体坛英语新闻：Chinese gymnasts sweep 7 golds at Stuttgart World Cup

    Cheng Fei, captain of ladies' team, swept all three participating events, namely, vault, balance beam and floor exercise.

    Another Chinese gym lady He Ning took the uneven bars gold while three Chinese guys, namely, Zhang Hongtao, Yan Mingyong and Feng Zhe, topped pommel horse, rings and parallel bars respectively.

    The Chinese team also got two bronzes in floor exercise and balance beam thanks to Yang Yilin, an all-around Olympic bronze medalist.

    Speaking to the press conference, Cheng Fei said she was "satisfied" with her performance in Stuttgart.

    "I came here to test my training after the Beijing Olympics, the results are good, I'm very satisfied," she said.

    Zhang Hongtao, Yan Mingyong and Feng Zhe, who belong to China's second national team, also said they were content with their performance in Stuttgart.

    Chinese coach Liu Qunlin told Xinhua that her gymnasts had shown high-level spirit and performance in Stuttgart.

    "After the Beijing Olympic Games, we haven't conduct systematic training, the boys and girls are in the process of recovering," she said.

    "Anyhow, they did very well," she added.

    Liu said the last task of the Chinese team this year is to compete at the World Cup final in Madrid of Spain next month.

    "I hope they will do better," she said.

    For other three gold medals of the tournament were shared by German gymnastic icon Fabian Hambuechen, who were dominant in horizontal bar and floor exercise, and French gymnast Thomas Bouhail, a silver vault medalist at the Beijing Olympics in August.