Zou Kai, Men’s Horizontal Bar Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 19th, 2008

Zou Kai, Men鈥檚 Horizontal Bar Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Zou Kai of China bagged the Men’s Horizontal Bar gold with 16.200 score. The silver medal went to Jonathan Horton of the United States with 16.175, Fabian Hambuechen of Germany took bronze with 15.875.

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Shawn Johnson Wins Women’s Beam Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 19th, 2008

Shawn Johnson Wins Women鈥檚 Beam Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

16-year-old Shawn Johnson of the United States captured the Women’s Beam gold medal with 16.225, only 0.2 ahead of her fellow mate, Nastia Liukin. Cheng Fei of China took bronze.

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Li Xiaopeng, Men’s Parallel Bars Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 19th, 2008

Li Xiaopeng, Men鈥檚 Parallel Bars Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Li Xiaopeng of China secured the Men’s Parallel Bars gold medal with 16.450. Yoo Won-chul of South Korea got silver with 16.250 and Anton Fokin of Uzbekistan took bronze with 16.200.

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Leszek Blanik, Men’s Vault Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 18th, 2008

Leszek Blanik, Men鈥檚 Vault Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Leszek Blanik of Poland reigned supreme in Men’s Vault with a score of 16.537, beating Thomas Bouhail of France of the same score, according to a tiebreak rule. Anton Golotsutskov from Russia had the bronze with 16.475.

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He Kexin, Women’s Uneven Bars Queen [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 18th, 2008

He Kexin, Women鈥檚 Uneven Bars Queen [Gymnastics: Artistic]

He Kexin of China won the Women’s Uneven Bars event on 18th August 2008. She had the same score (16.725) as silver medalist, Nastia Liukin of the United States, but Liukin made more mistakes than He, thus placing her second. Chinese Yang Yilin took bronze.

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Chen Yibing, Men’s Rings Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 18th, 2008

Chen Yibing, Men鈥檚 Rings Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

It was a China’s event for Men’s Rings today. Chen Yibing of China snatched the gold with 16.600. His fellow mate, Yang Wei, took silver with 16.425. Oleksandr Vorobiov of Ukraine had bronze with 16.325.

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Yang Wei, Men’s Individual All-Around Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 14th, 2008

Yang Wei, Men鈥檚 Individual All-Around Gold [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Yang Wei of China captured gold in Men’s Individual All-Around, beating Uchimura Kohei of Japan. Benoit Caranobe of France took bronze.

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China Wins Gold In Women’s Gymnastics Team Event, US Second [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 13th, 2008

China Wins Gold In Women鈥檚 Gymnastics Team Event, US Second [Gymnastics: Artistic]

The team from China, Cheng Fei, Deng Linlin, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, Li Shanshan and Yang Yilin, bagged the Women’s Gymnastics (Artistic) Team Event gold with 188.900 points. United States team had silver with 186.525 points, Romania at third with 181.525 points.

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Men’s Gymnastics Artistic Team Gold Goes To China [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Gymnastics: Artistic, News August 12th, 2008

Men鈥檚 Gymnastics Artistic Team Gold Goes To China [Gymnastics: Artistic]

Chen Yibing, Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Qin, Yang Wei and Zou Kai of China captured the gold in Gymnastics Artistic (Men’s Team) with 286.125 points. Japan’s team came second with 278.875 and the team from United States got bronze with 275.850.

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Paul Hamm Withdraws From Beijing Olympics, Raj Bhavsar Replaces

Gymnastics: Artistic, News July 29th, 2008

Paul Hamm Withdraws From Beijing Olympics, Raj Bhavsar Replaces

Paul Hamm, the golden boy of US gymnastics team, withdrew from the Beijing Olympics on Monday. An injured hand and lack of time to practise were the main reasons for his withdrawal. Raj Bhavsar will replace Hamm to shine in the Games next month.

Paul Hamm’s withdrawal is a huge blow for the Americans, who were fourth at last year’s world championships and hoped his return — and that of Morgan — would get them back on the podium. Hamm is the only American to win the world (2003) or Olympic (2004) all-around titles.

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