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China extend dominance from Cheng's vault gold

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Oct. 21 - China extended their superiority all through the championships starting from Cheng Fei's vault¹ gold on Friday following their two team's honors and men's all-around at the gymnastics world championships in Aarhus of Denmark.

Cheng spearheaded China's sweep of gold of the night by earning an average score of 15.712 points after two vaults² to eclipse Alicia Sacramone of the United States, the silver taker with 15.325, and Germany's 31-year-old evergreen³ Oksana Chusovitina, the third with 15.100. All three medallists from the 2005 Melbourne worlds again reach the podium.

"I changed my plan when I just came to vault as the last to perform. My coach told me to give up the two and half twisting instead to pick up the two twisting, so I think my coach don't like me to venture. When I prepared to start the second vault, all the spectators applauded me to wait for the jump named after me. I thank them for cheering up for me and I am so happy to win again," said Cheng.

"I felt it is one of my best vaults and I am really pleased I'm getting better and better," said Sacramone.

"Sticks are hard to do, I'm working on it though. I want to work on better blocks up the horse and landings."

Sacramone became just the second U.S. woman to claim a world silver in vault after Brandy Johnson finished second in 1989.

Chusovitina won her first world medal after being granted nationality of Germany earlier this month after previously⁴ competing for Uzbekistan.

"I am a very special gymnast. I win medals for three different countries, Soviet⁵ Union first and Uzbekistan second and now it's Germany. I want to thank those who helped me when I was in trouble for my son's illness, so I am so eager to win for Germany," Chusovitina said.

"I am strong and I could possibly compete in London Olympics," Chusovitina said jokingly. "I think the young gymnasts should be afraid of me. I got a family and has a seven-year-old son and I have everything now."

China have swept six golds out of nine on offer by now and have the Chinese anthem⁶ sound up all through the championships.

China's Xiao Qin managed to defend his pommel horse title with superb swirling⁷ and steady landing before his teammate in team gold Chen Yibing was crowned the lord of rings in the strongmen's apparatus⁸.

The only setback⁹ for China is Zhang Nan, the beam leading qualifier, injured herself in training and could probably miss the final on Saturday.

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1 vault
n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室
参考例句：
The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。 The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

2 vaults
n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 )；地下室；撑物跳高；墓穴
参考例句：
It was deposited in the vaults of a bank. 它存在一家银行的保险库里。来自《简明英汉词典》 They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 evergreen
n.常青树；adj.四季常青的
参考例句：
Some trees are evergreen;they are called evergreen.有的树是常青的，被叫做常青树。 There is a small evergreen shrub on the hillside.山腰上有一小块常绿灌木丛。

4 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。 Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 Soviet
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
参考例句：
Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。 Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

6 anthem
n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌
参考例句：
All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。 As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

7 swirling
v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。来自辞典例句

8 apparatus
n.装置，器械；器具，设备
参考例句：
The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机。 They had a very refined apparatus.他们有一套非常精良的设备。

9 setback
n.退步，挫折，挫败
参考例句：
Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。 She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

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