In a sentence, the Chinese continue to set themselves up extremely well for Beijing. Remember the days when the Chinese showed flashes of brilliance but severe inconsistency? They’re gone.
Balance Beam
1. Xiao Sha CHN 16.125
2. Li Shanshan CHN 15.325
3. Sandra Izbasa ROU 15.300
3. Oksana Chusovitina GER 15.300
5. Adela Sajn SLO 15.075
6. Katja Abel GER 14.825
7. Steliana Nistor ROU 14.625
8. Sanne Wevers NED 14.300
Women’s Floor Exercise
1. Sandra Izbasa ROU 15.300
2. Jade Barbosa BRA 14.625
3. Xiao Sha CHN 14.500
4. Daiane Dos Santos BRA 14.350
5. Yasmin Zimmermann SUI 14.150
6. Anastasia Koval UKR 14.125
7. Katja Abel GER 13.950
8. Anna Myzdrikova RUS 13.725
Men’s Vault
1. Alexander Yakubovsky UKR 16.300
2. Andrei Isayev UKR 15.937
2. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15.937
4. Luis Rivera PUR 15.875
5. Nathan Gaifuk CAN 15.850
6. Tomas Gonzales CHI 15.650
7. Marcel Nguyen GER 15.450
8. Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 15.175
Parallel Bars
1. Li Xiaopeng 16.250 CHN
2. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15.825
3. Samuel Piasecky SVK 15.550
4. Alexander Tsarevich BLR 15.525
5. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 15.175
6. Vasileios Tsolakidis GRE 15.000
7. Adam Kierzkowsi POL 14.650
8. Kevin Tan USA 13.700
High Bar
1. Zou Kai CHN 16.050
2. Vlasios Maras GRE 16.000
3. Li Xiaopeng CHN 15.975
4. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15.550
5. Nikolai Kuksenkov UKR 15.450
6. Timur Kuzmin RUS 15.025
7. Martin Konecny CZE 14.650
8. Yevgeny Bogonosyuk UKR 13.675
April 14, 2008 at 1:11 am |
Remember the days when the Chinese showed flashes of brilliance but severe inconsistency? They’re gone.
Hmmm…
Which part is gone? Hahahaha…
The world is perhaps over-realistic, sad to say.
April 14, 2008 at 2:04 am |
Pressure is not great at a World Cup meet.
Wait until the Team Finals at the Olympics. That will be suffocating, I think, for the young Chinese girls.
The Americans will be much better psychologically prepared to handle it.
HEY, going to the shortened lead-in on posts are you? (I might be experimenting with it on some Gymnastics Coaching posts soon.)