TOKYO, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- After the Japanese men's
gymnastics was defeated by China in team events in Doha, Japanese media in the
last several days expressed concerns that it's hard for the Japanese
gold-winning team in Athens to continue its brilliance to Beijing in 2008,
citing their low level of difficulties and unsteady performance.
Kyodo News said the Japanese men's team significantly
adjusted its lineup after the 6-5-4 rule was decided to be implemented in Doha,
however freshmen, due to their lack of experience in big event, lapsed
repeatedly and confined Japan's advantage to China only to the horizontal bar.
The prospect for Japanese gymnastics men's team is
blur now that there is only no more than two years left before the Beijing
Olympic, Kyodo said.
The Industrial and Economic Daily said on Monday that
China is going further ahead of Japan on men's gymnastic team event. The
newspaper praised Chinese players' for their more stable action than in the 2005
world championship, and predicted a larger disparity between China and Japan if
the trend continues.
The Tokyo Daily, mentioning the Japanese men's
gymnastic team's no-gold results in front of China ever since the Athens, also
showed its worry on the uncertainty of Japan's performance in Beijing. It ranked
elevation of actions' level of difficulties as the primary task for the Japanese
men's team.
