RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Eleftherios Petrounias claimed the men's rings gold here on Monday at the Rio Olympic Games.
The 25-year-old gymnast earned the highest score of 16.000 points in the first final of gymnastics on Monday after a strong performance with perfect landing.
Brazilian veteran Arthur Zanetti failed to defend his title, but brought home a silver in 15.766 points, followed by Denis Abliazin of Russia in 15.700 points.
"I am feeling amazing. I am super excited," said Petrounias. "We worked a lot. We worked very much for this result. It came as I expected. I think we worked a lot in the details, to be stable. It is difficult to move, to hold all your positions a little bit more than normal. And if you have a good landing, like I had, that's how the (score of) 16 came."
2014 world champion Liu Yang of China finished fourth and his teammate You Hao ranked sixth in the final.
"My aim was to win a gold medal. So the result is disappointing," said the 21-year-old Liu, who shed tears in the mixed zone.
"The only mistake happened on the dismount and that's because I didn't have any energy left," he said.
NAIROBI Nike Air Max 90 Sale Online , July 10 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's final preparations for the London 2017 IAAF World Championships are set to begin in earnest from Monday after top athletes started trickling into their residential training camp in Nairobi.
Beijing 2015 Worlds champions, Ezekiel Kemboi (men's 3000m steeplechase) and David Rudisha (men's 800m) as well as men's 10,000m silver medallist, Geoffrey Kamworor are among the handful of athletes who made it to camp by Sunday.
Two-time Olympic champion Rudisha who is bidding for a third world title having won the two-lap crown at the Daegu 2011 edition in South Korea and China two years ago reassured on his form after an underwhelming season by his standards.
"I was worse off last year when I started and it has been so since I injured my knee three seasons ago. But I will beat it and get back to shape to defend my title in London," said Rudisha who set the 1:40.91 world record in winning the Olympics crown in London.
His teammates in the provisional team Nike Air Vapormax Sale Online , Kenya Trials winner Emmanuel Korir, Diamond League winner, Ferguson Rotich and world junior champion Kipyegon Bett were also in camp.
At the same time, three-time World Cross title winner Kamworor reiterated his desire to dethrone British distance running great Mo Farah in front of his home crowd in the men's 10,000m re-match.
"We have been so predictable and during the Olympics in Rio Nike Air Max 2017 Sale Online , we came close and he even acknowledged the same. Now we need to polish up a few tricks and take it to him head on. We can't continue playing second fiddle," said Kamworor.
Beijing bronze winner, Paul Tanui-who trailed Farah across the line for the second medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics-and fourth place finisher Bedan Karoki will partner Kamworor in the 25-lap race.
Athletics Kenya had given athletes selected in the team a Sunday deadline to report to the residential camp but some of the star athletes ran at the London Diamond League meeting over the weekend.
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HOUSTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Houston Nike Air Max 2018 Sale Online , the fourth largest city in the United States, will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in November this year.
Wea H. Lee, chairman of the Southern News Group, a leading Asian media group located in Houston, told a press conference Wednesday that his group will hold a ""World War II 70th Anniversary and Celebration of Diversity & World Peace"" event in Minute Maid Park.
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U.S. Congressman Al Green Air Vapormax Sale Online , who witnessed the signing of an agreement between the Southern News Group and Minute Maid Park, praised the group for holding the event.
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Located in downtown Houston, Minute Maid Park Air Max 2017 Sale Online , home to the Houston Astros baseball team, can seat more than 40,000 visitors.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May (Xinhua file photo)
LONDON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May gave her clearest indication so far on Monday that Britain would be prepared to leave the European Union with no deal.
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