| Men’s Gymnastics Parallel Bars Final Prediction |
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Monday, 18 August 2008
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 The Men’s Gymnastics Parallel Bars Finals goes ahead, Tuesday August 19, after eight gymnasts made it past the qualifying rounds. The eight competitors (with a maximum of two per nation) with the highest scores in qualifying proceed to the men's parallel bars finals. There, each gymnast performs again; the scores from the final round (ignoring qualification) determine final ranking. Olympic Betting Odds at BetUS.com has China's Li Xiaopeng as -120 moneyline favorite to win Parallel Bars Gold. Get your Men’s Gymnastics Parallel Bars Final Prediction in now at BetUS.comLi Xiaopeng (CHN) blew the competition out of the gym with a combined qualifying score of 16.425, the next closes competitors score was a 16.175 by Nikolay Kryukov (RUS). Li Xiaopeng is a gymnast who specializes in parallel bars and vault. He currently holds 15 world titles, more than any other gymnasts in China. This guy is so good that they even named some moves after him, they are "Li Xiaopeng hop" in vault, and "Li Xiaopeng arm hang" in parallel bars. Yoo Wonchul (KOR) came in fourth in qualifying with a combined score of 16.150 but oddsmakers at BetUS.com have Yoo Wonchul listed as second best at +200 odds. Mitja Petkovsek (SLO) qualified fifth with a combined score of 16.125. Petkovšek competes on the parallel bars, where he is world and European champion. He won gold at the 2007 Stuttgart World Championships and the 2005 Melbourne World Championships. He has three European Championships as well. Mitja Petkovsek is listed at +350 odds to win gold. Huang Xu (CHN) is an amazing gymnast who qualified seventh with a combined score of 16.075. He specializes on the pommel horse and the parallel bars. He is the 1999 World silver medalist on the parallel bars, and has been a member of four World Champion Chinese teams (1997, 1999, 2003, 2007). Huang Xu is listed at +600 to take gold. Other Contestants: Anton Fokin (UZB) +700 Yann Cucherat (FRA) +1200 Valeri Goncharov (UKR) +1200 Ji Hoon Kim (KOR) +1800 Fabian Hambuchen (GER) +2200 Men’s Gymnastics Parallel Bars Final When: Tue, August 19, 2008 Line: BetUS.com Pick: Li Xiaopeng -120 The Bottom Line: China has been the most dominant nation in gymnastics, they are incredible. Li has been doing gymnastics since he was six years old. Get your Men’s Gymnastics Parallel Bars Final Prediction in now at BetUS.com and receive a 10% sign-up bonus on your initial deposit!
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