No surprise here. The defending Olympic Champion, Chen Yibing, was expected to win. And he delivered. World champion now 2006, 2007, 2010.
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1 Chen 15.90, 2 Yan 15.70, 3 Morandi 15.666, 4 Yamamuro 15.50, 5 Yoo 15.433, 6 San Miguel 15.333, 7 Kobayashi 15.30, 8 Chen 15.266
Unbelievable strength sequences from Yan (CHN) 15.70 (6.8/8.9). … How is China training strength?
This Ring final was not the battle of the strong men we’ve seen in Worlds past. Many hold positions were not quite perfect. Many took small deductions. The Chinese were not really challenged.
That’s the final apparatus for today. The rest go tomorrow. I’ll post video of the most interesting and controversial routines when they come online.
Hambuchen was training connected Kovacs – Kolman in training today. It will be interesting to see what gymnasts go for it in the Horizontal Bar final.
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