China Wins at Gymnastics Championships
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STUTTGART, Germany -- China powered their way to another men's gymnastics world championship Thursday, and now the questions are: Can anyone catch them in time for the Olympics in Beijing, and if so, how?
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After two days of gloom, China was back on the winning rails on Thursday with Liu Chunhong winning a weightlifting title on her record-shattering binge and its shuttlers contributing two golds in the cliff-hanging finals.
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After 12 days of stressful and exhausting competition, China came out as the No 1 power at the 2004 Paralympic Games. With a total of 141 medals, 63 of them gold, China emerged as the dominant force at the Games in Athens.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - The Chinese duo of Wang Nan and Zhang Yining overpowered Seok Eun Mi and Lee Eun Sil in a four-set sweep to win the gold medal on Friday at the Olympics.
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Reliving its glory days as a gymnastics power, Japan captured the men&#39;s team gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Monday.
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China embraced its first volleyball Olympic title in 20 years, beating Russia 3-2 in the women&#39;s final in Athens on Saturday. After trailing two sets down, China came from behind to trounce Russia 28-30, 25-27, 25-20, 25-23 and 15-12 to claim the title.
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ATHENS, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- World championships third-placers Japan took a sweet revenge on Monday to claim the men&#39;s gymnasticsteam title at the Athens Olympics with a total score of 173.821 points.
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World champion Evgeni Plushenko and former world champion Irina Slutskaya regained Grand Prix Final titles Saturday while a Chinese pair won before home fans.
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With his medal hopes all but gone after he hit the judges' table on his vault landing, Paul Hamm performed two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win the men's all-around gymnastics title by the closest Olympics margin ever.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - American gymnasts dominated the women's events at the world championships this week to give China a clear message that they have plenty of work to do if they want to win Olympic golds on home soil next year.
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Former world champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China won won the short program at Skate Canada with 66.48 points Thursday night.
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China underlined their gold medal  ambitions in Olympic women's volleyball on Sunday, clinching  top spot in Pool B with a straight sets win over Russia.
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Ping Zhang had 25 points yesterday as China came from two sets down to beat Russia for the gold medal in Olympic women&#39;s volleyball.
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Chinese gymnast Wang Yan is making a "truly miraculous" recovery after breaking her neck in a horrific fall at last month's national championships and has regained some ability to move her arm and legs, according to newspaper reports Thursday.
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China turned out a great surprise in the 12-day-long 12th Paralympic Games which closed here on Tuesday, topping the gold medal tally with 63.
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The American men answered their critics who said they were lucky to qualify for the Beijing Olympics by finishing fourth yesterday at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany. If not for two falls off the high bar, the United States would have been the bronze medalist. China breezed to its third consecutive title â and seventh in the past eight world championships â by an almost 5-point margin. Japan took the silver and Germany the bronze, 1.25 points ahead of the Americans.
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China&#39;s Wang Xu captured gold in the 72-kilogram category, defeating Russian Gouzel Maniourova in the final Monday. Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan took the bronze.