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UPDATED: August-19-2008  
He Kexin of China Picks Uneven Bars Gold
 
 

He Kexin during the competition

China's He Kexin clinched the uneven bars gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Monday.

He, who scored the same 16.725 points with the runner-up Nastia Liukin of the United States, claimed the title under a tie-break rule.

He and Liukin started with the same difficulty value of 7.7 points, the second highest in the competition.

Under the tie-break rule, if two gymnasts earn the same score on a same difficulty value, then the average of the three lowest of the 4 counting B-jury deductions will be applied, instead of the average of 4 B-jury deductions.

He's teammate Yang Yilin settled for the bronze in 16.650 points.

It's the host country's seventh gymnastics gold medal at the ongoing Games.

"She (He) was great. She won the gold medal and she did an excellent job," said Liukin, who said the competition was a close one as she and the two Chinese girls all had the difficulty value of 7.7 points.

Winning a silver medal was also "a good ending" as it's an Olympic medal of which she was proud, said the 18-year-old who needs another Olympic gold medal to tie with her father, a former gymnastics world champion.

(L-R) Silver medallist Nastia Liukin of the U.S., gold medallist He Kexin of China, and bronze medallist Yang Yilin of China at the award ceremony

(Xinhua News Agency August 18, 2008)


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