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INCHEON Ecco Sandals Outlet UK , South Korea, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Gymnastics powerhouse China suffered a downturn after collecting seven gold medals against 13 in Guangzhou four years ago, but still strong enough to lead the medal tally at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon.


China won two golds in the last day artistic gymnastics actions on Thursday to lift its total to seven. Japan ranked second with four gold medals and DPR Korea was in the third place with two. Hong Kong of China gained their first Asiad gold medal in gymnastics.


Five-time Olympic champion Zou Kai earned the top scores in men's floor exercise and horizontal bar. His teammate Liao Junlin contributed a gold medal in rings.


Japanese male gymnasts swept four titles. In team event Ecco Sneakers Outlet UK , they broke China's 36-year-domination at the Asian Games. Both Japan and China did not send their top gymnasts to Incheon as they are tuning up for for October's World Championships in Nanning, China.


Japan's Yuya Kamoto won two more gold medals in all-around and parallel bars. Masayoshi Yamamoto claimed the title of pommel horse.


"Generally speaking we had some rewards," said Ye Zhennan Ecco Dress Shoes Outlet UK , China's gymnastics team manager. "But we also found drawbacks, especially the men's team."


China's slump in men's events exposed the powerhouse's situation of temporary shortage of talented gymnasts as the old ones have retired and rookies failed to fill up the void.


"In China, the gymnastics population is much smaller than that in Japan ecco boots outlet uk ," said Ye. "We have only about 3,000 registered gymnasts, and in comparison Japan has lots of gymnastics clubs with many talents."


"I think many sports including gymnastics should be introduced to schools www.eccoshoesoutletuk.com ," he added, "as well as strengthening youngsters' physiques, we can select gifted ones."


"Some of our young athletes did not perform to their best ability Cheap Ecco Shoes UK Outlet ," said Zou. "Japan did better in execution quality than us, and we should learn from them."