Came back from serious ankle injury and won olympics again, got to respect the patience, commitement, effort and hard work he has put into his comeback. His reaction was very genuine. So happy it paid off for him.

I'm so amazed with this routine... specially the fact that he is so cool at the end, not even a trace of sweat

He Could also been a Gold medalist in Vault if he wanted to !

perfect show

How in crap's name does he keep his whole body straight? Even in vault, when he's flipping through the air, his whole body is... unbelievable... incidentally, I just found out that he's now a dad! I remember him when he was only 19 during the 2000 Olympics & promising my elementary selfI would marry him someday LOL.

For 12 years I've been falling in love with him

Untouchable! Li xiaopeng is one of my favourite gymnasts.

The P-Bars and Vault master!

Wow the way he flys from one side of the bar to other end is so smooth... I've seen Belyavskiy do it at this years olympic and it just doesn't look as effortless as Li Xiaopengs

Li owns vault and P-bars! I don't know of any finer vaulter and only a select few P-bar workers that can do what he does.

Among all men's teams, China has been the best team since early 90s. They not only have incredible difficulty, they also have grace and elegance. Russia and Japan are very good, too. Though Russian team didn't win team medal at 2008 Olympics, their gymnastics is still prettier than u.s. team which won bronze. Russians and and Chinese have a lot in common in gymnastics and it's a treatment to watch their performance.

I love how in the beginning he stands on the board and scans each bar before he goes.

Perfect show !

He is such of a Dady !

Xiaopeng Li and the daughter of former world champion Xiaoping Li and Jia Wen. (Wen was also a gymnast on Chinese national team which won silver or bronze? team medal at 1982 world championship), a beautiful Chinese-American girl, just got married in August, 2010! There is a new video of their wedding at KZfaq.

Gymnasts are supposed to pay attention to the screen/light, not the judges. And that's where Pavlova made the mistake. The judges weren't ready to see her. If they would still score her, it would most likely be too much or too little. If this happened in the regionals or something it probably would've been forgiven. But like you said it's the Olympics, judges have to be professional. Professional in gymnastics mean doing what the CoP says, no matter how harsh.

The judges have instant replay--it's hardly a one-time observational decision. And I'm sure NBC and other news stations would be happy to provide extra footage. Pertaining to the CoP, I think we're just going to have to disagree. The way I see it, the Olympics should be the MOST ethical competition of them all, meaning that the best athletes should be given the titles. On a side note, thank you for providing civil conversation. It's hard to have a calm discussion on KZfaq these days.

OOOOHHH I was so mad at Li when he didn't compete in vault. I was waiting four years for him to take that title but I love him anyways.

wow, just wow!

cleanest !! loved it :)

that was such a great routine!

rules are rules. If a gymnast broke a rule and was still rewarded, it would be a sign to all gymnasts that no matter how much disrespect you give to the judges for vaulting before the signal, you would still win.

His Tippelt if just insane.

...a lot of people do not present to the judges. You should watch the Romanian women team. People are judged based on how good of a gymnast they are; that's the whole purpose of this game. I still remember that one girl whose vault they didn't count -- despite the fact that it was close to perfect -- because she started before the green light. She wasn't Chinese, or even Asian, but I still think they should've counted it.

@MGGC123 actually i think his tipelt from the 2000 olympic ef might've been higher :)

see? not only me, alot was suprised by how zou kai won gold in high bar. ALthough his difficulty was the highest, but in terms of execution...

@Micbuns1 You never did p-bars did you? If you did, you would know what it does to your arms.

well said. thumbs up.

@ispaht master indeed.

musclesmegee probably is right. The girl Li Xiaopeng is dating is the younger daughter of Li Yuejiu, who has a gym clud in cali. Chinese media keeps reporting they are going to get married soon

What happened to China’s gymnastics team?

...yes, you should still win if you are the best gymnast. Is that not the purpose of these games? Last time I checked, "respecting" the judges isn't a gymnastics skill. And it isn't even a matter of disrespect. That one girl misinterpreted a signal that was made by one of the officiators. What if you performed the best technical vault, a vault you practiced for years, and a simple miscommunication declared someone else the winner? Some rules actually prohibit fairness rather than ensuring it.

omg i'm so jealousssss.

yeah, you are right. i mistook the name.

he has a move named after him on vault

so cute

yes i am childish and the fact is zou kai won. so now it is okay to perform it with sloppy form but the highest difficulty..i c...thx for the info. high A low B..very well then, lets wish him gudluck and see how he continue to win in highbar for 4-5 consecutive years. (^^)

GymchampZW: Please read my comments carefully before you make your response. I said "most", not "all american gymnasts"!

