Gymnastics


Mustafina, Uchimura emerge as favorites for London Games

WITH two years to spare, all-around champions Aliya Mustafina of Russia and Kohei Uchimura of Japan established themselves as the favorites for the 2012 London Games after winning their last medals at the world championships......

October 26, 2010, Tuesday


Chen gold compensates for He's loss

CHINESE Olympic champion He Kexin flew off the uneven bars on Saturday to allow Britain's Beth Tweddle to reclaim the gymnastics world title she won four years ago. With a complex routine, He had been widely......

October 25, 2010, Monday


Uchimura, Mustafina bag all-around golds in gymnastic

JAPAN'S Kohei Uchimura and Russia's Aliya Mustafina won the all-around titles at the World Gymnastics Championships yesterday in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Uchimura claimed his second straight world all-around......

October 23, 2010, Saturday


Chinese men's team triumphs at gymnastics worlds

OLYMPIC champions the Chinese men's team edged archrival Japan to top the Artistic Gymnastics Worlds for the fourth time in a row yesterday. China took the title with a total score of 274.977 points, 1.228 points......

October 22, 2010, Friday


Error-prone Russians take world team title

ALIYA Mustafina guided an error-prone Russian team to its first team title at the world gymnastics championship in the Netherlands by just .201 points over the United States on Wednesday. The 16-year-old Mustafina......

October 22, 2010, Friday


Chen fires China into worlds lead

CHINA moved into the lead of team qualifying yesterday at the world gymnastics championships, pushing Japan into second place. Olympic champion Chen Yibing made the difference on the rings for China as it swept......

October 20, 2010, Wednesday


Bronze at risk over age claim

THE six Chinese women gymnasts who won a team bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics are likely to be forced to return their medals after one of them was found to have falsified her age. An International Gymnastics......

February 28, 2010, Sunday


Zou adds to China's big haul

BRITAIN'S Beth Tweddle raised the domed roof at the O2 Arena on Sunday after she tumbled to glory on the floor exercise, while Olympic champion Zou Kai and his teammates showed China had lost none of the sparkle that......

October 20, 2009, Tuesday


Chinese stars extend golden run at worlds

WANG Guanyin extended China's winning streak at the World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London, taking the gold medal on the parallel bars. Wang edged teammate Feng Zhe to give China its fifth gold......

October 19, 2009, Monday


He, Zhang capture golds for China

OLYMPIC champion He Kexin floated past Japanese rival Koko Tsurumi to claim gold on the asymmetric bars at the World Gymnastics Championships in London yesterday. The 17-year-old Chinese gymnast glided between......

October 18, 2009, Sunday




 

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