Xiao leads China one-two in men's all-around at worlds

Oct 3, 2017; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Chaopan Lin of People's Republic of China (left) and Ruoteng Xiao of People's Republic of China (center) and Kenzo Shirai of Japan (right) respectively finishes second and first and third at the Men's Individual All-Around Final during the 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championship at Montreal Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Xiao Ruoteng became the first Chinese man to take gold in a major global individual all-around competition since Yang Wei at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when he claimed victory at the world championships in Montreal on Thursday.

Xiao overcame a late deficit and posted a score of 86.933 as China sealed the top two spots in the standings, with Lin Chaopan taking silver on 86.448 and Japan's Kenzo Shirai edging out Russian David Belyavskiy for bronze.