Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings during the apparatus finals at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Moscow May 30, 2009. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings during the apparatus finals at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Moscow May 30, 2009. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings during qualification for the Glasgow Gymnastics Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, May 15, 2009. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN SPORT GYMNASTICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Yuri Van Gelder competes on the rings during qualification for the Glasgow Gymnastics Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, May 15, 2009. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN SPORT GYMNASTICS) 

Yuri Van Gelder competes on the rings during qualification for the Glasgow Gymnastics Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, May 15, 2009. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN SPORT GYMNASTICS) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings during the International Gymnastics Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings during the International Gymnastics Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings during the International Gymnastics Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN) 

Yuri Van Gelder of Netherlands competes on the rings during apparatus finals at the World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics in Moscow May 30, 2008. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings during a qualification competition at the World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics in Moscow May 29, 2008. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings during a qualification competition at the World cup in Artistic Gymnastics in Moscow May 29, 2008. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands (C), Jordan Jovtchev (L) of Bulgaria and Danny Rodrigues of France celebrate with their medals after the rings competition at the final event of the 28th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Lausanne May 11, 2008. Van Gelder won ahead of Jovtchev and Rodrigues. REUTERS/ Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands performs on the rings during the final event at the 28th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Lausanne May 11, 2008. Van Gelder won ahead of Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Danny Rodrigues of France. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener (SWITZERLAND) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands wears his gold medal after being placed first in the men's rings individual final at the Doha Gymnastics World Cup March 5, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the horizontal bar to win the gold medal during the men's individual final of the Doha Gymnastics World Cup at the Aspire Academy March 5, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the horizontal bar to win the gold medal during the men's individual final of the Doha Gymnastics World Cup at the Aspire Academy March 5, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the horizontal bar to win the gold medal during the men's individual final of the Doha Gymnastics World Cup at the Aspire Academy March 5, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands adjuts his silver medal following the men's rings final at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 8, 2007. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (GERMANY) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands attends the flower ceremony after winning the silver medal in the men's rings final at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 8, 2007. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands performs on the rings to win the silver medal in the men's final at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 8, 2007. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands performs on the rings to win the silver medal in the men's final at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 8, 2007. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY) 

Yuri van Gelder of Netherlands performs on the rings to win the silver medal during the men's individual final at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 8, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

Yuri van Gelder of Netherlands performs on the rings during the all-around team competition at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

Yuri van Gelder of Netherlands performs on the rings during the all-around team competition at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

Yuri van Gelder of Netherlands performs on the rings during the all-around team competition at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

Yuri van Gelder of Netherlands performs on the rings during the all-around team competition at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands performs on the rings during his performance in the all-around team competition at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (GERMANY) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands performs on the rings during the all-around team competition at the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherland competes on the rings during the rings final of the FIG 2007 World Cup Gymnastics event in Shanghai July 28, 2007. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA) 

Yuri van Gelder of Netherlands competes on the rings during the men's qualifying round at the 2nd European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships in Amsterdam, April 27, 2007. REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters (NETHERLANDS) 

Yuri van Gelder of Netherlands competes on the rings during the men's qualifying round at the 2nd European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships in Amsterdam, April 27, 2007. REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters (NETHERLANDS) 

Yuri van Gelder of Netherlands competes on the rings during the men's qualifying round at the 2nd European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships in Amsterdam, April 27, 2007. REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters (NETHERLANDS) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings to win the bronze medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) also see GF1DVIBCYEAA 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings to win the bronze medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands is congratulated by his coach at the end of his exercise on the rings to win the bronze medal at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen Yibing of China took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Van Gelder. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings to win the bronze medal at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen Yibing of China took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Van Gelder. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes on the rings to win the bronze medal at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen Yibing of China took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Van Gelder. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) 

Chen Yibing of China is congratulated by his coach after his exercise on the rings at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) 

Chen Yibing of China competes on the rings to win the gold medal at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen Yibing of China took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) 

Yuri van Gelder from the Netherlands waves at the awards ceremony after receiving the bronze medal in the rings event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

Medal winners in the rings event pose during the awards ceremony at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. China's Chen Yibing (C) won the gold medal, Bulgaria's Jordan Jovtchev (L) won the silver, and Yuri van Gelder from the Netherlands won the bronze. sREUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

Chen Yibing of China celebrates on the podium after his gold medal win during the rings final at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) 

Chen Yibing of China celebrates on the podium after his gold medal win during the ring final at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Yibing of China took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands celebrates on the podium after winning the bronze medal during the ring final at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen Yibing of China took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Van Gelder. REUTERS/Max Rossi (DENMARK) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands holds the bronze medal he won in the men's individual apparatus final at the rings during the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen Yibing of China took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

Yuri Van Gelder of The Netherlands holds his bronze medal he won in the men's individual apparatus final at the rings during the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. Chen Yibing of China took the gold medal followed by Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria and Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

Yuri van Gelder from the Netherlands competes on the rings during the apparatus finals at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. China's Chen Yibing won the gold medal followed by Bulgaria's Jordan Jovtchev and van Gelder from the Netherlands. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

Bulgaria's Jordon Jovtchev competes on the rings during the apparatus finals at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 20, 2006. China's Chen Yibing won the gold medal followed by Bulgaria's Jovtchev and Yuri van Gelder from the Netherlands. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

The Netherlands' Yuri Van Gelder competes on the rings during the men's team qualification at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark October 14, 2006. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

The Netherlands' Yuri Van Gelder competes on the rings during the men's team qualification at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark October 14, 2006. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

The Netherlands' Yuri Van Gelder competes on the rings during the men's team qualification at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark October 14, 2006. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (DENMARK) 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands (C), Alexander Safoshkin of Russia (L) and Italy's Matteo Morandi pose atop the winner's podium after the men's Rings final at the World Gymnastic Championships at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne November 26, 2005. Van Gelder won the gold medal with Safoshkin taking silver and Morandi bronze. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne 

Italy's Matteo Morandi acknowledges the crowd after the men's Rings final at the World Gymnastic Championships at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne November 26, 2005. Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands won the gold medal with Alexander Safoshkin of Russia taking silver and Morandi bronze. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne 

Alexander Safoshkin of Russia completes his routine in the men's Rings final during the World Gymnastic Championships at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne November 26, 2005. Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands won the gold medal with Safoshkin taking silver and Italy's Matteo Morandi the bronze. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne 

Italy's Matteo Morandi competes in the men's Rings final at the World Gymnastic Championships at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne November 26, 2005. Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands won the gold medal with Alexander Safoshkin of Russia taking silver and Morandi bronze. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands waves after winning the men's Rings final at the World Gymnastic Championships at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne November 26, 2005. Alexander Safoshkin of Russia won silver and Italy's Matteo Morandi took bronze. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes in the men's Rings final at the World Gymnastic Championships at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne November 26, 2005. Alexander Safoshkin of Russia won silver and Italy's Matteo Morandi the bronze. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands competes in the men's Rings final at the World Gymnastic Championships at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne November 26, 2005. Alexander Safoshkin of Russia won silver and Italy's Matteo Morandi took bronze. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne 

Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands kisses his gold medal after winning the men's Rings final at the World Gymnastic Championships at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne November 26, 2005. Alexander Safoshkin of Russia won silver and Italy's Matteo Morandi the bronze. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne 

Netherland's Yuri Van Gelder performs during the rings final of the European Individual Men's and Women's Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen. Netherland's Yuri Van Gelder performs during the rings final of the European Individual Men's and Women's Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen June 5, 2005. Gelder won the competition together with Italian Andrea Coppolino. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh