China responded with three golds of their own. Yang Fanyuwei impressed with a 15.000 on uneven bars.
Liu Hengyu produced a composed performance to win still rings in his first international final, while Chen Zhilong earned vault gold with two high-difficulty efforts.
Elsewhere, Luke Whitehouse delivered Great Britain’s first gold of the Games on floor exercise, confirming his dominance after qualifying top. Armenia’s Hamlet Manukyan claimed pommel horse, while Felix Dolci of Canada, recovering from injury, closed with a high-scoring routine to win horizontal bar.
Apparatus Final medal tally:
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Japan – 4 golds (vault, floor, beam, parallel bars)
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China – 3 golds (bars, rings, vault)
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Great Britain, Armenia, Canada – 1 gold each