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China to send world champion teams for Asiad gymnastics
8/11/2006 17:31

Chinese Gymnastics Association will send newly-crowned world champion teams to compete in the Asian Games in Doha next month.

According to the lineups announced by CGA on Tuesday, the teams are the same as in the 2006 world championships in Arhus last month, except for teenager Han Bin replacing Li Ya in women's squad.

Chinese collected eight of the 14 gold medals, including both men's and women's team titles, in the 2006 championships.

Yang Wei, who snatched two individual laurels as well as a team title with his teammates in Arhus, will spearhead men's squad heading for the Doha Asiad. And women's lineup features Arhus worlds' best female gymnast Cheng Fei.

In Arhus, Cheng did not only make herself a double world champion on vault and floor, but also helped Chinese women take their first-ever team title in a world championships.

Li Ya, one of the pre-game favorites, failed to enter the finalof her specialty uneven bars and was absent from the women's team final in the championships.

Squads:

Men's: Yang Wei, Xiao Qin, Liang Fuliang, Feng Jing, Chen Yibing, Zoukai, Dong Zhendong (Substitute);

Women's: Zhang Nan, Cheng Fei, Pang Panpan, Zhou Zhuoru, He Ning, Han Bin, Fan Ye (Substitute)



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