2008 Beijing Men's Team Finals - Li Xiaopeng VT (16.775)

[Swankdor]

wow.. he finished twisting way before landing he might as well just gone for a triple..!

[williamsimpson5]

he's fucking HOT!

[backflipmitch19]

i can do it wayyy better :)

[Genomatekk]

I hate Chinese commentators, they talk about such random shit and explains nothing, and just repeat the same thing over and over again.

I'm Chinese too, and I think if you're Chinese you'd agree with me as well.

[Jaygenius]

@Genomatekk Do you actually understand what they're saying? They complement his good vault and then explain that a move was named after him. How is that random? 

[natalienat518]

is this a round-off half on, 2.5 twists? thanks!

[ChainChomp2]

Apparently all of the vaults cap off at 7.2 difficulty no matter what vault it is, the piked dragulescu is 7.2 (a half turn should be worth 0.4, the double piked front is 7.0 so it should be worth 7.4), the quad twisting tsuk is 7.2 (triple is 7.0) the hardest would probably be the quad twisting tsuk which would be 7.8 0.0 but now technically the hardest vault that's been performed now is the piked dragulescu (named after Ri Se Gwang?) which is 7.2 but should be 7.4.

[markedexclusive]

@ChainChomp2 What should a Tsuk full in double back tuck be given? I saw a video of a North Korean gymnast practicing it.

[ChainChomp2]

The tsuk full-in double out would probably have a 7.4 difficulty value being the full twist being worth 0.8 and the two tuck somersaults being worth 6.6.

With that North Korean gymnast already having the piked Dragulescu named after him and another extreme vault probably under his belt and he'll be unbeatable if he hits.

[Jasgym77]

By far my favorite gymnast of all time. He does not poses the physical strength of a Van Gelder but when it comes to explosive dynamic strength body control and tension he is in a league of his own!

[russiangymfan]

For all these years, Li xiaopeng has made his gymnastics to look so easy. Xiaopeng has not aged a bit since 2000 Sydney game.

[ispaht]

Why didn't Li Xiaopeng try to qualify for vault finals? He could have won gold.

[YugoLunax]

He didn't train a second vault to avoid a possible feet injury. Remember that he had a foot operation to remove a bone growth in 2006. He was slated to perform in 2007 Worlds but suffered another foot injury (I think it was a broken toe). He couldn't risk another injury coming into the Olympics.

[christiandiaz7]

@YugoLunax  Wise decision, since he won PB !!!!

[denisefan]

He was worn out... and had to avoid risk of injury... actually he was already injured during Olympics believe it or not.

[lamaraviya]

no is not the most difficult is dragulescu in pike position

[YurchenkoLoop]

The piked Dragulescu and the Li Xiaopeng vaults carry the same difficulty value (7.2)

[lamaraviya]

i know it is 7.2 is the sabe a li xiaopeng's. i really dont know why dragulescu did the 7.2 vault on the olympics. just like athens first one nailed second vault very bad

[NasDa]

What the fuck do you know, you think you know better than those former professional players and judges ?

[SchwarzeWitwe2]

What's the a-score on the Dragulescu?

[andyiu109]

Dragulescu's first vault has a difficulty value of 7.0. His second vault is this one done by Li Xiaopeng, with difficulty 7.2~ but usually inconsistent......

[ludwigdragon]

Li Xiaopeng Vault...7.20 difficulty the highest in the world today!!!

Yay for 李小鹏跳！！！

[chinatheatre]

The most difficult vault in the world.

[00gym00]

What's his "A" score?? 7.00 or 7.20?? thanks!

[andyiu109]

7.20. It's the highest difficulty score right now.

[misha33314]

Se Gwang Ri is competing handspring double pike half, same start - 7.2

[CassidyMcComb2010]

@andyiu109

actually there's a 7.4 vault its a handspring triple twist

[XtremeTkatchev]

@andyiu109 Now it's a 7.4