18 Golds for Gymnasts at Beijing Olympics


Russia claims group title, China wins silver at Beijing Olympic rhythmic gymnastics

  Defending Olympic champion Russia claimed the rhythmic gymnastics group title at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.   Full story


Russian Kanaeva wins gymnastics rhythmic individual all-around Olympic gold

 Evgeniya Kanaeva highlighted Russia's dominance in rhythmic gymnastics by taking the individual all-around gold medal at the Beijing Olympics by an impressive 3.575-point margin on Saturday. Full story


Chinese Lu Chunlong wins men's trampoline Olympic gold

  Chinese Lu Chunlong won the men's trampoline gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Tuesday.
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Zou Kai of China wins horizontal gold medal

  Zou Kai scored 16.200 points for the gold, the ninth for the Chinese gymnastics team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Full story


 U.S. gymnast Shawn Johnson wins beam title 

  The 16-year-old Olympic debutant took the gold in 16.225 points, followed by her compatriot Nastia Liukin in 16.025. China's Cheng Fei settled for bronze in 15.950 points.   Full story

   Li Xiaopeng brings China eighth gymnastic gold

  Chinese ace gymnast Li Xiaopeng won the parallel bars gold medal on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics, proving his strong comeback to the podium at the highest level.
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  Chinese gymnast He Kexin wins uneven bars gold

  Chinese gymnast He kexin claimed the women's uneven bars title with 16.725 points at the Beijing Olympics on Monday.  Full story

   Blanik brings Poland first gymantics gold at Beijing Olympics

  Leszek Blanik won the gold medal in the men's vault on Monday at the Beijing Olympics, the first gymnastics title for Poland in its Olympic history.

He Wenna wins first Olympic trampoline gold for host China

  China's He Wenna won the first Olympic trampoline gold medal for her country before overjoyed home fans here on Monday. Full story

   Chinese gymnast Chen wins men's rings gold

  Chinese gymnast Chen Yibing claimed the men's rings title with 16.600 points at the Beijing Olympics on Monday.  Full story

 Chinese Xiao Qin wins men's pommel horse Olympic gold

  Xiao scored his winning mark of 15.875 points, Croatian Filip Ude took   the silver in 15.725 and British Louis Smith settled for the bronze in 15.725.  Full story

   Zou Kai wins fourth gymnastics gold for host China

  Zou Kai won the sunrise gold medal at 16.050 points, after reigning world champion Diego Hypolito of Brazil and Olympic silver medallist Marian Dragulescu failed their routines.  Full story

 Chinese girls claim first Olympic gymnastics team crown

   Chinese women gymnasts won their first ever Olympic team gold medal in Wednesday's final of the Beijing Olympic Games, making a historic breakthrough expected by China for decades. Full story

  Chinese men storm to gymnastics team gold at Olympics

  China's formidable male gymnasts stormed to a long-awaited Olympic team gold before an ecstatic home crowd on Tuesday. Full story

China's Yang Wei crowned in men's gymnastics individual all-around event

  China's all-conquering gymnast Yang Wei won the men's all-around title with a convincing 94.575 points here Thursday at the Beijing Olympics. Full story

  Izbasa brings Romania st gymnastic gold

  Sandra Izbaza claimed the Olympic title in women's floor exercise on Sunday, the first gold won by the Romanian gymnastic team in the Beijing Olympics. Full story

 

  Hong Un-jong from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) won the Olympic title in women's vault on Sunday, bringing the country its first gymnastic gold at the Beijing Olympics.  Full story

  Liukin, Johnson one-two on women's all-around at gymnastics

  Nastia Liukin of the United States edged her compatriot Shawn Johnson to win the women's all-around after a breathtaking Olympic gymnastics competition on Friday.
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