all-around gold and silver medals. Ross led going into the final apparatus, floor exercise, but Biles had a higher D score and overtook Ross to win the gold medal by 0.884 points. Russia's Aliya Mustafina, the 2010 champion in this event, won the bronze.