18. November 2010  
Guangzhou, China  
Artistic Gymnastics

* GYMfamily EventArtistic Gymnastics at the 16th ASIADE 2010: Women s competition

Golden girl Sui, Lu , China


Following in the footsteps of their male compatriots, the Chinese women took their 10th consecutive Artistic Gymnastics Team title at the 16th Asian Games.
China won over Japan and Uzbekistan, with Korea being the only other nation to have sent a full team, finishing fourth.

SUI, Lu was the most sucessfully gymnast with gold in the team, at the all-around competition but also at the balance beam and fllor exercises.

Her taemmate HUANG, Qiushuang was the best at the vaultling table and Olympic champion HE Kexin was unbeatable at the uneven bars .

Rie TANAKA from Japan won the all-around bronze medal behind silver medallist HUANG, Qiushuang and also the silver medal at vault ...

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Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

* TEAM COMPETITION 
1. China 234.150
2. Japan 223.250
3. Uzbekistan 207.950
   > Detailed Team Results

 

Moreover, China’s Women took the top three spots in the All-around Qualification, with Huang Qiushuang, who finished fourth in Rotterdam, leading over national Champion Sui Lu and Yang Yilin. Japan’s Rie Tanaka qualified in fourth rank.

Results Women’s All-around Qualification

China placed high on every apparatus in this event with Huang qualifying at the top on Vault, 2009 World Champion He Kexin on Uneven Bars redeeming herself from a disastrous performance in Rotterdam where she fell off the apparatus in the Final, and Sui prevailing on Beam and Floor.
   > Results by Apparatus

* Women’s Individual All-around Final
China’s national champion Sui Lu bettered her qualifying score by .6 points to outscore compatriot Huang Qiushuang and take the 2010 Asian Games Women’s Artistic Gymnastics All-around title. Fourth during preliminaries, Rie Tanaka of Japan won the Bronze.

1. SUI Lu (CHN) 58.400
2. HUANG Qiushuang (CHN) 58.050
3. TANAKA Rie (JPN) 54.850
   > Full results
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

* Vault
1. HUANG Qiushuang (CHN) 14.787
2. TANAKA Rie (JPN) 14.237
3. OZAWA Momoko (JPN) 14.112
   > Full results

 

* Uneven Bars
1. HE Kexin (CHN) 16.425
2. HUANG Qiushuang (CHN) 15.825
3. TSURUMI Koko (JPN) 14.300
    > Full results

The Artistic Gymnastics competition in Guangzhou concludes on Wednesday with the second day of Apparatus Finals, ...:

* Balance Beam
China’s national champion Sui Lu, who had taken the Asian Games All-around title on Monday, added Gold on the Balance Beam today, after having qualified in first place. Sui defeated compatriot and World runner-up Deng Linlin as well as Luiza Galiulina of Uzbekistan. Galiulina, who had qualified in fifth place, bettered her score to take the Bronze, outscoring Japan’s Mai Yamagishi and Yuko Shintake.

1. SUI Lu (CHN) 15.425
2. DENG Linlin (CHN) 15.200
3. GALIULINA Luiza (UZB) 14.350 >
      Full results

* Floor Exercise
By winning the Floor Final, Sui Lu added a fourth Gold to her collection of Asian Games medals tonight. First during preliminaries, Sui bettered her qualifying score, leaving the rest of the field in her wake with a victory margin of more than one point from second-placed Mai Yamagishi of Japan. Bronze went to Korea’s Hyun Joo, who had qualified in last position and narrowly outscored Japan’s Rie Tanaka.

1. SUI Lu (CHN) 14.700
2. YAMAGISHI Mai (JPN) 13.625
3. JO Hyun Joo (KOR) 13450  
         > Full results

The Apparatus Finals concluded the Artistic Gymnastics competition in Guangzhou. Gymnastic action continues at the 16th Asian Games with the Trampoline events to be held on November 21- 22 followed by Rhythmic Gymnastics from November 25 -26.
* Information & Summaries:  f i g

The 17th edition of the quadrennial Asian Games is scheduled to take place from September 19 – October 4, 2014 in Incheon, South Korea.

The city was awarded the right to host the Games on April 17, 2007 when it defeated Delhi, India, and made this the third city in South Korea to host the Asian Games after Seoul (1986) and Busan (2002).

At their 29th General Assembly held this month in Guangzhou, the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA) postponed deciding on the Incheon Games sports programme until the Executive Board meeting in Oman in December.