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Being a Pokémon master takes sacrifice. So does being an Olympic-level gymnast. And now, Kohei Uchimura knows the cost of both. Uchimura, a six-time world champion and four-time gold medalist, is, like most of the world, a fan of the "augmented reality" smartphone game Pokémon Go. He's a bit behind the times, though: He told the Kyodo Times that he really only picked up the game when he arrived in Brazil for pre-Olympic training. For more of People's Olympic coverage, pick up our collector's edition, The Best of the Games, on sale now.There turned out to be a bit of a problem with that,...

This was bound to happen to someone. It was only a matter of time. Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, who is set to compete at the Olympics in Rio this year, got smacked with a phone bill just under $5,000. Why? Those dreadful roaming charges he acquired while playing Pokémon Go outside of his counties phone plan, Kyodo News notes. He became instantly sucked into the game after landing in Brazil for the games, as one naturally does. The gymnast, of course, was floored by his bill. One teammate, Kenzo Shirai commented, "He looked dead at the team meal that day." We don't blame the poor guy! While there were some rumblings on Twitter the other day that Pokémon Go players haven't been able to...