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Chinese gymnast He kexin claims the women's uneven bars title with 16.725 points at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, August 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]
China's He Kexin clinched the uneven bars gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Monday.
He, who had the same score of 16.725 points with runner-up Nastia Liukin from the United States, claimed the title under a tie-break rule.
He's teammate Yang Yilin settled for bronze in 16.650 points.
It's host China's seventh gymnastics gold medal at the Beijing Games.
He, who almost failed to make the final when she fell from the bar in qualifications, did not let her second chance slip.
The 16-year-old, who took to the floor first, impressed the judges with difficult connections and dazzling tumbling, on difficulty of 7.7 points.
Nastia Liukin, 18, the all-around Olympic gold medallist at the Beijing Games, picked her third silver medal at the Games, following one for floor exercise and one for team event.
Yang, who entered the final in first place, won the bronze with the same difficulty score as He and Liukin, but lower execution mark.
"It's He Kexin's first Olympics. She did a wonderful job as she had the best composition of maneuvers, a very high difficulty score," said Lu Shanzhen, coach of the Chinese women's team.
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