sports.yahoo.com - 8/18/2008
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After two rotations, China 's Lilin Yang is in the lead for the women's gymnastics all-around. She took the lead on the strength of her bars routine that earned a 16.725. Nastia Liukin is in second by .375, trailed by the surprising Steliana Nistor from Romania , Kesenia Semenova from Russia and Shawn Johnson . Both Johnson and Liukin received surprisingly low scores on the vault and bars. ...
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