The Chinese men , who won seven of the eight available gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics , hit the ground, and not on purpose, early and often in Saturday's first of three subdivisions of men's gymnastics team and invidivual qualifications.
Even on the still rings, where normally when Chinese men compete there is hardly any movement on the rings, they had falls.
Great Beijing , had tears in his eyes when he finished his pommel horse routine Saturday and scored a 15.800, the highest score in the subdivision. The pro-Great Britain crowd inside the North Greenwich Arena was standing.
The home country also had the top two men in the overall standings. Kristian Thomas finished with a score of 90.256, and Daniel Purvis had 89.199. The top-ranked Chinese man was Guo Weiyang at 11th.
The U.S. men will compete in the next subdivision along with team favorite Japan. Some good news for China: the qualification scores will be erased when the medal rounds begin Monday. As long as China is one of the top eight teams after Saturday's three subdivisions, the defending gold medalists will be able to start over.
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