Photos: China leads first qualification round of Women's Artistic Gymnastics

Deng Linlin competes on the balance beam. (Photo credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

China's female athletes dominated the first qualification round in Artistic Gymnastics with a total of 248.275 points at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.

Defending Olympic champion Romania finished second with 238.425 points in Sunday morning's qualification subdivision, which was also participated in by two mix groups.

Cheng Fei competes on the vault. (Photo credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Jiang Yuyuan performs her floor exercise. (Photo credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)