Chinese finish one-two at women's trampoline qualification

2012-08-04 14:28:36 GMT2012-08-04 22:28:36(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

LONDON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese gymnasts He Wenna and Huang Shanshan finished top two at the women's trampoline qualifications of Olympics on Saturday, set to secure China the title they won in Beijing.

He, the defending Olympic champion and 2011 world champion, accumulated a total of 105.500 points from her two accurate and high routines.

He did a much better execution on both routines than her opponents as the only one reached 29 points in the first routine and 16-plus in the second among the 16 competitors.

The three-time Olympian Huang, 2009 world champion, followed her teammate with 104.759 points and the third place went to Tatsiana Piatrenia of Belarus, who totalled 104.755 points.

Maryna Kyiko of Ukraine failed to complete both of her routines and Russia's Victoria Voronina flopped in her second routine.

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