Chinese gymnast Li Xiaopeng to tune up for parallel bars in Olympics

TIANJIN, China, May 14 (Xinhua) -- World famous Chinese gymnast Li Xiaopeng said here Wednesday that he will tune up particularly for the parallel bars in the individual events instead of vault in the coming Beijing Olympic Games.

Li explained that his training in vault has been hampered by the long-term foot injury. And his new routine in the vault has not been steady enough to secure ideal scores.

Therefore in the individual events during the Olympics, Li will have to focus on his another speciality of parallel bars as he also won the event at the Germany leg of Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) World Cup.

However, "during the team event at the Olympics, I will still prepare for the vault as my jump bearing my name will hopefully add points for the Chinese team."

In the individual event of vault, every gymnast is required to make two jumps for a combined point to decide the rankings, while the team event needs only one vault from every competitor.