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By Amy Van Deusen, About.com Guide to Gymnastics

China Wins Five Golds at the World Cup Final

Sunday December 14, 2008
Cheng Fei Waving BLOG
Cheng Fei
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Cheng Fei led a Chinese charge at the Madrid World Cup finals, winning both of her signature events: vault (15.05) and floor (15.375). Teammate He Kexin followed up her Olympic gold medal with a World Cup gold on bars, while Zhang Hongtao and Feng Zhe, neither of whom made the Olympic team, represented the Chinese men well with titles on the pommel horse (16.375) and parallel bars (15.775), respectively. Jiang Yuyuan and Li Shanshan also medaled: Jiang earned silver on floor (15.225) and bars (15.75), while Li grabbed the beam bronze (15.15).

He Kexin, who recently scored a 17.00 on bars at the Italian Grand Prix, was subpar here, with a near fall on the low bar and a score of "only" 16.25.

Other highlights included Diego Hypolito's floor gold for Brazil, with a stuck Arabian double dismount (16.125), and Thomas Bouhail's stuck Dragulescu (handspring double front half) vault. Bouhail's vault was so strong that he took gold, even with a less spectacular other vault (Tsukahara double pike, hand down -- 16.225 average).

There are some videos of women's floor on Youtube, and I'll add more video links if I find them. Many more scores and skills can be found on the IG website:
UPDATED (12/15): Many more videos on NBC Universal Sports

Comments

December 15, 2008 at 11:19 am
(1) wow says:

I am so impressed with China. Even with watered down routines their athletes are looking fantastic for this time of the year. Thanks for the update.

December 16, 2008 at 12:30 pm
(2) crash and still win? says:

I think you should be DQ’d on vault if you fall–this trend of falling and still being rewarded with a medal is the worst!

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