Yang Wei of China won men's individual all-around gold at the Beijing Olympic Games on Thursday.

Yang Wei of China competes in the floor exercise during the men's individual all-around artistic gymnastics final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 14, 2008. [Agencies]

Yang, a three-time Olympian who has the most decorated record in Asian Games gymnastic history, has eight world championship golds under his belt and was part of the men's team that won at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 but an Olympic individual all-around gold was his nearest goal after he spearheaded the Chinese men's team to a team gold medal two days ago.

With deafening cheers and applause, leading Chinese gymnast Yang Wei finished her routine in the last event of Men's Horizontal Bar in 14.775 points, nailing the gold totaled 94.575.