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Huang Shanshan of China celebrates during the awarding ceremongy of the women's individual final of gymnastics trampoline at Doha Asiad, Qatar, Dec. 12, 2006. She won the gold medal with a score of 38.40 in the event. (Xinhua Photo/Chen Xie) Photo Gallery >>> |
DOHA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese gymnasts finished
one-two in both men's and women's individual trampoline final at the Doha Asian
Games on Tuesday.
Huang Shanshan collected 38.40 points with a
commanding performance, winning the first ever Asian Games trampoline title in
women's individual competition.
Huang soared above the mat and had flawless body line
throughout, exploding into a lofty triple pike somersaults with a half turn out
for the 10-skill set.
Huang achieved the highest scores in both of the two
routines to qualify as the top scorer.
"I was not very satisfied with my performance. I just
performeda so-so standard," said Huang.
Huang's teammate Zhong Xiongping, the second best
finisher in qualification, took the silver with 38.30 points, only a slim margin
of 0.10 behind Huang.
Ekaterina Khilko of Uzbekistan settled with a bronze on 36.00 points. Khilko's teammate Anna Savkina suffered "sudden death" to pick up 7.40 points only.
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Que Zhicheng of China smiles during the victory ceremony of the men's individual final of gymnastics trampoline at Doha Asiad, Qatar, Dec. 12, 2006. He won the gold medal with a score of 39.50 in the event. (Xinhua Photo/Chen Xie) Photo Gallery >>> |
China's Que Zhicheng beat world number one Yasuhiro
Ueyama of Japan to win the men's individual title.
Que Zhicheng earned the highest score of 39.50 to
capture the gold medal. Que performed an impressive height from the
trampoline,maintaining amplitude and showing powerful twists.
Que has the highest difficulty for his routine on
16.7, with teammate Lu on 15.7, Japan's Ueyama and Nagasaki both on 15.5
difficulty rating.
"I displayed the same set of routine in all finals,
so I have ahigh stability and high difficulty," said Que Zhicheng.
"We defeated Japanese trampolinists for the first
time since the Athens Olympic Games, so I get my confidence boosted."
Que's teammate Lu Chenglong pocketed the silver on
39.10 pointsafter a consistent performances.
Shunsuke Nagasaki of Japan was third on 38.80,
grabbing the bronze, 0.40 points ahead of his teammate Yasuhiro Ueyama, who
boasts as the world number one.
Ueyama won gold at the World Cup final in Birmingham
in November, but faltered to score only 38.40 after a routine of mistakes.
Chinese team coach Hu Xinggang set their target on reaching topeight at world championships.