4th East Asian Games 2005 concluded

The colossus might of China in gymnastics was on show again in Macau yesterday as they finished one-two in both men's and women's all-round finals of the EAST ASIAN GAMES 2005.
Zhang Nan and Fan Ye swept the women's event with 37.974 and 34.949 points,
while Feng Jing, the 2001 all-around world champion and Lu Bo dominated the men's show with 57.611 and 56.886 points...

<< Chinese Cloverleaf:
ZHANG, Nan; FAN, Ye and FENG, Jing; LU, Bo....

ZHANG, Nan (CHN), ...but no medals at event finals!

Omen of the near future...
China Daily reports, that China have brought a lot of young gymnasts to Macao' 'East Asian Games' to prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
They are even willing to sacrifice some of their champions in order to guarantee a dazzling show before the a patriotic and increasingly sports-crazy home crowd. Such is their dominance in the sport that even their new-look team was too good for the rest of East Asia.
China have taken all four golds offered so far, with the keenly awaited China-Japan contest nowhere in sight.
China have shrugged off their humiliating memory of the Athens Olympics, when they finished a poor fifth in the men's and a humiliating seventh in the women's events, with only a gold and a bronze. 'I'm very confident now and I can feel the power inside me,' said Zhang, Nan. the all-round bronze medallist in Athens and the floor winner at the just concluded National Games.

FAN, Ye - world champion 2003

The experienced Chinese girls had to overcome a slow start in Macao as they were placed third, fourth and the sixth at the first rotation. Fan, Ye the beam gold medallist at the World Championships 2003 and the National Games, broke ground to take the lead after jumping off the uneven bar.
Zhang, Nan - the all-around bronze medallist from Anaheim 2003 - then raced to the top of the 18-player standings with excellent performances on the bars, before giving a flawless floor show that earned the 47th gold for China.
Oshima Kyoko (JPN) took the bronze and another Chinese, Pang Panpan, had to settle for the fourth place because of a modest uneven bar performance in the second rotation.
Source: China Daily .

Monday, 31-Oct-05
China wins gymnastics women's team title at EAG
China claimed the gold medal in gymnastics women's team event at the East Asian Games in Macao on Monday.

The heavily-favored Chinese team, consisting of Cheng Fei, Fan Ye, Li Ya, Pang Panpan, Zhang Nan and Zhang Yufei, scored a total of 152.584 points.
Japan took the silver medal with 145.022 points, and the bronze medal went to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea () on 144.708 points.

>> China won seven more gold medals in the apparatus finals at the East Asian Games, which concluded Wednesday in Macau:

4th East Asian Games
Macau / CHN, Nov. 2 -

WOMEN's R E S U L T S
Women's Vault
1. Kang Yun Mi PRK 9.306
2. Cheng Fei CHN 9.256
3. Hong Su Jong PRK 9.200
4. Bae Muleum KOR 9.137
5. Ishizaka Manami JPN 9.068
6. Wu Lingyi TPE 9.037
7. Uemura Miki JPN 9.006
8. Kim Hyobin KOR 8.737

Uneven Bars
1. Li Ya CHN 9.725
2. Hong Su Jong PRK 9.687
3. Kuroda Mayu JPN 9.662
3. Han Jong Ok PRK 9.662
5. Uemura Miki JPN 9.525
6. Zhang Yufei CHN 9.037
7. Kang Jina KOR 8.987
8. Yeo Soo Jung KOR 8.637

Balance Beam
1. Fan Ye CHN 9.737
2. Ri Hae Yon PRK 9.525
3. Kuroda Mayu JPN 9.350
4. Zhang Nan CHN 9.000
5. Kim Un Jong PRK 8.912
6. Baek Hwaseung KOR 8.887
7. Sahara Ayaka JPN 8.200
8. Kim Hyo Bin KOR 7.950

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Cheng Fei CHN 9.712
2. Pang Panpan CHN 9.362
3. Ishizaka Manami JPN 8.987
3. Oshima Kyoko JPN 8.987
5. Bae Muleum KOR 8.950
6. Hong Su Jong PRK 8.800
7. Chen Chun Min TPE 8.525
8. Kim Un Jong PRK 8.200

MEN's R E S U L T S
Men's Floor Exercises
1. Ri Jong Song PRK 9.587
2. Tabara Naoya JPN 9.425
2. Kim Seung Il KOR 9.425
4. Du Wei CHN 9.262
5. Jo Jong Chol PRK 9.225
6. Xu Wei MAC 9.050
7. Yang Tae Young KOR 8.912
8. Lu Bo CHN 8.400

Pommel Horse
1. Xiao Qin CHN 9.800
1. Xu Wei MAC 9.800
3. Huang Chekuei TPE 9.662
4. Lin Hsiang Wei TPE 9.600
5. Du Wei CHN 9.562
6. Yang Tae Young KOR 9.537
7. Ogawa Yasuhiro JPN 8.837
8. Kobayashi Kenya JPN 8.275

Still Rings
1. Lu Bo CHN 9.700
1. Lin Yunghsi TPE 9.700
3. Yang Tae Young KOR 9.600
3. Ro Chol Jin PRK 9.600
5. Lu Bin CHN 9.575
6. Kobayashi Kenya JPN 9.562
7. Kusu Hiroaki JPN 9.550
7. Ri Segwang PRK 9.550

Men's Vault
1. Lu Bin CHN 9.787
2. Huang Yihsueh TPE 9.718
3. Ri Segwang PRK 9.693
4. Ri Jong Song PRK 9.681
5. Du Wei CHN 9.424
6. Lin Yunghsi TPE 9.256
7. Zhang Bin MAC 9.187
8. Xu Wei MAC 9.156

Parallel Bars
1. Dong Zhendong CHN 9.762
2. Ogawa Yasuhiro JPN 9.737
3. Yang Tae Young KOR 9.725
4. Lu Bo CHN 9.675
5. Baba Ryosuke JPN 9.650
6. Kim Dae Eun KOR 9.625
7. Ro Chol Jin PRK 9.112
8. Jo Jong Chol PRK 9.062

High Bar
1. Kim Dae Eun KOR 9.762
2. Baba Ryosuke JPN 9.625
3. Kuwahara Shun JPN 9.362
4. Huang Chekuei TPE 9.200
5. Kim Jihoon KOR 8.900
6. Xiao Qin CHN 8.775
7. Zhang Bin MAC 8.750

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