China wins men's team title in gymnastics worlds

 　　TOKYO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- China won the men's team gold medal of the gymnastics world championships for the fifth time in a row Wednesday, holding off host Japan and the United States, which took the second and third place.

　　China, the 2008 Beijing Olympic champions, scored 275.161 points, outperforming Japan's 273.093 and 273.083 of the United States.

　　Ranking third in the qualification round, China and Japan were neck-to-neck until the last rotation¹, when Japan's Yusuke Tanaka and Kohei Uchimura both fell from the horizontal² bar, while China's Zhang Chenglong and Zou Kai put on a flawless performance on the floor.

　　"We come here for the gold medal, but we are also prepared for a tough fight with Japan on their turf," Zou said, "...if the second-last Japanese had not fell from the bar, I would have huge pressure as the last one to perform on the floor."

　　Chinese specialists also scored highest in five of the six events. The team's leader Chen Haibin topped the rings with 15.466, Teng Haibin led in the pommel with 15.233, and Zhang Chenglong, contributing a highest 65.533 to the total, also scored a highest 16.200 in the horizontal bar.

　　"We are lagging³ behind Japan after the first four rotations⁴, but we are prepared for an adverse⁵ situation, so I and Zou Kai chose to perform a more difficult horizontal bar," said Zhang.

　　China have won the past four world men's titles since 2006. Last year they won half of the six men's individual event golds.

　　"The 2012 London Olympics will begin to apply the new 5-3-3 format⁶ in the final round, which will be a new challenge for every team," said Chinese team coach Huang Yubin.

1 rotation   

n.旋转；循环，轮流

参考例句：

• Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.农作物轮作有助于防止水土流失。
• The workers in this workshop do day and night shifts in weekly rotation.这个车间的工人上白班和上夜班每周轮换一次。

2 horizontal   

adj.与地平线平行的，平的，水平的

参考例句：

• The lake has a horizontal surface.湖面呈水平状。
• On a map there are horizontal lines and vertical lines.在地图上有水平的线和垂直的线。

3 lagging   

n.绝缘层材料v.走得极慢，落后( lag的现在分词 )；给（管道等）加防冻保暖层

参考例句：

• We are lagging far behind our European competitors in using new technology. 我们在使用新技术方面远远落后于我们的欧洲对手。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Why is this country lagging behind in the development of space technology? 这个国家为什么在航天技术的发展方面落在人家后面？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 rotations   

旋转( rotation的名词复数 )； 转动； 轮流； 轮换

参考例句：

• Farmers traditionally used long-term rotations of hay, pasture, and corn. 农民以往长期实行干草、牧草和玉米轮作。
• The crankshaft makes three rotations for each rotation of the rotor. 转子每转一周，曲轴转3周。

5 adverse   

adj.不利的；有害的；敌对的，不友好的

参考例句：

• He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
• The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。

6 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。