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Zou adds to China's big haul

Sports | Gymnastics
2009-10-20

BRITAIN'S Beth Tweddle raised the domed roof at the O2 Arena on Sunday after she tumbled to glory on the floor exercise, while Olympic champion Zou Kai and his teammates showed China had lost none of the sparkle that...

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Chinese stars extend golden run at worlds

Sports | Gymnastics
2009-10-19

WANG Guanyin extended China's winning streak at the World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London, taking the gold medal on the parallel bars. Wang edged teammate Feng Zhe to give China its fifth gold...

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He, Zhang capture golds for China

Sports | Gymnastics
2009-10-18

OLYMPIC champion He Kexin floated past Japanese rival Koko Tsurumi to claim gold on the asymmetric bars at the World Gymnastics Championships in London yesterday. The 17-year-old Chinese gymnast glided between...

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Uchimura soars for all-around gold

Sports | Gymnastics
2009-10-17

JAPAN'S Kohei Uchimura dazzled on the floor, soared from the vault and displayed gravity-defying skills on the horizontal bar to win the all-around title at the world gymnastics championships in London on Thursday....

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Bross, Porgras upstage bigger names to sparkle in qualifying

Sports | Gymnastics
2009-10-16

UNHERALDED Rebecca Bross, Ana Porgras and Lauren Mitchell looked every inch like seasoned campaigners as they kept their poise to top qualifying at the World Championships in London on Wednesday. The competition...

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Deng leads qualifying at worlds

Sports | Gymnastics
2009-10-15

DENG Linlin, a member of China's gold medal team at the Beijing Olympics, took the lead yesterday in qualifying at the world championships in London. Deng scored 56.350 points, putting her ahead of Ekaterina Kurbatova...

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Deviatovski takes early lead at worlds

Sports | Gymnastics
2009-10-14

MAXIM Deviatovski of Russia took the early lead in qualifying at the world championships in London yesterday, edging Tim McNeill of the US and Daniel Keatings of Britain. Deviatovski scored 89.350 points, while...

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Three-time Olympic champ Yang calls it a day

Sports | Gymnastics
2009-5-8

TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist Yang Wei, who led China's men to the team title at last year's Beijing Games, has announced his retirement from gymnastics. The 29-year-old, who also won seven world titles and two...

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Madrid magic as China gold rush continues

Sports | Gymnastics
2008-12-15

CHINA'S gymnasts are raking in the gold again. He Kexin, Cheng Fei and Zhang Hongtao won titles at the World Cup Final, giving the Chinese gold medals in three of the five events contested in Madrid on Saturday....

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Karolyis charged with abuse

Sports | Gymnastics
2008-11-21

USA Gymnastics has never received a complaint about Bela or Martha Karolyi in the nearly 30 years they have been coaching in the United States, it said on Wednesday, a day after a Romanian gymnast alleged the two had...

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Chinese team takes seven golds in Stuttgart

Sports | Gymnastics
2008-11-17

CHINESE gymnasts on Saturday won seven gold medals out of 10 events at the Stuttgart World Cup in Germany. Cheng Fei, captain of the women's team, swept all three of her events, taking gold in the vault, balance...

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Olympic champion Liukin named Sportswoman of Year

Sports | Gymnastics
2008-10-15

OLYMPIC all-round gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation yesterday. Liukin, who won five Olympic medals in Beijing with her elegant routines, joined...

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Russia wins third straight team title

Sports | Gymnastics
2008-8-25

RUSSIA won its third straight gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics all-round group. The team scored 35.550 yesterday to edge China, which had 35.225 for the silver. Belarus got the bronze with 34.900. Russia had...

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Dad's gold medals made Liukin want her own

Sports | Gymnastics
2008-8-16

AMERICAN gymnast Nastia Liukin hung up one of her father's Olympic gold medals in her bedroom to inspire her to win one of her own in the all-round final yesterday. Dad Valery won two golds and two silvers at...

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Eight years of frustration end with all-round crown

Sports | Gymnastics
2008-8-15

YANG Wei wiped away eight years of frustration to become only the second Chinese man to capture the all-round title at the Olympics yesterday. After claiming a silver medal in 2000 and drawing a blank in Athens...