Curtains come down on 2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup
DOHA, March 25, 2018-Three gold medallists emerged in a thrilling finish in the women's floor title at the 11th FIG Artistic Individual Apparatus World Cup Aspire Dome on Saturday.
Axelle Klinckaert of Belgium, Elisa Meneghini of Italy and North Korea's Kim Su Jong each scored 13.333 in the final. The trio shared the podium with their gold medals as there was no silver or bronze medals awarded. Italy's Lara Mori finished fourth with 13.266 points.
Zou Jingyuan of China saved the best on the final day when he not only won the men's parallel bar gold, but also pipped All-Around world champion and compatriot Xiao Routeng to second place. It was his second gold as he followed a pommel horse win on Thursday and picked a bronze in rings.
The 20-year old won in a Chinese 1-2 with a score of 16.200 easily beating teammate Xiao Ruoteng's total of 15.233. He had won the title in the same apparatus at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, Canada, last year.
Turkey's Ferhat Arican took another bronze medal with 15.166.
But Xiao, who was not in his best elements in Doha, had a bad fall in the evening's last event -- horizontal bar to end up eighth.
Croatian Tin Srbic bagged the title (14.800) followed by USA's Marvin Kimble (14.533) and China's Deng Shudi (14.500).
Meanwhile, Igor Radivilov picked up his second gold in as many events at the Doha event.
The 25-year-old, who became Ukraine's first medal-winner at the 2012 Olympics after the fall of the mighty Soviet Union, collected 14.599 points for his effort.
"It was quite satisfying to win two gold medals here in my maiden visit. I'm happy with my performances," Radivilov said.
China's Qu Ruiyang almost challenged the Ukrainian, but had to be content with silver (14.566) while Ferhat finished third (14.533).
In the women's competition, France made it one-two when Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (13.933) and Marine Boyer (13.466) won the gold and silver in the balance beam final.
Belgium's Nina Derwael, who won the uneven bars on Friday, came third (13.400).
The floor exercise was intensely competed and was shared by Belgium's Axelle Klinckaert, Italy's Elisa Meneghini and People Republic of Korea's Kim Su Jong after all three finished on an identical 13.333 points.
The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary-General Jassim al-Buenain highlighted the success of the event in its 11th edition.
The QOC Secretary-General stressed that the event featured the participation of gymnasts from 39 countries.
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