(Beijing, November 29) The women's all-around final of the 2007 Artistic Gymnastics International Invitational Tournament closed at the National Indoor Stadium this morning. China's Jiang Yuyuan won the gold medal with a total score of 61.225pts. This was the first gold in this tournament. Daria Joura from Australia and Bridget Sloan from the United States placed second and third respectively.

The first round for all the three medalists, who were also the top three gymnasts in the qualifying competition, was the vaulting horse. Jiang Yuyuan performed excellently with a result of 14.875pts, and shared the first place with Joura. Sloan placed temporarily third with a gap of 0.175pts from them. Marissa King from the UK who ranked the 18th in the qualifying competition outstood in the balance beam to take the fourth place, scoring 14.350pts. 

In the second round, Jiang Yuyuan who took the title in uneven bars at this year's World Cup Shanghai Leg clinched her leading position, scoring 15.725pts, 0.6pt higher than Joura who came out the second, while Sloan whose total score was temporarily the third highest, gained only 14.775pts, 0.525pt behind Joura. 

The third round for the top three gymnasts was balance beam. Chinese gymnasts all dropped off the apparatus in the qualifying competition of this event. But Jiang performed very steadily today, scoring 15.400, 0.3pt higher than Sloan. Joura scored only 14.950pts due to a slight error in the event, resulting in 1.05pts behind Jiang in her total score.

By the last round, the top three gymnasts had secured their positions. Free exercise is the forte of Jiang, who won the fourth place in this event in this year's German World Championships and the first place in the World Cup Shanghai Leg. In today's competition, Jiang again scored the highest with 15.225pts, while Joura after her only got 14.850pts. Thus Jiang won the women's individual all-around gold in this tournament with a total score of 61.225pts, surpassing Joura, the runner-up, by 1.425pts. Sloan, with a score of 59.225pts, won the third place.

Lauren Mitchell, another Australian gymnast, finished fourth with 57.700pts, and Chellsie Memmel of the US team, the 2005 all-around world champion who just reappeared, stood at the fifth with 57.425pts.