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Sports / China
Crash, bang, gold for Yang Wei at worlds
(AP)
Updated: 2007-09-08 00:06
STUTTGART, Germany?- China's Yang Wei lost his grip on the high bar,
landed with a thud on the mat and rolled completely off, his coach
scampering wildly toward him to make sure he wasn't hurt.
Yang Wei of China releases the rings during his competition in the men's
individual all-around final at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics
Championships in Stuttgart September 7, 2007. [Reuters]
What a way to sew up another world championship.
China's best gymnast was so good Friday that not even a ghastly mistake
to close the meet could derail his road to becoming only the second male
gymnast to win back-to-back world titles.
Yang scored 93.675 points to beat Fabian Hambuechen, who is quickly
becoming Germany's next megastar, by 1.475 points.
Hisashi Mizutori of Japan was the surprise bronze medalist and Jonathan
Horton of the United States finished fourth, only .2 points away from a
medal.
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