Japan's Kenzo Shirai picked up his second world championship gold medal in men's floor exercise on Saturday with an acrobatic routine that easily topped the eight-men final.
Shirai's score of 16.233 beat silver medallist Max Whitlock of Great Britain by more than half a point. Spain's Rayderley Zapata Santana edged China's Deng Shudi for bronze.
The 19-year-old Shirai spent 90 seconds putting together some of the most daring tumbling passes in the sport. His dizzying series of flips are twist are unmatched even by superstar teammate Kohei Uchimura, the six-time world all-around champion.
The floor exercise is the first of five event finals on Saturday. Women's all-around champion Simone Biles is scheduled to compete in the vault final later in the afternoon.
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