NEW YORK – Ivan Ivankov of Belarus won his second gold and fourth medal of the 1998 Goodwill Games with his victory in high bar, China claimed its first gold medal of the Games and Russia’s Alina Kabayeva took the all-around gold in rhythmic gymnastics in competition held at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Thursday evening.
Individual Event Finals
Women’s Rhythmic Gymnastics All-Around
1, Alina Kabayeva, Russia, 39.781. 2, Yelena Vitrichenko, Ukraine, 39.657. 3, Yevgeniya Pavlina, BLR, 39.640. 4, Teodora Alexandrova, BUL, 39.433. 5, Asel Mustafina, Russia, 39.241. 6, Tamara Yerofeyeva, Ukraine, 39.199. 7, Edita Schaufler, Germany, 39.161. 8, Kate Jeffress, Rockville, Md., 38.782
Men’s Parallel Bars
1, Xu Huang, China, 9.725. 2, Ivan Ivankov, BLR, 9.700. 3, Aleksei Bondarenko, Russia, 9.650. 4, Trent Wells, Keizer, Ore., 9.600. 5, Naoya Tsukahara, Japan, 9.550. 6, Maxim Alyoshin, Russia, 9.400. 7, Lu Yufu, China, 9.200. 8, Sean Townsend, Houston, Texas, 8.800.
Men’s High Bar
1, Ivan Ivankov, BLR, 9.725. 2, Aleksei Nemov, Russia, 9.650. 3, Sergei Fedorchenko, KAZ, 9.525. 4, Lu Yufu, China, 9.475. 5, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, JPN, 9.450. 6, Chris Young, Winston-Salem, N.C., 9.025. 7, Aleksei Bondarenko, Russia, 8.900. 8, Jani Tanskanen, Finland, 8.425.