15th ASIAN GAMES: Eleven Gold medals were won by Chineses

The Chinese women's and men's teams were the prepotent winners of the team competition of the 15th ASIAN GAMES, which ended with the finals today: After the team and all-around success they got hold of seven more gold medals at the finals days:
North Korean's gymnnast won three and South Korean's and Japanese men won each two titles at the final apparatuses.
Rhythmic gymnastics competition will follow December 9 and 10, the trampoline events at December, 12...

YANG, Wei, best of all-around

15th ASIAN GAMES 2006
Men's Artistic Gymnastics

TEAM FINAL On Saturday, December 03 the World champion China claimed gold in the men’s team artistic gymnastics final ahead of Japan and Korea at ASPIRE Hall 2 of Doha, Qatar.
Yang, Wei (CHN) was the top performer in the competition, which also doubled up as qualification for individual events. He said to the press: "According to our performance, I think us beating Japan was not that hard. We have been training hard after the world championships, and our coach has done a lot of work preparing us for the Asian Games."
Chen Yibing, who was the 3rd best performer overall, Feng Jing, the all-around world champion of Ghent 2002, Liang Fuliang, Ziao Qin and Zou Kai were the other members of the Chinese team which scored a total of 377.100.
Olympic Champion Japan was 2nd with 373.050 and Korea 3rd on 371.500.

MEN's TEAM RESULTS
- Saturday, December 03 -

1. China 377.100
2. Japan 373.050
3. Korea 371.500
4. North Korea 359.500; 5. Kazakhstan 350.600 ; 6. Chinese Taipei 345.900
7. Malaysia 336.000 ; 8. Iran 329.100 ; 9. Syria 327.450
10. Uzbekistan 321.900 ; 11. India 313.900 ; 12. Sri Lanka 293.150
13. Kuwait 254.675 ; 14. Vietnam 154.150
... & 12 individual gymnasts from 6 more countries.

MEN's All-around
- Monday, December 04 -

1 YANG Wei CHN 95.500
2 MIZUTORI Hisashi JPN 93.400
3 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 93.250
4 CHEN Yibing CHN 93.050
5 KIM Seung Il KOR 90.850
6 FOKIN Anton UZB 90.550
7 JO Jong Chol PRK 90.100
8 KIM Soo Myun KOR 89.300
9 BAHLAWAN Fadi SYR 87.100
10 BATSIYEV Sado KAZ 86.400
11 NG Shu Mun MAS 84.600
12 BABAEI Seyedhamidreza IRI 83.400
13 KHENARINEZHAD Hadi IRI 81.950
14 KAEWPANYA Rartchawat THA 81.650
15 OSIMOV Ravshanbek UZB 81.550
16 ATTAR Amer SYR 79.850
17 EKANAYAKA M. Prasad s. 79.050
18 KUMAR Ashish IND 78.950
19 SAHU Deepaish IND 77.650
20 HUANG Yi Hsueh TPE 76.600
21 AL HAMAD Nasser Musa QAT 75.700
22 HUANG Che Kuei TPE 74.450
23 RI Chol Jin PRK 44.400

MEN's Finals

FLOOR EXERCISES
1 ZOU Kai CHN 16.000
2 LIANG Fuliang CHN 15.800
3 KIM Soo Myun KOR 15.600
4 RI Se Gwang PRK 15.550
5 KIM Seung Il KOR 15.200
5 JO Jong Chol PRK 15.200
7 KUWAHARA Shun JPN 15.175
8 GORBACHEV Stepan KAZ 14.400

POMMEL HORSE
1 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.375
1 KIM Soo Myun KOR 15.375
1 JO Jong Chol PRK 15.375
4 HUANG Che Kuei TPE 14.700
5 XIAO Qin CHN 14.650
6 LIN Hsiang Wei TPE 14.600
7 YANG Wei CHN 14.525
8 KIM Ji Hoon KOR 12.500

STILL RINGS
1 CHEN Yibing CHN 16.575
1 YANG Wei CHN 16.575
3 KURBANBAYEV Timur KAZ 16.300
4 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 16.100
5 KIM Dae Eun KOR 15.800
6 YOSHIMURA Yuki JPN 15.400
7 YOO Won Chul KOR 15.250
8 BABAEI Seyedhamidreza IRI 14.900

VAULT
1 RI Se Gwang PRK 16.575 16.675 = 16.625
2 NG Shu Wai MAS 16.325 16.650 = 16.487
3 YERIMBETOV Yernar KAZ 16.375 16.225 = 16.300
4 AUTALIPOV Sain KAZ 16.175 16.100 = 16.137
5 NGUYEN Ha Thanh VIE 15.625 16.275 = 15.950
6 RAMIREZ Roel PHI 15.600 15.800 = 15.700
7 AL MUBIAREEK Maki H. KSA 15.375 15.725 = 15.550
8 HUANG Yi Hsueh TPE 16.475 0.000 = 8.237

PARALLEL BARS
1 YANG Wei CHN 16.300
1 KIM Dae Eun KOR 16.300
3 KUWAHARA Shun JPN 16.075
4 YOO Won Chul KOR 16.000
5 FENG Jing CHN 15.975
6 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.475
7 YERIMBETOV Yernar KAZ 15.375
8 FOKIN Anton UZB 15.350

HIGH BAR
1 MIZUTORI Hisashi JPN 16.075
2 ZOU Kai CHN 15.950
3 KIM Ji Hoon KOR 15.725
4 YANG Wei CHN 15.500
5 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.025
5 KIM Seung Il KOR 15.025
7 RO Chol Jin PRK 14.675
8 KIM Kwang Chun PRK 10.875

WOMEN's TEAM RESULTS
- Saturday, December 03 -

1. China 239.400
2. North Korea 228.550
3. Japan 225.950
4. Korea 215.650
... four complete teams, only and 13 ind. gymnasts from 8 more countries.

