Three East Asian powers carved up the five gold medals of last day's
gymnastic match on offer at the Doha Asian Games on Wednesday.
Chinese veteran Zhang Nan continued her impressive form on the beam to grab
the title with 15.000 points.
Zhang just picked up a low difficulty routine of 6.0 and carried through each
action with good balance and accuracy to win the less competitive title.
Zhang's teammate Han Bing finished second for a landing mistake and a couple
of sway on beam with 14.925 points. Japan's Miki Uemura picked up 14.725 points
to settle with the third place.
Zhang performed with a calm exterior during her routine, confident in her
execution of difficult acrobatics skills and leaps.
World champion Yang Wei from China shared parallel bars title with Kim Dae
Eun of South Korea with 16.300 points.
Yang went to the final as top qualifier. He performed the routine of 6.7 in A
score, the highest difficulty among the finalists, to level superbly-performed
Kim Dae Eun.
A little step on dismount cost Yang the opportunity as the sole top podium
finisher. Kim carried out a superb and flawless action of 6.6 difficulty to win
South Korea the second gold at Asiad.
Hisashi Mizutori won the horizontal bar to render Japan second gold on
gymnastics.
Mizutori performed with dynamic releases and difficult grip combinations on
the horizontal bar without error to earn 16.075 points.
Ri Se Gwang grasped the first vault gold for DPR Korea in Asiad history with
a score of 16.625.
Ri finished two high-difficulty vault with solidity and power to collect an
average of 16.625 points, gifting DPR Korea the third gymnastics gold at Doha
2006.
DPR Korea's first two golds came from Hong Su Jong on the uneven bars and Jo
Jong Chol on shared pommel horse on Tuesday.
Malaysia's NG Shu Wai finished second with 16.487, in spite of stepping out
the line in his first routine. Yernar Yerimbetov of Kazakhstan was third on
16.300.
World champion Cheng Fei from China dominated the floor with ease, adding the
third gold to her glory on team and vault.
Cheng Fei, the triple world champion at Aarhus championships, powered through
her difficult tumbling passes and performed with ease and grace to take her
third gold with 15.750 points.
Cheng's teammate Pang Panpan finished second on 15.250 points and Japan's
Kyoko Oshima the third on 15.075 points.