Paris Olympics 2024:  Japan's men's gymnastics team is intensely focused on capturing gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics after a narrow defeat in Tokyo, where they lost the team gold to Russia by just 0.103 points. This close loss has deeply motivated the team, with their head coach, Hisashi Mizutori, emphasizing a strong desire for redemption. Despite Russia's absence from the upcoming Games, Japan sees this as a prime opportunity to secure the gold they narrowly missed.

The team, led by all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto, is optimistic about their chances due to their impressive collective difficulty score (D-score), which currently surpasses that of China. Their confidence is bolstered by recent performances, including a win at the World Championships last October. Hashimoto and his teammates are fine-tuning their routines in the final weeks leading up to Paris, with an emphasis on precision and error reduction.

Japan's squad, which includes bronze medalist Kazuma Kaya, alongside Wataru Tanigawa, Takaaki Sugino, and the young Shinnosuke Oka, is drawing comparisons to the successful 2016 Rio team. Mizutori believes that the mix of experienced athletes and newcomers offers a strong balance akin to the Rio team’s winning composition. Hashimoto, despite recovering from a finger injury, aims to defend his all-around and horizontal bar titles, with hopes of adding multiple gold medals to his tally.