North Korea's Ri Se Gwang wins men's vault gymnastics worlds final

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Ri Se Gwang

Nanning (China), Oct 12 (IANS) Ri Se Gwang from North Korea won the men's vault title with 15.416 points at the world gymnastics championships here Sunday.

Ri finished the most difficult jump to score 6.400 points but hurt his ankle in his second vault, reports Xinhua.

Ukraine's Igor Radivilov trailed Ri by 0.083 points to pick up the silver. American Jacob Dalton came in third in 15.199 points.

Defending champion Yang Hak Seon of South Korea failed to win a medal following two serious landing mistakes.