WOMEN's All-around
- Monday, December 04 -

1 HE Ning CHN 59.450
2 ZHOU Zhuoru CHN 59.050
3 HONG Su Jong PRK 57.800
4 UEMURA Miki JPN 56.100
5 OSHIMA Kyoko JPN 56.000
6 PYON Kwang Sun PRK 55.100
7 BAE Muleum KOR 54.200
8 YU Han Sol KOR 54.150
9 LIM Heem Wei SIN 52.000
10 NINKOVA Anna UZB 51.600
11 ABD HAMID Nurul Fatiha MAS 51.050
12 GAYFULINA Tatyana UZB 50.500
13 NGUYEN Thuy Duong VIE 50.000
14 PUREVSUREN Solongo MGL 49.300
15 ALI Shegun QAT 46.100
16 RAIMBEKOVA Irina KGZ 45.900
17 BYAMBANYAM Yanjindulam MGL 44.300
18 AL HABSHI Aljazy QAT 40.800
19 NEDBAYLO Tatiana KGZ 30.150

WOMEN's FINALS

VAULT
1 CHENG Fei CHN 15.175 15.600 15.387
2 HONG Su Jong PRK 15.500 14.975 15.237
3 HONG Un Jong PRK 15.050 14.875 14.962
4 UEMURA Miki JPN 13.700 13.700 13.700
5 NINKOVA Anna UZB 13.325 13.475 13.400
6 YU Han Sol KOR 13.125 13.625 13.375
7 LIM Heem Wei SIN 13.500 13.150 13.325
8 ALI Shegun QAT 12.600 13.300 12.950

UNEVEN BARS
1 HONG Su Jong PRK 15.525
2 HE Ning CHN 15.000
3 CHA Yong Hwa PRK 14.800
4 UEMURA Miki JPN 14.625
5 KURODA Mayu JPN 14.175
6 ZHOU Zhuoru CHN 13.875
7 KANG Ji Na KOR 13.850
8 KIM Hyo Bin KOR 12.275

BALANCE BEAM
1 ZHANG Nan CHN 15.000
2 HAN Bing CHN 14.925
3 UEMURA Miki JPN 14.725
4 OSHIMA Kyoko JPN 14.375
5 PYON Kwang Sun PRK 14.100
6 KIM Un Hyang PRK 13.800
7 BAE Muleum KOR 13.700
8 YEO Su Jung KOR 13.100

FLOOR EXERCISES
1 CHENG Fei CHN 15.750
2 PANG Panpan CHN 15.250
3 OSHIMA Kyoko JPN 15.075
4 KIM Un Hyang PRK 14.800
5 KIM Myong Bok PRK 14.525
6 SAHARA Ayaka JPN 14.225
7 YU Han Sol KOR 13.825
8 LIM Heem Wei SIN 13.450

Technical official GAO, Jian commends gymnastics level at Asiad
(GAO, Jian is the director of the State Sports General Administration of China (SSGAC) Gymnastics Management Center)

Veteran technical official GAO, Jian from China regarded the standard of artistic gymnastics at the Doha Asian Games as the best he has ever seen.
"We can see so many world champions competing here, such as Chinese Yang Wei and Japanese Hiroyuki Tomita," said Gao to the press after the last day of apparatus finals at the Games. "The degree of the field is higher than ever before."
Gao, the president of technical affairs for men's gymnastics in Asia has been to seven Asian Games. He sang highly of China's 11 gold medals here, but warned that other teams were following closely.
"The Chinese team got a very good opportunity to practise here, as I think the gymnastics level in Asia is improving," said Gao.

As China refine their routines ahead of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, Gao said they would need to monitor rivals Japan and DPR Korea, particularly on the horizontal bar.
"Though Zou Kai performed well with higher difficulty, the quality and degree of his movement is not as fluent and fast as Japan's Mizutori." Gao believes China's dominance over Japan in the Games is a great achievement because the Japanese did not send their strongest team to the Asian Games in Busan 2002.
But he is wary of Japan's threat to China's gold medal ambitions, highlighting the floor as an area for improvement in the Chinese men's team.
"After we got a very good result from the world championships in Denmark, I told the Chinese team that we should take the Japanese team as a long-time rival," said Gao. "They are always preparing to attack."
Gao said the Games were an ideal opportunity for young Chinese gymnasts to be tested ahead of major competition such as the 2007 world championships in Stuttgart, Germany. He believes that ZOU, Kai and women's all-around gold medallist HE, Ning will become super stars in the future. Source: Xinhua & Doha sports press

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