China Dominates … recent gymnastics meet

For the foreseeable future the headline will (almost always) read “China dominates … (Trophee Massilia)”.

This time, in France, two Chinese gymnasts (Jiang Yuyuan and Guo Wei) finished ahead of seven teams of three gymnasts. Top 2 scores counted towards Team.

1. China 118.600
2. Russia 117.950
3. Australia 115.400
4. Brazil 114.350
5. France Senior 113.150
6. Romania 112.500
7. Netherlands 111.550
8. France Junior 108.600

Australian Lauren Mitchell was the biggest non-Chinese story of the event.

1. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 59.400
2. Lauren Mitchell AUS 59.250
3. Guo Wei CHN 59.200
4. Kristina Goryunova RUS 58.250
5. Viktoria Komova RUS 57.900
6. Aliya Mustafina RUS 57.300

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Lauren Mitchell (photo: AFP/Getty Images)

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