China continued their overwhelming dominance on gymnastics at Asiad, while DPR Korea, South Korea and Japan geared up to scrabble for the rest disciplines left by Chinain Doha.

China consolidated their reigning position by pocketing 11 gold medals here, only one less than the 12 titles in Busan Asian Games.

China sent a squad of world champions in six apparatus including Cheng Fei (women's vault, floor exercise), Yang Wei (men's all-around, parallel bars), Xiao Qin (pommel horse), Chen Yibing (rings).

China's only stunning loss came at the pommel horse with "Pommel King" Xiao and Yang Wei both falling from the horse.

The unexpected mistake produced a three-way tied title on the apparatus from South Korea, DPR Korea and Japan.

China swept the men's and women's team titles without much strenuosity. Yang Wei, triple world champion, was crowned in four events -- men's team, all-around, rings and parallel bars.

Cheng Fei, also the triple gold medallist at Aarhus worlds, grabbed three golds from women's team, floor and vault.

Chen Yibing enthroned the king of rings. Teenager He Ning and Zou Kai notched the women's all-around and men's floor gold medals.

Veteran Zhang Nan cruised to easy victory on beam after the team's honor.

China added six silvers to their stack of medals, producing plenty of podium finishers.

Gao Jian, the president of technical affairs for men's gymnastics in Asia and director of the Chinese Gymnastics Administration Center, believes China's dominance over Japan in the Games is a great achievement because Japan did not send their strongest team to the 14th Asian Games in Busan 2002.

DPR Korea surged up to snare three gold medals on men's vault, uneven bars and shared pommel horse.

Ri Se Gwang won the first vault title for DPR Korea in their Asian Games' history.

DPR Korea's first two golds came from Hong Su Jong on the uneven bars and Jo Jong Chol on pommel horse.

DPR Korea also took in two silver and three bronze medals.

Japan and South Korea tied on gold medals, two for each.

Hiroyuki Tomita got a share in three-way tie of pommel horse title to win the first gold for Japan here. Hisashi Mizutori added the second on horizontal bar with a performance of dynamic releases and difficult grip combinations.

South Korea's two golds both came from the tied top podium. KimDae Eun levelled Yang Wei on parallel bars, winning with a flawless and powerful routine.

Kim Soo Myun of South Korea got his portion from the pommel horse along with Hiroyuki Tomita of Japan and Jo Jong Chol of DPR Korea.

Japan collected altogether nine medals, overtaking South Korea's five total, earning two silvers and 5 bronzes against South Korea's three bronzes.

NG Shu Wai won the first-ever gymnastic medal for Malaysia at Asiad history after finishing second on men's vault.

NG ranked first after qualification, but he withdrew from the Dec. 4 all-around final with blistered palms.

He wanted to ensure his best form for the vault final and he made it with a silver.

Kazakhstan settled with two bronzes. Yernar Yerimbetov, the most experienced international finalist in the field, vaulted a bronze. His compatriot Timur Kurbanbayev was third on rings after Chinese dual title scorers Chen and Yang.

Gao, the technical committee president who has attended seven Asiads, boasted the Doha Asiad's gymnastics as the best he has ever witnessed.

"We can see so many world champions competing here, such as Yang Wei and Hiroyuki Tomita," said Gao after the last day of apparatus finals at the Games.

"The level of the competitions is higher than ever before," Gao said.