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BEIJING (Reuters) - Olympic floor champion Kyle Shewfelt, who brokeboth legs last year, will not be able to defend his title afterfailing on Saturday to qualify for the event's final.
The Canadian, who had spent several months recovering after landingbadly during a practice session last August, finished 11th and isthe third reserve in case others pull out. "I can only smile and beproud of my effort. It's not the final moment, but the experiencethat matters," he told reporters.
"I thought the scores were a little low, I think the judges need toreward someone who pays attention to the smallest of things."
Double Olympic vault champion Gervasio Deferr is another gymnastwho will not retain his crown after he opted not to enter theevent. It was not immediately clear why the Spaniard had made thatdecision.
The other only Olympic apparatus champion in the field got throughsafely, Italy's Igor Cassina swinging high and catching deftly toqualify in second place on the horizontal bar behind world championFabian Hambuechen of Germany.
Triple pommel horse world champion Xiao Qin gave himself a goodchance of adding Olympic gold to his collection after topping thestandings, while fellow Chinese Chen Yibing led the field on therings on which he has won the last two world golds.
Diego Hypolito of Brazil (floor), Poland's Leczek Blanik (vault),Slovenian Mitja Petkovsek (parallel bars) were the other worldchampions to make the cut on their specialties.
South Korean joint world champion on the parallel bars, Kim Dae-eunfinished in the top eight but misses out because two of hiscountrymen finished above him. Countries are only allowed to havetwo athletes in a final.
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