Worlds Conclude As Final 5 Golds Awarded

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The 2009 Gymnastics World Championships came to a conclusion today with the final five gold medals awarded in apparatus finals. Event Champions included Deng Linlin (CHN) on beam, home crowd favorite Beth Tweddle (GBR) on floor, Marian Dragulescu (ROM) on vault, WANG Guanyin (CHN) on parallel bars and Zou Kai (CHN) on high bar. China earned six of the ten gold medals on individual events.

American Ivana Hong earned a bronze on beam. Other American finished today included: Rebecca, fifth on floor; Danell Leyva, fourth on high bar; Jonathan Horton, eighth on high bar.

Our Nov/Dec Worlds issue will include a Photo Essay from Inside Gymnastics photographer Grace Chiu from Event Finals, showing the precision, power, and grace from today’s event champions.

WOMEN

Balance Beam

1 36 DENG Linlin CHN 6.400 8.600 15.000

2 17 MITCHELL Lauren AUS 6.300 8.575 14.875

3 152 HONG Ivana USA 6.000 8.550 14.550

4 120 KIM Un Hyang PRK 6.000 8.450 14.450

5 91 PREZIOSA Elisabetta ITA 5.800 8.400 14.200

6 94 TSURUMI Koko JPN 5.700 8.500 0.1 14.100

7 127 PORGRAS Ana ROU 6.400 7.025 13.425

8 37 YANG Yilin CHN 5.600 7.525 13.125

Floor Exercise

1 67 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 6.100 8.550 14.650

2 17 MITCHELL Lauren AUS 5.800 8.750 14.550

3 38 SUI Lu CHN 5.700 8.600 14.300

4 134 MYZDRIKOVA Anna RUS 5.900 8.375 14.275

5 153 BROSS Rebecca USA 5.700 8.425 14.125

5 127 PORGRAS Ana ROU 5.500 8.625 14.125

7 36 DENG Linlin CHN 5.400 8.475 13.875

8 39 GIL ORTIZ Jessica COL 0.900 2.075 2.975

MEN

Vault

1 701 DRAGULESCU Marian ROU 1 7.000 9.550 16.550

2 7.200 9.400 16.600

16.575

2 700 KOCZI Flavius ROU 1 7.000 9.375 16.375

2 7.000 9.300 16.300

16.337

3 708 GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton RUS 1 7.000 9.375 16.375

2 7.000 9.200 16.200

16.287

4 599 FAHRIG Matthias GER 1 7.000 8.925 0.1 15.825

2 6.600 9.275 15.875

15.850

5 584 BOUHAIL Thomas FRA 1 7.000 8.350 0.1 15.250

2 7.000 9.300 16.300

15.775

6 573 BOTELLA PEREZ Isaac ESP 1 6.600 9.200 15.800

2 6.600 9.000 0.1 15.500

15.650

6 689 RI Se Gwang PRK 1 7.200 8.375 15.575

2 7.000 9.125 0.4 15.725

15.650

8 670 WAMMES Jeffrey NED 1 6.600 9.350 15.950

2 6.600 8.300 14.900

15.425

Parallel Bars

1 550 WANG Guanyin CHN 7.000 8.975 15.975

2 549 FENG Zhe CHN 6.900 8.875 15.775

3 640 TANAKA Kazuhito JPN 6.400 9.100 15.500

4 606 TSOLAKIDIS Vasileios GRE 6.300 9.050 15.350

5 656 YOO Won Chul KOR 6.700 8.600 15.300

6 672 ZONDERLAND Epke NED 6.100 9.025 15.125

7 745 PHUOC HUNG Pham VIE 5.900 8.575 14.475

8 685 KIERZKOWSKI Adam POL 6.300 8.025 14.325

High Bar

1 545 ZOU Kai CHN 7.500 8.650 16.150

2 672 ZONDERLAND Epke NED 7.300 8.525 15.825

3 633 CASSINA Igor ITA 6.700 8.925 15.625

4 738 LEYVA Danell USA 7.000 8.600 15.600

5 718 PEGAN Aljaz SLO 7.000 8.500 15.500

6 639 UCHIMURA Kohei JPN 6.400 8.775 15.175

7 527 TSAREVICH Aliaksandr BLR 6.000 8.375 14.375

8 733 HORTON Jonathan USA 6.700 6.550 13.250