SABAE (Japan). Oct 9: Russia's Svetlana Chorkina outdid two already spectacular performa-

nces with a dazzling, twisting show Monday and won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the World Gymnastics Championships, reports AP.

Ukraine's Lilia Podkopa-yeva. the women’s individual all-round gold medalist here, gained another gold in the vault but shared It with Romania's Simona Amanar.

Podkopayeva also was one of Chorkina's victims. She and China's Mo Huilan had tied with 9.837 marks before Chorkina pirouetted her way atop the bars to a 9.900.

It was another blow for Mo. the high scorer of the team competition, who missed the women's all-round gold with a fall after a flawless balance beam routine Sunday.

China, first here in the men's team event and second in the women’s settled for silvers Monday by Mo. all-round men’s champion Li Xlaoshuang in the floor exercises and Huang Huadong, who shared his with Japan’s Yoshiaki Hatakeda on the pommel horse.

But Li Donghua. who moved to Switzerland in 1989 after being thrown off the Chinese team for marrying a Swiss woman, won gold for his adopted nation on the pommel horse.

Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus, the 1993 world champion and winner of six gold medals at the 1992 Olympics, won in the floor exercises.

Italian strongman Yuri Chechl won his third consecutive rings title.

Five more specialty gold medals were to be decided Tuesday, final day of the championships.

Chorkina's gold was the first here for the Russians. They were shut entirely out of the team medals, breaking a streak by the Soviet Union and its Russian successors that went back to 1954. when the Soviets won both the men's and women's team golds.

American Shannon Miller, the 1993 and 1994 women's all-round champion and 1994 gold medalist on the balance beam, has been plagued by a foot injury. After ignoring the injury to help the Americans win the women's team bronze medal, she finished 12th in the all-round Sunday and seventh on the uneven bars Monday. She and Kerri Strug both pulled out of the vault with injuries, and Jaycie Phelps was eights and last on the bars.

In the vault. Amanar gave Romania another gold to go with its women's team championship. She tried a slightly more complex vault than Podkopayeva. but Podkopayeva was more solid and the marks came out even at 9.781. Romania's Gina Gogean. the 1994 champion, was third with 9.706.

In the men’s floor exercises. Scherbo bounced from somersault to somersault as if he were .made of rubber. scoring 9.812 to Li’s 9.775. Grigory Misutin of Ukraine was third with 9.762.

Scherbo, the all-round silver medalist here, thus gained his 13th World Championships gold medal.

In a trio of near flawless routines on the horse. Switzerland's Li scored 9.762, while Huang and Hatakeda each had 9.737. Hatakeda gave the host nation Its second silver, after a second place in the men's team event.

Italy’s Chechl barely let the rings ripple through his series of handstands and strength holds, scoring 9.850. Romania's Dan Burinca was second with 9.762 and Bulgaria's Jordan Jovtchev third with 9.750.