London, Aug 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) China's Feng Zhe won the Olympic gold in the men's parallel bars here Tuesday.

Zhe, the 2010 world champion who also took team gold with China, scored 15.966 for an impeccable routine with a high difficulty level of 7.0.

Marcel Nguyen from Germany took silver with 15.800 points for 6.8 difficulty mark. This was his second silver at the Games after the 24-year-old took a surprise second place in the men's individual all-around.

France's Hamilton Sabot won the bronze medal, awarded 15.566 points for performing a programme with 6.7 difficulty.

Japan's Yusuke Tanaka could only manage eighth after going into the final in the lead on the back of a strong qualifying routine.

--IANS/RIA Novosti

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