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NANNING Air Max 97 Noir Solde , China, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Clean performances on uneven bars and balance beam helped the Netherlands top Subdivision 2 of women's qualifications during the 45th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships here Sunday.


The 2012 Olympian Celine Van Gerner led the Dutch team to collect total 214.662 points and stand second overall behind Russia in qualifications.


Spain challenged the Netherlands throughout the subdivision, but yielded to the Dutch gymnasts with 211.727 points.


In all-around rankings, Roxana Popa Nedelcu from Spain produced four strong routines to place first in the subdivision with 56.398 points. Van Gerner followed her with 53.466 points, and Maartje Ruikes from the Netherlands was third with 52.899 points.


Women's qualifications continue Sunday with Subdivisions 3-6, and conclude Monday with Subdivisions 7-12.


The top eight teams from the qualifications will advance to Wednesday's team final; the top 24 all-around gymnasts (maximum two per national federation) will advance to Friday's all-around final; and the top eight gymnasts on each of the four apparatus (maximum two per national federation) will advance to next weekend's respective apparatus finals.

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Dolores O'Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London hotel. She was 46.


The singer's publicist, Lindsey Holmes, confirmed she died in London, where she was recording,


"No further details are available at this time," Holmes said, adding that the singer's family was "devastated" by the news.


London's Metropolitan Police force said officers were called just after 9 a.m. Monday to a hotel where a woman in her 40s was found dead. The police force said the death was being treated as "unexplained."


Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries performs at L'Olympia on May 4, 2017 in Paris, France.? (Photo by David Wolff - PatrickRedferns) Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries performs at L'Olympia on May 4, 2017 in Paris, France.


The Hilton Hotel in London's Park Lane confirmed that a guest had died on the premises.


Irish President Michael D. Higgins said O'Riordan and The Cranberries "had an immense influence on rock and pop music in Ireland and internationally."


"To all those who follow and support Irish music, Irish musicians and the performing arts, her death will be a big loss," Higgins said in a statement.


O'Riordan was born on Sept. 6, 1971 in Ballybricken, southwest Ireland. In 1990, she answered an ad from a local band in nearby Limerick city — then called The Cranberry Saw Us — that was looking for a lead singer.


A name change and a confluence of factors turned The Cranberries into international stars. Their guitar-based sound had an alternative-rock edge at a time when grunge was storming the music scene.


The band's songs — on which O'Riordan was chief lyricist and co-songwriter — had a Celtic-infused tunefulness. And in O'Riordan they had a charismatic lead singer with a distinctively powerful voice.


Heavy play on MTV for their debut single "Dream" and the singles that followed helped bring the group to the attention of a mass audience.


Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries performs onstage in San Francisco, California, USA in December 1993.? (Photo by Anthony PidgeonRedferns) Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries performs onstage in San Francisco, California, USA in December 1993.


The Cranberries' 1993 debut album, "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?", sold millions of copies and produced the hit single "Linger."


The follow-up, "No Need to Argue," sold in even greater numbers and contained "Zombie," a visceral howl against Northern Ireland's violent Troubles that topped singles charts in several countries.


The band released three more studio albums before splitting up in 2003. O'Riordan released a solo album, "Are You Listening," in 2007, and another, "No Baggage," in 2009.


The members of The Cranberries reunited that year, releasing the album "Roses" in 2012.


For a time, O'Riordan was one of Ireland's richest women, but she struggled with both physical and mental health problems.


The Cranberries released the acoustic album "Something Else" in 2017 and had been due to tour Europe and North America. The tour was cut short because O'Riordan was suffering from back problems.


In 2014, O'Riordan was accused of assaulting three police officers and a flight attendant during a flight from New York to Ireland. She pleaded guilty and was fined 6,000 euros ($6,600.)


Medical records given to the court indicated she was mentally ill at the time of the altercation. After her court hearing O'Riordan urged other people suffering mental illness to seek help.


She told London's Metro newspaper last year that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and she spoke to the Irish News about her battles with depression.


O'Riordan said depression "is one of the worst things to go through," but that "I've also had a lot of joy in my life, especially with my children."


"You get ups as well as downs. Sure, isn't that what life's all about?" she said.


O'Riordan is survived by her ex-husband, the former Duran Duran tour manager Don Burton, and their three children.(Agencies)


The government will not send American staff back to the US Embassy in Havana yet, a US official told Reuters on Tuesday amid concerns over what Washington calls attacks that have sickened two dozen diplomats.


Although the US has not formally accused the Cuban government of being responsible for the health problems that affected 24 US diplomats and family members in the past 18 months, President Donald Trump has said Havana was to blame. Cuba has denied the charges.


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