Parallel-bars aka p-bars: Comeback kid Li Xiaopeng wins gold! 1 123 LI Xiaopeng China 6.900 9.550 16.450 2 184 YOO Wonchul Korea 7.000 9.250 16.250 3 265 FOKIN Anton Uzbekistan 6.800 9.400 16.200 4 152 HAMBUECHEN Fabian Germany 6.900 9.075 15.975 5 254 PETKOVSEK Mitja Slovenia 6.800 8.925 15.725 6 121 HUANG Xu China 7.000 8.700 15.700 7 182 YANG Taeyoung Korea 7.000 8.650 15.650 8 204 KRYUKOV Nikolay Russian Fed. 6.700 8.450 15.150 LI Xiaopeng: [quote] At 16, Li Xiaopeng became China's youngest world (team) gymnastics champion ever when he and his teammates won the men's team final at the 1997 Lausanne World Championships. At the same event, Li also received a silver medal for parallel bars, just second to his teammate Zhang Jingjin, and a bronze for floor exercise. At the 1999 Tianjin World Championships, Li was part of the Chinese team to become men's team champion. Individually, he won his first gold medal in vault. However, his failure in parallel bars left something to be desired, which pushed him to train harder for the Sydney Olympics. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Li and his teammates gave an outstanding performance, earning them the gold medal at the prestigious men's team event, a first for Chinese gymnasts. Li also won an individual gold medal in parallel bars. At the 2003 Anaheim World Championships, Li Xiaopeng was the only person to win three gold medals, namely for men's team final, vault and parallel bars. Thus he was voted as the 2003 World Gymnast of the Year.[2] However, due to a severe foot injury, Li's performance at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games was unsatisfactory. China finished 5th at the men's team final, and Li could only get a bronze in parallel bars, after being undefeated in major competitions since 2000. He was the fourth athlete to compete in the vault event finals, but unfortunately shuffled during the initial sprint and fell on the first jump. Li had been suffering from a chronic ankle injury and had an operation in 2005. He rested for that whole year, refraining from participating in any competitions. In 2006, he made a successful comeback by winning a gold in parallel bars at the