United States' Chris Brooks performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.... (Associated Press) 
 
 United States' Chris Brooks performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. "I felt really close to admitting that it might be really difficult," Uchimura said. Slideshow (15 Images) 
 
 Uchimura won with a total of 92.365. “I was so close to gold... but I’m quite happy I managed to make Kohei very, very nervous,” quipped the Ukrainian. The battle for bronze was equally compelling as Whitlock trumped Russia’s David Belyavskiy by a negligible 0.143 of a point to become the first British man in 108 years to win an all around medal with a total of 90.641. Their two-hour duel provided the closest call in Uchimura's run of two Olympic crowns and six world all-around championships. Verniaiev equated Uchimura to the gymnastics version of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, territory the ever gracious Uchimura shied away from immediately. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) of Japan poses with his gold medal, REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach 
 
 In the end, all it took was a razor-thin 0.099 of a point to separate triumph and disaster. Going into the final round, it seemed as if the unthinkable would happen and the man who has been unbeaten in the event since picking up a silver in the 2008 Olympics would be knocked off his perch by Verniaiev. I just want to be as close as possible to beat him. The 27-year-old, who also won the team title two days ago, joins Kato as the only men to win three Olympic all around medals, with both owning two golds and a silver.
– Japan's Kohei Uchimura, widely considered the greatest men's gymnast in history, won the gold medal over Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev by less than one-tenth of a point Wednesday night. Their two-hour duel provided the closest call in Uchimura's run of two Olympic crowns and six world all-around championships, the AP reports. "There's only the tiniest gap, a 0.1 gap," said Uchimura, who finished with 92.365 to Verniaiev's 92.266 but was behind by nearly a point entering the final rotation. "I really have no confidence, I should say, that I can beat Oleg." The win makes Uchimura, who scored a silver in 2008, the first gymnast in 44 years to pick up back-to-back all-around Olympic titles, reports Reuters.