With four of 10 gold medals, China was the most successful country at the Ghent World Cup, which concluded Sunday in Belgium.
Former World champions Zhang Hongtao (pommel horse) and Wang Guanyin (parallel bars) easily won their specialties, while triple Olympic gold medalist Zou Kai made a successful comeback after almost a year off the international stage, winning high bar and placing second on floor with a super difficult new routine.
Zou, who made his reputation as a twister, opened on floor with a double-twisting double layout and also added a double layout dismount, according to quick hits provided courtesy of The All Around Gymnastics News.
Brazil, with gold medals on men's floor and women's vault, also had a fantastic competition. Diego Hypolito, too injured to compete at last year's World Championships, made a successful return to international competition in Ghent, opening on floor with a whip to Arabian double pike and showing off his unusual twisting capacity (1.5 to Randi; 2.5 to immediate front double full) and beautiful form.
On vault, World bronze medalist Jade Barbosa won the title over Israel's Valeriia Maksiuta and fellow countrywoman Adrian Gomez.
Tiny Wu Liufang, the Chinese women's alternate for the 2010 World Championships, flip flopped her way to the title on beam (roundoff, layout to two feet, switch ring, front aerial, bhs, layout, side somie, double pike) after first-day leader Viktoria Komova came off on her layout series.
It was a great meet for Wu, who also earned silver on floor (front double full, 1.5 to front pike, double pike) and bronze on uneven bars, behind Komova and teammate Jiang Yuyuan.
The question for the Chinese now will be whether they opt to take one-event gymansts like Wang and Zhang to Tokyo as they look to defend their World team title. Both are obviously capable of challenging for World titles on their best events but are unlikely to the team score on the other five.
Ukraine's Mariya Livchikova, a first-year senior, maintained her lead on floor exercise from preliminaries to win her first major international title, ahead of Wu and former World floor champion Daiane dos Santos. Livchikova also earned silver on women's balance beam.
Ukraine's Igor Radivilov (vault) and Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece (still rings) also maintained their leads from the preliminary round to gold in event finals.
Full results from the final day of competition are pasted below. Videos: Check out Youtube user DrMtzLizama's channel here.
Women's floor:
1.Mariya Livchikova 14.375
2.Wu Liufang 13.650
3.Daiane dos Santos 13.424
4.Darya Elizarova 13.350
5.Maria Paseka 13.175
6.Jonna Adlerteg 13.125
7.Gaelle Mys 13.025
8.Jian Yuyuan 12.025
Women's beam:
1.Wu Liufang 14.975
2.Mariya Livchikova 14.625
3.Stefani Bismpikou 13.950
3.Luisa Galiulina 13.950
5.Victoria Komova 13.850
6.Tatiana Solovyova 13.325
7.Valeria Maksyuta 13.175
8.Vasiliki Millousi 11.575
Women's bars:
1.Victoria Komova 15.650
2.Jiang Yuyuan 15.375
3.Wu Liufang 15.350
4.Jonna Adlerteg 14.025
5.Stefani Bismpikou 13.600
6.Yana Demyanchuk 13.050
7.Vasiliki Millousi 12.850
8.Ida Gustafsson 12.800
Women's vault:
1.Jade Barbosa (BRA)
2.Valeria Maksyuta (ISR)
3.Adrian Gomes (BRA)4.Dorina Boczogo (HUN)
5.Alexa Moreno (MEX)
6.Maria Paseka (RUS)
7.Angel Wong (HKG)
8.Alina Fomenko (UKR) 13.437
Men's floor:
1.Diego Hypólito 15.950
2.Zou Kai 15.750
3.Eleftherios Kosmidis 15.400
4.Alexander Shatilov 15.350
5.Andrey Cherkasov 14.975
6.Rok Klavora 14.375
7.Fabian González 13.725
8.Jimmy Verbaeys 13.575
Men's pommel:
1.Zhang Hongtao 15.725
2.Krisztian Berki 15.350
3.Sergio Muñoz 14.700
4.Daulet Narmetov 14.425
5.Donna Donny Truyens 14.275
6.Dimitry Stolyarov 13.975
7.Daniel Corral 13.750
8.Saso Bertoncelj 13.425
Men's rings:
1.Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
2.Luo Xuan (CHN)
3.Yuri Van Gelder (NED)
4.Arthur Zanetti (BRA)
5.Ali Al Asi (JOR)
6.Iván San Miguel (ESP)
7.Giuhua Liao (CHN)
8.Federico Molinari (ARG)
Men's vault:
1.Igor Radivilov 16.162
2.Anton Golotsutskov 16.150
3.Diego Hypólito 16.075
4.Jeffrey Wammes 15.900
5.Tomi Tuuha 15.887
6.Isaac Botella 15.662
7.Oleksandr Yakubovskiy 15.475
8.Petrus Laulumaa 14.500
Men's parallel bars:
1.Wang Guanyin 16.150
2.Mitja Petkovsek 15.775
3.Vasileios Tsolakidis 15.725
3.Anton Fokin 15.725
5.Adam Kierzkowski 15.250
6.Oleg Stepko 15.225
7.Roman Kulesza 14.850
8.Manuel Campos 14.025
Men's high bar:
1.Zou Kai 16.300
2.Nicolas Cordoba 15.425
3.Sergio Muñoz 14.750
4.Giuhua Liao 14.700
4.Marco Baldauf 14.700
6.Fabian Leimlehner 14.600
7.Fabian Gonzalez 13.600
8.Jayden Bull 12.475
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