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Zou Jingyuan won Olympic men’s parallel bars gold for the second straight Games on Monday as China prevailed in another Paris gymnastics final to ease the pain of team silver. Zou’s near perfect routine and flawless landing earned him 16.200. Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun, who had never medalled before on the bars at Olympics or worlds, took silver on 15.500 and Paris all-around champion Shinnosuke Oka of Japan claimed bronze. China threw away gold late on and let Japan in during the team event last week, the first medal event of the Paris gymnastics, but they now have two gold in two days after Zou …

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