His high bar was so ridiculously "floaty" back then! He just glides effortlessly and quickly gets through the elements. You can see that his form was built from the start with a lot of attention to detail and getting those fundamentals absolutely perfect. During his warm-up he keeps the great lines, toe point, precision, everything.
jos van klink If I saw how he did gymnastics in 2006, I would never imagine he would become the greatest gymnast of all time. I've seen many 17 yo male gymnast who are much better than that. Especially his team mate Khirai.