Cheng Takes Two Golds

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Chinese superstar Cheng Fei won two gold medals, but Japan's Makoto Okiguchi interrupted the host nation's golden streak on the first day of apparatus finals at the "Good Luck Beijing" tournament, held Saturday at the site of next year's Olympic Games.

Cheng opted not to perform maximum difficulty, but still won her two best events comfortably. On floor exercise, she opened with a piked full-in and dismounted with a 2 1/2 twist to top Americans Bridget Sloan and Chellsie Memmel.

Cheng, the only woman in history to win three world titles on vault, competed a Yurchenko double-full and a Yurchenko half-on, layout front half off. Second was North Korea's Hong Su Jong, who also watered down from her usual difficulty, performing a Yurchenko double-full and a Yurchenko half-on, piked front half off. Great Britain's Marissa King won the bronze.

Okiguchi won the floor title in a tie break with Canada's Brandon O'Neill. Top qualifier Fabian Hambüchen of Germany won the bronze. No Chinese men qualified to the floor final.

Lu Bin brought China its third gold of the day and fifth overall by winning pommel horse. Korea's Kim Soo Myun won the silver ahead of top qualifier Daniel Popescu (Romania).

Spread over three days, the event finals format mirrors that of next year's Olympic Games. Competition continues Sunday with the men's still rings and vault and the women's uneven bars.

For more results plus video, photos and more, visit the official event Web site: http://www.gymnastics2007.org.cn

2007 "Good Luck Beijing" International Invitational
Dec. 1, Beijing

Women's Vault
1. Cheng Fei CHN 15.150
2. Hong Su Jong PRK 14.450
3. Marissa King GBR 14.187
4. Ariella Käslin SUI 14.075
5. Anastasia Marachkovskaya BLR 14.037
6. Jana Sikulova CZE 13.687
7. Kristina Vaculik CAN 13.500

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Cheng Fei CHN 15.275
2. Bridget Sloan USA 14.925
3. Chellsie Memmel USA 14.725
4. Dasha Joura AUS 14.625
5. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 14.600
6. Lia Parolari ITA 14.100
7. Federica Macri ITA 13.925
8. Svetlana Klyukina RUS 13.425

Men's Floor Exercise
1. Makoto Okiguchi JPN 15.800
2. Brandon O'Neill CAN 15.800
3. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15.750
4. Razvan Selariu ROM 15.700
5. Dmitry Gogotov RUS 15.575
6. Gael da Silva FRA 15.025
7. Kohei Uchimura JPN 15.000
8. David Sender USA 14.650

Pommel Horse
1. Lu Bin CHN 15.575
2. Kim Soo Myun KOR 15.100
3. Daniel Popescu ROM 15.050
4. Flavius Koczi ROM 14.950
5. Lu Bo CHN 14.925
6. Yosuku Hoshi JPN 14.725
7. Kim Ji Hoon KOR 13.700
8. Dmitry Barkalov RUS 12.775