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American Carly Patterson (C) wins the gold of Women's Individual All-Around Gymnastics Final, Khorkina (L) gets silver and China's Zhang Nan wins bronze (R). (Xinhua photo/ Lan Hongguang)
Zhang Nan on the balance peam (sohu photo)
China's Zhang Nan, the 2003 world bronze medalist, garnered the women's individual all -around gymnastics bronze with 38.049 points at the Athens Olympics Thursday (Aug.19).
The bronze was the first medal pocketed by the Chinese gymnastics team at the Athens Olympics, where China, a traditional gym powerhouse, finished fifth in the men's team, seventh in the women's team and seventh in the men's individual all-around.
Carly Patterson of the US waves from the shoulders of her coach Evgeny Marchenko after winning the Women's Individual All-Around Gymnastics Final in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Olympic Games in Athens. [Reuters]
American Carly Patterson, runner-up in the 2003 Worlds, took gold medal with 38.387 points.
Patterson made the U.S. gymnastics team collect both the men's and women's all-around titles in Athens. Paul Hamm became men's all-around winner on Thursday.
Suffering a dim start on vault with only 9.375 points, Patterson 16, rallied from the uneven bars on which she earned 9.575 points.
The American consolidated her advantage from the beam with a night-high 9.725 points against runner-up Russian veteran Svetlana Khorkina on the last apparatus of floor exercise.
As the last performer for the floor, which is her strong event, Patterson showed full confidence in her routine with stuck landings. And she eventually got the event-high 9.712 points.
Khorkina performing in the floor exercise (xinhua photo/Zhao Yingxin)
Khorkina, triple world and European all-around champion and twice Olympic champion on the uneven bars, also displayed her good form tonight but she was unlucky to meet an even better American.
Khorkina, 25, who was definitely in her last Olympic tour, finished second with 38.211 points.
On her strongest event of the uneven bars, the Russian veteran scored 9.725 points, also the game high. However, a wobble on the beam smashed her hope for clinching the gold, which she wanted mostly.
Editor: Lin Shujun
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