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5 December 2006 - Day 5
China’s Chen Yibing and Yang Wei tied for gold in the men’s rings competition
Share and share alike
It’s all about sharing. That way, everyone’s a winner. In gymnastics there were two events where athletes crowded together at the top of the podium to receive a gold medal.
In the men’s pommel horse, three athletes shared gold: Japan’s Hiroyuki Tomita of Japan, Kim Soo Myun of Korea and Jo Jong Chol of DPR Korea.
Then it happened again. Incredibly, China’s Chen Yibing and Yang Wei tied for gold in the men’s rings with identical, and very high, scores of 16.575.
But it wasn’t all about sharing. It was day for getting wet, too. Rowing and swimming continued apace, and sailing made its Games debut. And in the rowing, there wasn’t much sharing going on. Rowing champions China won all but one of the semifinals their crews contested in today's afternoon session at West Bay Lagoon; veteran Japanese sculler Daisaku Takeda took top spot in the semifinal of the lightweight single sculls.
China’s Chen Yibing and Yang Wei tied for gold in the men’s rings competitionIt’s all about sharing. That way, everyone’s a winner. In gymnastics there were two events where athletes crowded together at the top of the podium to receive a gold medal.
In the men’s pommel horse, three athletes shared gold: Japan’s Hiroyuki Tomita of Japan, Kim Soo Myun of Korea and Jo Jong Chol of DPR Korea.
Then it happened again. Incredibly, China’s Chen Yibing and Yang Wei tied for gold in the men’s rings with identical, and very high, scores of 16.575.
But it wasn’t all about sharing. It was day for getting wet, too. Rowing and swimming continued apace, and sailing made its Games debut. And in the rowing, there wasn’t much sharing going on. Rowing champions China won all but one of the semifinals their crews contested in today's afternoon session at West Bay Lagoon; veteran Japanese sculler Daisaku Takeda took top spot in the semifinal of the lightweight single sculls.
In sepaktakraw, too, Thailand wasn’t in the mood to share and their teams marched into the finals with comfortable wins over Myanmar and China respectively at the Al-Sadd Sports Club. It means they will face their arch-rivals Malaysia in the men’s final, creating a clash of the titans.
The day saw, too, a reversal of the traditional Japanese dominance in judo, the sport they gave to the world. In today’s four finals, the Japanese secured one gold. Japan’s Tatsuaki Egusa won the lightweight final against Korean opponent Cho Nam Suk.
But it was to China that fans must look for leadership in the sport. In all, China won five gold Judo medals, two of them at today’s events, the women’s -48kg and women’s open. It was China’s day, again, in badminton where they won both the men’s and women’s team badminton final.
So it wasn’t all about sharing among the athletes, but even so, when world class athletes meet and compete in a game bid for sporting glory then, really, everyone’s a winner.
The day saw, too, a reversal of the traditional Japanese dominance in judo, the sport they gave to the world. In today’s four finals, the Japanese secured one gold. Japan’s Tatsuaki Egusa won the lightweight final against Korean opponent Cho Nam Suk.
But it was to China that fans must look for leadership in the sport. In all, China won five gold Judo medals, two of them at today’s events, the women’s -48kg and women’s open. It was China’s day, again, in badminton where they won both the men’s and women’s team badminton final.
So it wasn’t all about sharing among the athletes, but even so, when world class athletes meet and compete in a game bid for sporting glory then, really, everyone’s a winner.
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