There were not many surprises in the first day of event finals of Asian Games, where top qualifiers won their respective event.
North Korean Hong Un-Jong won the vault final after two extremely difficult vaults, Amanar and Cheng. She was followed on the podium by Oksana Chusovitina who managed to overcome what looked like a slight injury during qualifications, to win the silver medal. While third was the world bronze medalist from 2011, Phan Thi Ha Thanh, from Vietnam. Dipa Karmakar from India placed 4th who threw the Produnova as first vault – but despite high difficulty, it seems that the execution was not sound enough to bring her a medal on the day.
In the bars final, China took top two places: Yao Jinnan won after a pretty steady routine. Huang Huidan placed 2nd; she was disappointed not necessarily with the placement as she was with the execution after two major breaks in her pirouette series. Kang Yongmi from North Korea placed third.
Here are the results:
Vault:
1 235 HONG Unjong PRK 1 6.3/ 6.4 15.349 2 254 CHUSOVITINA Oksana UZB 6.2/5.5 14.750 3 260 PHAN Thi Ha Thanh VIE 1 5.8/6.2 14.683 4 212 KARMAKAR Dipa IND 5.2/7.0 14.200 5 239 RI Unha PRK 1 5.8/5.2 13.883 6 252 ABDUSALIMOVA Dilnoza UZB 4.6/4.6 13.166 7 207 WONG Hiu Ying Angel HKG 1 5.2/5.0 13.166 8 259 DO Thi van Anh VIE 1 5.0/5.0 13.050
Bars:
1 206 YAO Jinnan CHN 6.9 15.466 2 203 HUANG Huidan CHN 6.8 14.375 3 237 KANG Yongmi PRK 6.3 13.633 4 218 YAMAMOTO Yuriko JPN 5.5 13.600 5 214 HONDA Minami JPN 5.1 13.533 6 225 EUM Dayeon KOR 5.4 13.300 7 230 YUN Narae KOR 5.5 13.125 8 235 HONG Unjong PRK 0.000 0.000
Here is the bars final:
Article: Bea Gheorghisor
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