Talk about a nail-biter! 🤸♂️ On Wednesday at China’s 15th National Games in Zhaoqing, Jiangsu’s men’s gymnastics team defended their crown by scoring 328.957 points—just edging out Hunan (327.024) and leaving Zhejiang in third.
Hunan looked unstoppable after topping qualifiers, with Olympic all-around silver medalist Zhang Boheng leading a star-studded lineup including Liao Jialei and Yang Jiaxing. But Jiangsu, with veterans Sun Wei, Shi Cong, You Hao, and rising pommel horse ace Hong Yanming, were not backing down.
The competition kicked off with floor exercises, where both teams had slip-ups but stayed within a hair’s breadth of each other (just 0.1 point!). Then Hong Yanming lit up the pommel horse, scoring 14.466—the highest single-apparatus mark of the event—and gave Jiangsu a critical edge.
Hunan fought back hard, topping the parallel bars and horizontal bar rotations, but costly mistakes on vault and rings meant they couldn’t close the gap. In the end, Jiangsu’s consistency paid off, and they celebrated back-to-back golds! 🥇🔥
Fans flooded social feeds with jaw-dropping clips—perfect content for your TikTok or Insta stories! 📱✨
Whether you’re into flips, tech, or trendsetting, this showdown had it all: top-tier talent, fierce rivalries, and one epic medal chase. Stay tuned for more highlights from Zhaoqing!
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Jiangsu retains men's gymnastics team title at 15th National Games
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