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July 31, 2012, Tuesday
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CHINA captured three gold medals on the third full day of competition - in artistic gymnastics, diving and women's weightlifting - to bring its total to nine. The United States is in second place with five gold, but its haul of medals is level with China at 17.
Chinese men's gymnasts rebounded from their dismal performance in the qualifying to claim their second straight Olympic team title. Their score of 275.997 points was more than four points ahead of favorites Japan.
Yet the triumph didn't come by so easily as the results have suggested.
Teng Haibin, the 2004 gold medalist on pommel horse and a key member of the Chinese squad, was forced to pull out with an injury last Thursday and had to be replaced by inexperienced Guo Weiyang. China's medal prospect looked even gloomier after they finished only sixth in qualifying.
In the final, the Chinese showed unmatchable consistency with half their 18 scores at 15.6s or higher.
"We don't have any faults. That's our secret to beat the Japanese and other teams," said Zhang Chenglong.
China's "Dream Team" of diving stayed on course for a clean sweep of all eight gold medals after teenagers Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan won the men's 10-meter synchronized platform for their second gold here.
Home favorites Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield had been leading after three dives, but an error in their fourth, a reverse three and a half somersault with tuck, cost them a medal.
In weightlifting, Li Xueying set two Olympic records to clinch gold in the women's 58kg category.
In one of the most anticipated races in the pool, Frenchman Yannick Agnel outclassed US star Ryan Lochte and Sun Yang of China in a battle of Titans to win the men's 200m freestyle Olympic title.
Agnel led from start to finish and won by a full body length, in a time of 1:43.14, against a star-studded field that included Lochte, Sun and South Korean Park Tae-hwan.
Park and Sun were tied for the silver in 1:44.93, while Lochte was fourth.
Chinese men's gymnasts rebounded from their dismal performance in the qualifying to claim their second straight Olympic team title. Their score of 275.997 points was more than four points ahead of favorites Japan.
Yet the triumph didn't come by so easily as the results have suggested.
Teng Haibin, the 2004 gold medalist on pommel horse and a key member of the Chinese squad, was forced to pull out with an injury last Thursday and had to be replaced by inexperienced Guo Weiyang. China's medal prospect looked even gloomier after they finished only sixth in qualifying.
In the final, the Chinese showed unmatchable consistency with half their 18 scores at 15.6s or higher.
"We don't have any faults. That's our secret to beat the Japanese and other teams," said Zhang Chenglong.
China's "Dream Team" of diving stayed on course for a clean sweep of all eight gold medals after teenagers Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan won the men's 10-meter synchronized platform for their second gold here.
Home favorites Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield had been leading after three dives, but an error in their fourth, a reverse three and a half somersault with tuck, cost them a medal.
In weightlifting, Li Xueying set two Olympic records to clinch gold in the women's 58kg category.
In one of the most anticipated races in the pool, Frenchman Yannick Agnel outclassed US star Ryan Lochte and Sun Yang of China in a battle of Titans to win the men's 200m freestyle Olympic title.
Agnel led from start to finish and won by a full body length, in a time of 1:43.14, against a star-studded field that included Lochte, Sun and South Korean Park Tae-hwan.
Park and Sun were tied for the silver in 1:44.93, while Lochte was fourth.
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