East Asian powers sweep golds of last day's gymnastics at Asiad
7/12/2006 16:45
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.
Xinhua News
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