Article: Athens vault champion to focus on floor excercise in Beijing Olympics

Athens vault champion to focus on floor excercise in Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sydney and Athens Olympic men's vault champion Gervasio Deferr will concentrate on floor exercise rather than his specialtiy event of vault due to his injury on two knees, his personal coach said on Wednesday.

Deferr refused to accept an interview in person but asked his coach Alfredo Hueto to answer questions after a podium training in the National Indoor Stadium. The 27-year-old world champion is the only gymnast successfully defending his Olympic apparatus title in Athens in 2004.

"This year is very hard for us. We have got lots of problems. Deferr injured his two knees during training in ...

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