The parallel bar event went to Li Xiaopeng of China, with South Korea's Lee winning silver.

Spain's Gervasio Deferr won the men's vault, trailed by Alexey Bondarenko of Russia and Leszek Blanik of Poland. Nemov proved he's human by finishing fourth, just out of medal contention.

Liu Xuan of China grabbed gold in the women's balance beam. The silver went to Ekaterina Lobazniouk of Russia and the bronze to her teammate Elena Prodounova.

Russian women pulled off a 1-2 finish in the floor exercise. Elena Zamolodtchikova won the gold and Svetlana Khorkina the silver. Romania's Simona Amanar was third.

Nemov Pushes Medal Haul to 10
Russian star Alexei Nemov picked up two more medals Sunday as individual events got underway in gymnastics. The 24-year-old now has 10 career Olympic medals, including this year's gold in the men's all-around event. Sunday he settled for silver in floor exercise and a bronze in the pommel horse.

Igors Vihrovs of Latvia won the floor exercise, and Iordan Iovtchev of Bulgaria claimed bronze. In the pommel horse event, Marius Urzica was the gold medalist and silver went to Eric Poujade of France.

Szilveszter Csollany of Hungary won the still rings, with Dimosthenis Tampakos of Greece finishing second and Iovtvech third.

On the women's side, Andreea Raducan of Romania was shut out of individual gold, but claimed a silver in the vault. She finished between two Russians -- gold medalist Elena Zamolodtchikova and bronze winner Ekaterina Lobazniouk.

Svetlana Khorkina of Russia grabbed gold on the uneven parallel bars. China's Jie Ling and Yun Yang staged a 2-3 finish in that event.

Nemov Wins Men's All-Around Title
The Olympic medals are piling up for Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov -- and the newly crowned men's all-around champion says he expects to stick around another four years in pursuit of more. Nemov won the gold Wednesday with a steady performance that eclipsed silver medalist Yang Wei of China and bronze medalist Alexander Beresch of Ukraine and pushed two-time world champion Ivan Ivankov of Belarus out of the medal race. Nemov, now 24, won five medals at the Atlanta games in 1996 and has now won two in Sydney. He has also qualified for five of the six individual event finals.

Team Gold Goes to Romanian Women
Romania reascended to the throne of women's gymnastics Tuesday, using depth and experience to hold off challenges from Russia and China. The United States women fell to fourth as they failed to defend the team title they won four years earlier in Atlanta. Romania drew on strong performances from all-around world champ Maria Olaru and veteran Simona Amanar, who will retire after this competition, as well as newcomer Andrea Raducan. It was the first team gold for Romania since 1984. Meanwhile, Russia's hopes for gold crashed to earth with Svetlana Khorkina. The reigning Olympic and world champion lost her grip on the uneven bars and suffered a rare -- and very untimely -- fall, and the Olympic gymnastics power settled for silver. China took the bronze.

Chinese Men Claim Team Title
China's male gymnasts overcame the loss of their star performer to capture their first-ever Olympic team gold, overpowering Ukraine and Russia. The American men's squad finished fifth. With Lu Yufu sidelined by a neck injury, Yang Wei led a unified Chinese effort Monday. Russia's Alexei Nemov was the top individual performer during the team competition, but a series of errors by his teammates sank Russian hopes for gold.

About Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is the discipline made popular by the Olympic performances of stars like Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton. Pound-for-pound, the sport draws some of the world's most powerful and explosive athletes. Few competitions put such a premium on perfection -- one slight misstep can cost even the top performers a shot at a medal.

Women compete on the vault, balance beam, uneven parallel bars and floor exercise. The men's events include pommel horse, still rings, floor exercise, vault, parallel bars and high bar.
In the women's team competition, six national squads will advance from qualifying rounds to the finals. Russia and Romania are considered the favorites. Competition will be tight between Australia, China, Spain, Ukraine and the United States for the other four spots.

The men's team competition is likely to be a battle between Russia, China, Japan and Belarus.

The world champion in the women's all-around in 1999 was Romania's Maria Olaru. She'll have competition at Sydney from teammates Simon Amanar and Andreea Raducan. Russia's Svetlana Khorkina was the European all-around champion this year. Home field advantage could help Australia's Allana Slater and Lisa Skinner. And keep an eye on Ukraine's Viktoria Karpenko -- the past two Olympic all-around titles have been won by performers from Ukraine.

China's Zhang Jinjing and Li Xiaoshuang, Russia's Alexei Bondarenko, Ivan Ivanenko of Belarus, Spain's Jesus Carballo and Aleksandr Beresch of Ukraine are among the performers to watch in the men's competition.