Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands produced a spectacular horizontal high bar routine to claim Olympic gold in the men's final and earn a standing ovation at the North Greenwich Arena on Tuesday. Zonderland's display gave him a huge score of 16.533, to leave Germany's Fabian Hambuchen with the silver medal and defending champion Zou Kai of China with bronze.
The Dutchman's routine contained a sequence of three consecutive releases - a Cassina, a Kovacs and a Kolman - that brought the crowd to their feet and earned him congratulatory embraces from both Zou and Hambuchen. It made him the Netherlands' first Olympic gymnastics gold medallist since the Dutch women's team prevailed in the team event on home soil in 1928.