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Fujian dominates trampoline qualifications
19/10/2005 7:42

China's trampoline giant Fujian dominated the qualification round Tuesday at the 10th National Games, with both its men's and women's team entering the finals in first place and most of its top players making the final.

The star-studded Fujian men's team, comprising the world trampoline championships team gold winning trio of Cue Zhicheng, Liu Qipeng and Ye Shuai, took the first place with a total score of 277.30 points at ease.

Host Jiangsu was second in 274.75 points, and Shanxi men's teamtrailed in third place with 272.15 points.

The Fujian women's team, led by Athens Olympics bronze medallist Huang Shanshan, echoed their male counterparts' victory by snatching the women's team first place with 259.75 points. Guangdong came second and Zhejiang third.

Huang Shanshan, entered the women's individual final with the top place at 69.20 points. Luo Dan, from Hunan Province, finished second at 66.65 points and Li Dan, of Guangdong Province, came third in 65.95 points.

Fujian's Liu Qipeng, a member in the gold winning Chinese men'steam at the Eindhoven championships, advanced to the men's individual final as the top player. Ye Shuai, from Fujian too, entered the final in second place.

But Que Zhicheng, also in the gold winning Chinese men's team at Eindhoven, Netherlands, failed to make the final as he failed in the second routine and hit the mat side, scoring only 2.10 points.

A total of 15 teams and 160 players competed in the qualifications. Only the top eight teams and top 10 individuals will advance to the finals.



 Xinhua news