Strong Showing for United States.

Source :: New York Times. 10/17/2011, Vol. 161 Issue 55561, p5. 0p.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: Danell Leyva, a 19-year-old from Miami, won a gold medal in the parallel bars at the world championships in Tokyo, the first by an American man at the meet since 2003. It capped a banner world championships for the Americans. The United States women's team excelled, as Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman added bronzes to give the Americans seven medals, four of them gold. Only China won more, with 12. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]