Yang to spark Chinese gold rush

Yang Wei has built up an aura of invincibility but it will count for nothing if he does not win the all-around Olympic gold medal in front of his home fans at next month's Beijing Games.

Since a new scoring system was introduced in 2006 following a spate of judging scandals at the Athens Games, Yang has remained undefeated in the all-around on the world stage.

Yang could have prevented one of the biggest controversies in Athens had he not lost his grip on the horizontal bar during the last rotation of the men's all-around final.