Gold Medalist Watanabe Hazuki of Japan (C), silver medalist Elsabeth Black of Canada (L) and bronze medalist Miyata Shoko of Japan pose for photos during the awarding ceremony after the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Hazuki Watanabe took the women's beam gold at the 51st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships here on Sunday.
Watanabe, 18, performed a solid routine to finish on top with 13.600 points, the same score as she registered in the qualification, where she placed fifth.
Elsabeth Black of Canada came second with 13.566 points, while Watanabe's teammate Shoko Miyata was third with 13.533.
China's Ou Yushan, who had led the qualification with 13.900 points, fell from the beam in the final and only managed a sixth-placed finish with 13.000 points.
Newly-crowned all-around world champion Rebeca Andrade from Brazil also fell midway and had to settle for eighth. ■
Watanabe Hazuki of Japan competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Elsabeth Black of Canada competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Elsabeth Black of Canada competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Elsabeth Black of Canada competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Ou Yushan of China competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Ou Yushan of China competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Watanabe Hazuki of Japan reacts during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Ou Yushan of China competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Ou Yushan of China competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Elsabeth Black of Canada reacts during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Ou Yushan of China competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Miyata Shoko of Japan reacts during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Watanabe Hazuki of Japan competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Watanabe Hazuki of Japan competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Watanabe Hazuki of Japan competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Ou Yushan of China competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Rebeca Andrade of Brazil competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Miyata Shoko of Japan competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Ou Yushan of China competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
