TOKYO - Having shot to stardom with three gold medals at the Paris Olympics, Shinnosuke Oka heads into the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games as the linchpin of Japan's men's artistic gymnastics team.

The 22-year-old won gold in the men's all-around, horizontal bar and team events in the summer of 2024 in France, with Japan clinching the team title in a dramatic turnaround against China.

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