(BEIJING, August 13) -- China's Yang Wei is the favorite to win the gold medal in the Men's All-Around event in Beijing tomorrow.

　　Yang, the All-Around silver medalist at Sydney 2000, was the top-ranked gymnast after the qualification phase. He will go into the All-Around event full of confidence after China won the gold medal in the Men's Team event yesterday.

　　"The upcoming goals are the All-Around and individual apparatus competitions. After winning the Team gold medal, I can relax and actively prepare for the upcoming competitions," Yang said yesterday after the Team final.

　　Yang's greatest rival for the gold medal will be the 20-year-old German Fabian Hambuechen, who won the silver medal in the event at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart. The gold medal was won by Yang.

　　Hambuechen, who is a well-known celebrity in Germany, is a high-stakes performer. His ability to perform under pressure will be an asset against stone-faced Yang, who famously cracked during the All-Around final at Athens 2004, finishing seventh when he had a good opportunity to win gold.

　　Kim Dae-eun from the Republic of Korea may also be a threat to Yang. The 23-year-old gymnast won the All-Around silver medal at Athens 2004.

　　The key to beating Yang is to perform well in the Horizontal Bar, which is the glaring weakness of the Chinese gymnast. However, Kim performed poorly on the apparatus in the Team final.

　　The United States' Jonathan Horton is the dark horse for the gold medal. The 22-year-old American finished fourth in the All-Around at the 2007 World Championships.

　　Horton was one of the best-performed gymnasts in the Horizontal Bar in the Team final and he also performed well in the Rings and Floor Exercise. If he can excel in the Pommel Horse and Parallel Bars tomorrow, then he may upset Yang and replicate his injured teammate, Paul Hamm's gold-medal-winning effort at Athens 2004.