Most successful: USA and China and the Asian gymnastics

Daiane dos Santos- first Gold for Brazil!

To the first time in history the women's finals of the 28th World Championships in Anaheim (USA) finished today without any title on the apparatuses for European women's gymnastics .
The Chinese FAN, Ye won the gold medal on beam and Daniele dos Santos on floor got the very first gold ever for Brasilia.
Double winner in men's competition was the Chinese LI, Xiao-Peng on vault and parallel bars, and HUANG, Xu won silver on bars.
Also the Japanese Takehiro Kashima wo her second gold after pommel horse yesterday, on high bar now.

Seven of the gol medals of these champs were won by Asian gymnasts.

LI, Xiaopeng (CHN)

MEN's VAULT:
With two 10.00 rated vaults, Li Xiaopeng of China successfully defends his world title on vault. Former world champion Marian Dragulescu wins the silver, and Kyle Shewfelt wins his second medal of the meet with the bronze.

1- LI Xiaopeng CHN 9.818
2- DRAGULESCU Marian ROM 9.687
3- SHEWFELT Kyle CAN 9.612

4- DRIGGS SANTOS Abel CUB 9.537
4- GAL Robert HUN 9.537
6- SUCIU Ioan Silviu ROM 9.443
7-HYPOLITO Diego BRA 9.387
8- GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton RUS 9.150

MEN's PARALLEL BARS:
Li Xiaopeng wins the parallel bars title, the third straight gold of the night for China. His teammate Huang Xu ties for the silver with Russia's Alexei Nemov, who wins his first world medal since 1999.
1- LI Xiao-Peng CHN 9.825
2- HUANG Xu CHN 9.762
2- NEMOV Alexei RUS 9.762

4-TSUKAHARA Naoya JPN 9.675
4- CHO Seong Min KOR 9.637
6- WILSON Blaine USA 9.625
7- LOPEZ RIOS Eric CUB 9.575
8- PETKOVSEK Mitja SLO 9.562

Takehiro Kashima (JPN)

MEN's HIGH BAR:
Japan's Takehiro Kashima wins his second gold of the meet. Italy's Igor Cassina wins the silver medal, and Alexei Nemov wins his second medal of the day with the bronze.
1- KASHIMA Takehiro JPN 9.775 2- CASSINA Igor ITA 9.750
3- NEMOV Alexei RUS 9.737

4- RIZZO Philippe AUS 9.700
5- LI Xiao-Peng CHN 9.662
6-JELTKOV Alexander CAN 9.187
7- IVANKOV Ivan BLR 8.762
8-MAREE Florent FRA 8.600

>> Men's FINAL RESULTS, all

FAN, Ye (CHN)

WOMEN's BALANCE BEAM:
China's Fan Ye wins the beam title with the highest score so far of the women's competition! First-up Catalina Ponor (Romania) wins the silver, and anchor Lyudmila Yezhova of Russia takes the bronze.

1- FAN Ye CHN 9.812
2- PONOR Catalina ROM 9.587
3- EZHOVA Liudmila RUS 9.550

4- LI Ya CHN 9.450
5-GOMEZ Elena ESP 8.887
6-MEMMEL Chellsie USA 8.837
7-KRASNYNSKA Irina UKR 8.550
8-RUSSO Monette AUS 8.537

Daiane dos Santos- dynamic girl!

WOMEN's FLOOR EXERCISES:
Daiane dos Santos wins the gold medal on the floor exercise, the first ever gold medal for a Brazilian gymnast in world championship history! The crowd was really behind dos Santos from her first high tumbling pass on.

1- DOS SANTOS Daiane BRA 9.737
2- PONOR Catalina ROM 9.700
3- GOMEZ Elena ESP 9.675

4- MUNTEANU Aura Andreea ROM 9.400
5- LEPENNEC Emilie FRA 9.387
6- HARMES Suzanne NED 9.287
7- PAVLOVA Anna RUS 9.237
8- KVASHA Alona UKR 7.687

>> Women's FINAL RESULTS, all

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