Doha, March 4 (Xinhua) — China’s gymnast Liu Yang returned from accidents to seize the gold medal within the males’s rings on the International Gymnastics Federation’s World Cup right here on Friday.
After qualifying for the ultimate on prime, Liu simply pocketed the gold with a rating of 15.366 factors with each the very best execution and issue factors.
Opening with a pair of fantastic inverted crosses and routinely exhibiting a number of tough strikes, Liu repeated his trademark neck-rolling whereas performing an iron cross power maintain, like he did on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The Tokyo Olympic champion suffered accidents final yr and had by no means stood on a world pitch after the Tokyo Olympics. After clinching the gold as anticipated, he wrote on social media: “So excited to hear the national anthem. I’m back!”
This can be the primary gold medal of China in Doha as Qiu Qiyuan positioned sixth in uneven bars, Chen Zhilong and Yin Dehang completed eighth in ground train and pommel horse respectively on the identical day.