Chinese gymnast Li Xiaopeng won the Olympic gold medal in the men's parallel bars competition Tuesday, his second gold in the event after also claiming victory at the Sydney Games in 2000.
Li beat South Korea's Yoo Won-chai and Anton Fokin of Uzbekistan to snare his fourth career Olympic gold, including the Sydney and Beijing team golds.
China's most decorated gymnast needed to better Yoo's 16.25 in the last performance of the night on bars and did so in style, scoring 16.45 from the judges for his near-flawless routine.
Li's gold gave him 18 Olympic and world titles in his career making him the most decorated Chinese gymnast ever and well ahead of Li Ning's 14 career championships.