Yeah I agree some rules aren't right, but the rule was there when she did her vault, so the judges had to give her a zero. I mean, it's not like they're gonna immediately write a new CoP just because they wanted to give one of the most perfect vaults a score. The gesture might be translated into overscoring or worse, favoritism.

gosh everything looooks so painful

Nice

I suppose that's where I disagree. I don't think many people would see it as favoritism or overscoring. I think most people, especially if they have experience in competitive sporting events, would see it as justified. After all, it's not like she fell and made a mistake in the actual gymnastics. On a platform as big as the Olympics, with so many events going on simultaneously and so many countries participating, I think a miscommunication could be overlooked.

So the light wasn't red when she ran off? I don't think she was disrespecting the judges, but some people might interpret it that way. Imagine if she still got a score on that, KZfaq, NBC and BBC would all be, "Pavlova broke a rule and still got scored despite actually having to score a zero!!" I'm disappointed that she didn't get a score, but breaking one of the rules of the sport and still getting your rewards despite that you shouldn't have is also unfair. As always, rules are rules.

@russiangymfan First off, you can not make a hasty generalization and say that all American gymnastics have no grace or artistry. Please look at Alexander Artemev, who, in my opinion has the best execution in the world. Secondly, if you consider Nabieva graceful and/or elegant... Well then I would like you to open your eyes. In fact, the majority of the Russian gymnastics nowadays have little form. (Although there is no denying their choreography is beautiful.)

The only thing they didn't get first on was vsult

No, the light was red. But an officiator was signalling to someone else and she thought it was directed to her. If KZfaq, NBC and BBC responded like that, it'd be more than easy to respond, "She did one of the best technical vaults. The rule does not relate to the vault itself. By GYMNASTICS standards, she deserves her score." Yes, rules are rules, but some rules aren't just. Maybe it's a stretch, but once upon a time, it was law to discriminate against black people, but hey, laws are laws.

老细啊。。。。你放过我啦。。皱凯video被人拿走又不关我事。。我只不过发表我的想法罢了。。。你不喜欢是你的事。。你可以喜欢你的皱凯，我也可以喜欢marian/hypolito..没什么大不了。 i'm sorry for my previous comment. maybe i'm too self centred. but the fact is he won and i'm jz here to voice out my disatisfaction. not to argue.

i don't think the there are any problems with the new code of points...it's fair...you can choose to do easy stuff n get high execution marks or you can do difficult stuff with the risk of having lower execution scores...v fair..check out 1997 beam EF...now that's shit

Hi Brad :)

if the other gymnasts had the ability to do what zou did they would have. he combined tricks that the others just couldn't match up with. even if their were better people who fell it doesn't matter because that is competitioin. he deserved to win the competition. he played by the rules and came out on top. you are very childish in your perseption of his victory. just because he is not who you wanted to win doesnt mean he didnt deserve it. his excecution was low and it showed in the B whatd u wnt

not trying to blame him but i feel sorry for others... like fabian and etc.

lol ikr xD

they always mispronounce the names, like calling Jiang yuyuan 'Yang Juan'

Well, then I suppose I see it differently. I see it the same way I see jaywalking: a silly law that no one actually gets arrested for. If people followed every code of points exactly by the book, a bunch of people would be in jail for breaking frivolous laws.

great ROUTINE!!!! this is gud!!! now this is quality...compare to how zou kai won highbar... ehmmm...sorry to say, thats shit ^^

I mean most american gymnasts have robotlike style of gymnastics. There are a lot of problems in their training, coaching, diet, as well as true understanding of the sport. The should learn from Russians, Chinese, and Japaness.

Meh, I'd say he owns p-bars; but there are better vaulters.

...wateva.. his floor was gr8, but not his hb. sorry. gymnast who take risk huh? i c... its not bout taking risk, its about training hard and doing that skill consistently and improving it. if it's so much about taking risk then i think evy1 would go for the hardest skill, there's no more flow in the routine. IT IS GUD in terms of bringing gymnastics to a higher level but its not healthy for the sport. hope u guyz get what i mean. u must be able to perform it nicely.

@andreakumar1990 Zou Kai won gold on floor and a chinese won gold on ph as well but I can't remember who