Gymnastics: China retain men’s world title

TOKYO: Olympic gold-medallists China won a fifth straight men’s title at the world gymnastics championships, denying Japan’s bid to return to the top after 33 years. China collected 275.161 points with Japan second at 273.093. Zou Kai, the Olympics floor and high bar gold-medallist, scored 15.600 to top off China’s gold medal performance.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 13^th, 2011.