Russian Kanaeva wins gymnastics rhythmic individual all-around Olympic gold

  2008-08-23 12:56:24 GMT    2008-08-23 20:56:24 (Beijing Time)    Xinhua

Russian Kanaeva wins gymnastics rhythmic individual all-around Olympic gold

Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia competes during the individual all-round final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games rhythmic gymnastics event in Beijing, China, Aug. 23, 2008. Evgeniya Kanaeva won the gold medal of the event. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

Russian Kanaeva wins gymnastics rhythmic individual all-around Olympic gold

Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia competes during the individual all-round final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games rhythmic gymnastics event in Beijing, China, Aug. 23, 2008. Evgeniya Kanaeva won the gold medal of the event. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

  BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Russian Evgeniya Kanaeva won the gymnastics rhythmic individual all-around gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday.

  Kanaeva scored 75.500 points, beating Belarus' Inna Zhukova to second in 71.925 and Ukraine's Anna Bessonova got the bronze in 71.875.