Feng Jing and Liang Fuliang, two top gymnasts in China without chance to compete in Athens Olympics, helped Guangdong defend their men's team title atthe 10th National Games in Nanjing on Monday.

The star-studded Guangdong clinched the gold with a score of 227.340, edging out hosts Jiangsu by merely 0.317.

The two gymnastics giants in China had a very-close duel, taking the first place in turns throughout the competition. The duel also saw a tit-for-tat between four national team members: Liang Fuliang and Feng Jing for Guangdong, and Lvbo and Huangxu for Jiangsu.

They all had super displays on the apparatus, making the final results a hard-to-guess before the last rotation, when Guangdong stood at 189.238 points and Jiangsu at 188.989.

"I am satisfied with the shows of all my team mates, and they are in their best throughout the competition," said Huang Xu, who scored 9.884 on rings and 9.850 on horizontal bar, after the competition.

The Chinese Army team, spearheaded by "pommel king" Xiao Qin, had stable performances throughout the rounds and secured its holdon the third place through the race.

The absence of world champion Li Xiaopeng, who suffered new feet injures in the qualifications, seemed to deal a heavy blow tothe Hunan squad, who fixed in the last place in the final.

A total of eight teams competed in men's team final.