China ends the U.S. women's seven-year reign at the gymnastics world championships
The AP story shows how one rotation on a 4-inch beam swung a world title by 0.233 points.
China won the women's team final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam on Wednesday, Oct. 21, scoring 165.764 to the United States' 165.531, the AP reports. It ends a U.S. run of seven straight world team titles that began in 2011, and it is China's first world team gold since 2006.
The Americans led by nearly two points after vault and uneven bars. China then took over on balance beam, where Zhang Qingying's 15.066 was the top score of the day on any event, and a U.S. fall on a beam dismount opened a lead of more than two points heading into floor.
Japan took bronze, its first world championships podium in 60 years, according to the AP. The U.S. team was largely made up of athletes in their first worlds.
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Balance beam
After exploring China slips by the U.S. to earn gold in the women's team final at the world gymnastics championships | National | gazettextra.com, for the apparatus that decided it, see Balance beam.
The balance beam is both an apparatus and an event in artistic gymnastics, and is performed competitively only by women.
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