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LONDON – A year later and half a world away, China is still the team to beat. The Chinese won three more titles at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday, giving them a total of six. That's as many as the other 70 countries won – combined. Their total of nine medals was tops, too. It might just be a preview for the next big gymnastics meet in London, the 2012 Olympics, which will be held at the very same O2 Arena. Wang Guanyin won the gold on parallel bars, while Zou Kai added a world title to his Olympic gold medal on high bar. Beth Tweddle gave the home crowd a thrill by winning gold on floor exercise, the second world title for Britain's most beloved gymnast. Marian Dragulescu of Romania won the vault. The Americans won just one medal Sunday, a bronze on balance beam by Ivana Hong, who trains at Plano's World Olympic Gymnastics Academy. They leave with five, all by the women. "I'm not upset at all," said national champion Jon Horton, who struggled in the all-around and then fell off high bar Sunday. "I'll be better for it. There's nothing like completely falling on your face at a meet, particularly one like this, to pick yourself up and go, 'Holy cow.' " Rebecca Bross, who also trains at WOGA, finished fifth on floor exercise, and Houston's Jonathan Horton was eighth on high bar. (at London) SUNDAY'S RESULTS INDIVIDUAL EVENT FINALS MEN VAULT 1. Marian Dragulescu, Romania, 16.575 2. Flavius Koczi, Romania, 16.337 3. Anton Golotsutskov, Russia, 16.287 4. Matthias Fahrig, Germany, 15.850 5. Thomas Bouhail, France, 15.775 6. Isaac Botella Perez, Spain, 15.650 6. Ri Se Gwang, North Korea, 15.650 8. jeffrey Wammes, Netherlands, 15.425 PARALLEL BARS 1. Wang Guanyin, China, 15.975 2. Feng Zhe, China, 15.775 3. Kazuhito Tanaka, Japan, 15.500 4. Vasileios Tsolakidis, Greece, 15.350 5. Yoo Won-chul, South Korea, 15.300 6. Epke Zonderland, Netherlands, 15.125 7. Pham Phuoc Hung, Vietnam, 14.475 8. Adam Kierzkowski, Poland, 14.325 HIGH BAR 1. Zou Kai, China, 16.150 2. Epke Zonderland, Netherlands, 15.825 3. Igor Cassina, Italy, 15.625 4. Danell Leyva, Miami, 15.600 5. Aljaz Pegan, Slovenia, 15.500 6. Kohei Uchimura, Japan, 15.175 7. Aleksandr Tsarevich, Belarus, 14.375 8. Jonathan Horton, Houston, 13.250 BALANCE BEAM 1. Deng Linlin, China, 15.000 2. Lauren Mitchell, Australia, 14.875 3. Ivana Hong, Allen, 14.550 4. Kim Un-hyang, North Korea, 14.450 5. Elisabetta Preziosa, Italy, 14.200 6. Koko Tsurumi, Japan, 14.100 7. Ana Porgras, Romania, 13.425 8. Yang Yilin, China, 13.125 FLOOR 1. Elizabeth Tweddle, Britain, 14.650 2. Lauren Mitchell, Australia, 14.550 3. Sui Lu, China, 14.300 4. Anna Myzdrikova, Russia, 14.275 5. Rebecca Bross, Plano, 14.125 5. Ana Porgras, Romania, 14.125 7. Deng Linlin, China, 13.875 8. Jessica Gil Ortiz, Colombia, 2.975 WOGA takes five medals from world gymnastics championships
12:08 AM CDT on Monday, October 19, 2009