Sporting Life - Summer Olympics - Beijing 2008

Great Britain's Beth Tweddle came agonisingly close to scooping a medal in the uneven bars final, eventually finishing fourth.

The 23-year old went last in the competition, knowing that she needed at least 16.650 to secure bronze ahead of China's Yang Yilin, but her total of 16.625 fell fractionally short.

Fourth was, however, Tweddle's best-ever Olympic finish and follows on from Louis Smith's unexpected bronze in the pommel horse final, Team GB's first ever individual gymnastics medal.

Gold eventually went to China's He Kexin who has found herself at the centre of a wave of controversy, with various sources claiming she is below the minimum required age of 16.

He's score of 16.725 was matched by Nastia Liukin of the United States, but judges gave the home favourite the nod to move into first place and take the top prize.

Dominant

China have now secured seven of the available ten gymnastic gold medals, and He's win comes quick on the back of Chen Yibing's victory in the men's rings.

Chen registered a score of 16.600 points to finish ahead of compatriot Yang Wei and Oleksandr Vorobiov of Ukraine.

The men's vault also went down to a tie-break, with Poland's Leszek Blanik coming out on top ahead of Thomas Bouhail of France.

World champion Blanik's two vaults earned the same average score of 16.537 points as Bouhail, but the complicated average system came out in favour of the Pole.

Russia's Anton Golotsutskov won another bronze after also coming third in the floor final on Sunday.

Romanian Marian Dragulescu was on his way towards gold when his second vault ended up with him on the floor and he could then only finish fourth.