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Asian Games:  China clinched the men's gymnastics team gold medal with 262.025 points at the 19th Asian Games here, beating Japan and Chinese Taipei to second and third places respectively.

China fielded a formidable team for the Asiad. In contrast, its arch-rival Japan sent its top athletes to the world championships, which overlapped with the Asian Games schedule, reports Xinhua.

Lan Xingyu started for China, notching 12.000 points on the pommel horse. Zhang Boheng and Xiao Ruoteng followed with scores of 14.466 and 14.333, respectively, while Lin Chaopan posted 13.266.