China leads first qualification round of Women's Artistic Gymnastics

Updated: 2008-08-10 14:43:02

Deng Linlin competes on the balance beam.

China's female athletes dominated the first qualification round in Artistic Gymnastics with a total of 248.275 points at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.

Defending Olympic champion Romania finished second with 238.425 points in Sunday morning's qualification subdivision, which was also participated in by two mix groups.

Cheng Fei competes on the vault.

Jiang Yuyuan performs her floor exercise