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Ponor Gets Two Gold Medals In Gymnastics

POSTED: 3:51 pm EDT August 23, 2004

Catalina Ponor of Romania won two gold medals Monday night, finishing first in the women's floor exercise and balance beam.

Meanwhile, American Carly Patterson, the women's all-around champion at the Summer Games, added another medal with a silver on the beam

Ponor won the gold medal on the beam with a score of 9.787, while Patterson's total was 9.775. Alexandra Georgiana Eremia of Romania won bronze with a 9.700 mark. American Courtney Kupets finished in fifth.

Ponor then captured the floor exercise gold with a score of 9.750, just ahead of teammate Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie's mark of 9.562. Spain's Patricia Moreno was third with a score of 9.487. Mohini Bhardwaj of the U.S. finished in sixth place.

Spain's Gervasio Deferr won the gold medal in the men's vault competition with a score of 9.737. Evgeni Sapronenko of Latvia won the silver medal with a score of 9.706, while Marian Dragulescu of Romania took the bronze with a total of 9.612.

Valeri Goncharov of the Ukraine won the gold medal in the men's parallel bars with a mark of 9.787. Japan's Hiroyuki Tomita was second with a score of 9.775, while Li Xiaopeng of China was third with 9.762. American Paul Hamm, the controversial all-around winner earlier at these Games, finished seventh.

The men's high bar competition is currently taking place.

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