体操世界選手権、日本が男子団体で金メダル

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October twenty-second. Japan's men's gymnastics team just won gold at the World Championships. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

The gymnastics World Championships are being held in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

It means to be held.

On the twentieth, there was the men's team final.

It means a team event.

It means the final round.

Japan won the gold medal in this final.

It means to take, or to win.

The total for the six events was about two hundred fifty-two points.

It means an event in a competition.

It means total.

Second was a team of athletes from Russia, and third was China.

It means athlete or player.

The gap between Japan and second place was about one point six.

It means difference or gap.

The team has five athletes, including Hashimoto and Oka.

It means one person.

Not just one person — everyone built up points together.

It means to pile up, step by step.

The last event was the horizontal bar.

It means horizontal bar.

Hashimoto scored on the bar, and the win was decided.

It means winning first place.

This is Japan's second straight team win at the Worlds, following twenty twenty-three.

It means in a row.

At the Paris Olympics in twenty twenty-four, Japan also won the team gold.

It means gold medal.

Teams in the top three can go to the Los Angeles Olympics.

Here it means to take part.

It has been decided that Japan will go to the Los Angeles Olympics.

It means to be decided.

Let's hear the full news again.

Quiz time. Listen and answer.

A gold medal.

The horizontal bar.

A team of athletes from Russia.

The Los Angeles Olympics in twenty twenty-eight.

That's all for this evening. Thanks for listening. See you next time.