China dominated at World’s 2007. Here are the reigning gold medalists.
China’s Men’s gymnastic team with Yang Wei, Xiao Qin, Huang Xu, Liang Fuliang, Chen Yaibing, Zou Kai, from left, celebrates during the medal ceremony after winning gold in the Men’s team final of the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart …
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Who will be on their 2008 Olympic Team? (I’d heard last summer they were trying for minimum 7.0 start values on every routine for Team finals.)
Most of the top contenders:
2008 Chinese National Championships
May 10-11, Tianjin
Men’s Floor Exercise
1t. Zou Kai 16.300 (6.7 A)
1t. Liang Fuliang 16.300 (6.5 A)
3. Zhang Chenglong 15.700
Pommel Horse
1. Xiao Qin (A 6.6) 16.575 ……. WOW
2. Zhang Hongtao (A 6.6) 16.375
3. Chen Chen
Still Rings
1t. Chen Yibing 17.100 (7.4 A)
1t. Yang Wei 17.100 (7.5 A)
3. Yan Mingyong
Men’s Vault
1. Guo Jiahao 16.587
2. Hu Junjie 16.300
3. Liang Mingsheng 16.262
… Li Xiaopeng competed only one vault (16.900, highest score) during preliminaries as a safety precaution
Parallel Bars
1. Huang Xu 16.800 (7.0 A)
2. Feng Zhe 16.650 (7.0 A)
3. Yang Wei 16.475 (7.0 A)
High Bar
1. Zou Kai 16.55 (7.0 A)
2. Feng Zhe 15.925
3. He Jiajin 15.725
Next up for the Chinese Olympic contenders is this weekend’s World Cup in Tianjin. Slated to compete for China are Cheng Fei, He Kexin, Yang Yilin and Xiao Sha for the women, and Yang Wei, Chen Yibing, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Qin, Zou Kai and Huang Xu for the men.
Lu Bin, who unfortunately suffered a major elbow injury just days before Nationals … is likely out of Olympic contention.
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