WCh- Men s Team Final: Olympic Champion China won first Gold

TENG, Haibin (CHN)-
Golden Jubilation after his high bar exercise

After their last gold medal 1999 in Tianjin the national men's team of China wins the gold medal in team competition again of these 37th World Championships in Anaheim, Cal./USA.
The U.S. successfully defends its silver medal from the 2001 Worlds in Ghent.
Japan - missed in 2001 -wins the bronze.

Final Results:
GOLD: 1. China 171.996
Silver: 2. USA 171.121
Bronze: 3. Japan 170.708
4. Russia 168.771
5. Romania 167.909
6. Korea 166.283
7. France 165.546
8. Ukraine 165.108

Golden Chinese Men's Team
(C) Photos by Tom Theobald

USA, silver medallist

19-Aug: --MEN’S TEAM FINAL

CHINA REGAIN THEIR WORLD TITLE!
by Philippe Silacci / FUG
'This was a very exiting competition!'
The level of work was extraordinary but in the end there were two teams, who could sustain above 28 points on every piece of apparatus and that were the Chinese and the USA.
And even though the USA reached 29.00 on the Rings, this was not enough to surpass a team who on High Bar and P.Bars were untouchable.

JAPAN - Bronze medallist

The Japanese took the Bronze medal by having only one score of 27. It was a mathematical progression for the remaining places.
Russia, with 2 apparatus on 27 (Floor and Ring); Romania- with three and so on…

The gymnasts who features in the top three places throughout the competition were mainly from the USA - the Hamm twins on Floor, Wilson and Gatson on Rings, and China’s Teng, Haibin – twice, winning Pommels and High Bar; Li Xiaopeng took Vault, supported by Yang Wei.

Xing Aowei and Li Xiaopeng were the other two Chinese who featured on Pommel Horse and P.Bars and the Russians who shone were Nikolai Krukov, on Pommel Horse and Alexei Nemov on P.Bars and High Bar.
The Ukraine and Korea featured in Rings and Vault.
The Americans on Floor used one and 3/4 somersault forward and Arabian to enhance their Start Value and the Hamm twins finished their exercises on Floor with beautiful double straight somersault.
Although the Chinese line and ability on one handle puts them in a class of their own, Cazimir of France still presented the most interesting exercise- with his triple rear on one handle.
The combination of strength on Rings from Maltese to inverted crucifix and planches lower through to pull out were quite amazing. The dismounts saw a number of excellent double straight somersaults with full twists to secure landing.
The outstanding Vault of the competition was Naoya Tsukahara with triple twist presented by Yang Wei.
source: P.Silacci/fig
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