Archive for the ‘Gymnastics Artistic’ Category.
30th August 2008, 01:27 am
Updated: 2008-08-19 19:38:45
Shawn Johnson (C), Nastia Liukin (L), and Cheng Fei (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Shawn Johnson of the United States won the gold medal in the Beam event at the Olympic Gymnastics tournament here on Tuesday.
Shawn Johnson collected 16.225 points for the title, edging her fellow American Nastia Liukin to the second place at 16.025. Cheng Fei of China settled for the bronze medal at 15.950.
Shawn Johnson competes. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Nastia Liukin competes. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Cheng Fei competes. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
30th August 2008, 01:26 am
Updated: 2008-08-19 19:20:43
(BEIJING, August 19) — Shawn Johnson of the United States scored 16.225 to win the gold medal in the Beam. Johnson’s teammate Nastia Liukin took the silver medal with 16.025. China’s Cheng Fei came third with 15.950.
30th August 2008, 01:25 am
Updated: 2008-08-19 19:06:20
Li Xiaopeng celebrates his victory.
(BEIJING, August 19) — China’s Li Xiaopeng won the Men’s Parallel Bars tonight, guaranteeing his place in history as one of China’s most decorated gymnasts. Li has won two gold medals at Beijing 2008, which is on top of his two gold medals at Sydney 2000.
Li scored 16.450 for a less difficult routine but had a very high level of execution. Yoo Won-chul of the Republic of Korea won the silver medal with a score of 16.250. Anton Fokin of Uzbekistan won the bronze medal with a score of 16.200.
Li, the favorite for the gold medal going into the event, was the last of the eight gymnasts to perform. Li proved himself to be the consummate professional by carrying out a near-flawless performance. After landing cleanly, Li clenched his fists in joy because he knew that he had just secured the fourth gold medal of his career and the eighth gold medal for China in the Artistic Gymnastics competition at Beijing 2008.
Before the event, Yoo and his compatriot Yang Tae-young were seen as Li’s only threats for the gold medal. Yang performed too many mistakes in his routine and landed poorly, thus he received the second-lowest score of 15.650. Yoo performed better, winning the silver medal but proving no match for the superlative Li.
At his first Olympic Games, Fokin was a surprise bronze medalist. The 25-year-old gymnast performed a solid routine, capitalizing on the opportunity presented by the mistakes of reigning world champion Mitja Petkovsek of Slovenia and Nikolay Kryukov of Russia. Kryukov’s mistake was especially bad as he completely missed the bars and fell to the ground.
30th August 2008, 01:24 am
Updated: 2008-08-19 18:56:24
Li Xiaopeng celebrates. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Li Xiaopeng of China won the gold medal in the Parallel Bars with a score of 16.450 points at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Tuesday.
The silver medal was taken by Yoo Won-chul of the Republic of Korea at 16.250, followed by Anton Fokin of Uzbekistan in third place at 16.200.
(L-R)Yoo Won-chul, Li Xiaopeng and Anton Fokin (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Li Xiaopeng competes during the final. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Li Xiaopeng competes during the final. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Li Xiaopeng celebrates with his coach. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
30th August 2008, 01:23 am
Updated: 2008-08-19 18:35:56
Li Xiaopeng during competition. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
(BEIJING, August 19)– China’s Li Xiaopeng won the Men’s Parallel Bars tonight, guaranteeing his place in history as one of China’s most decorated gymnasts. Li has won two gold medals at Beijing 2008, which is on top of his two gold medals at Sydney 2000.
Li scored 16.450 for a less difficult routine but had a very high level of execution. Yoo Won-chul of the Republic of Korea won the silver medal with a score of 16.250. Anton Fokin won the bronze medal with a score of 16.200.
30th August 2008, 01:23 am
Updated: 2007-03-26 From: Xinhuanet
COTTBUS, March 25 (Xinhua) — Chinese men gymnast Teng Haibin and Feng Zhe won the gold and silver medals on parallel bars on Sunday at the gym world cup in Cottbus, Germany.
Teng scored 16.000 after a firm standing, while Feng performed quite well except an unstable finish, getting 15.825.
30th August 2008, 01:22 am
Updated: 2007-03-26 From: Xinhuanet
COTTBUS, March 25 (Xinhua) — Fan Ye and Du Wei collected respectively the gold medal on Sunday on women’s beam and men’s vault in Cottbus, Germany at the 2007 gym World Cup.
