China's Zou defends men's floor crown

China's Zou Kai successfully defended his Olympic men's floor title on Sunday to deny Japanese superstar Kohei Uchimura his second gold medal of the London Games. Zou's score of 15.933 was sufficient to give him his second gold medal of the competition, after his role in China's success in the team final, and his fifth Olympic gold in all. Zou claimed three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics four years ago and he can repeat the feat if he prevails in Tuesday's horizontal bar final. Uchimura finished with the same score as Russia's Denis Ablyazin -- 15.800 -- but the Japanese took the silver medal on account of his higher execution score. Tomas Gonzalez, bidding to win Chile's first Olympic gymnastics medal, finished fourth, with America's Jake Dalton fifth. Uchimura was crowned individual all-around champion last Wednesday and he was the first man to take to the floor mat at the North Greenwich Arena on Sunday. The reigning world floor champion made a confident start and closed his routine with a stuck triple twist somersault that earned him a generous round of applause. His lead did not last for long, however, as Zou immediately bettered him. The 24-year-old from Sichuan looked even more assured than Uchimura and stuck every landing perfectly, except for a tiny hop forward after his final tucked double double somersault. The three medallists were the first three men to complete their routines, meaning Zou had a long wait until Gonzalez's score of 15.366 confirmed that he was still the Olympic champion.