Feng Zhe showed off his mastery of the parallel bars and then wagged the now familiar index finger to confirm his top dog status as he seized the Olympic gold medal for China on Tuesday.
Feng produced a solid swinging exhibition incorporating a number of impressive somersaults, twists and handstands to earn 15.966 as all of his main rivals fluffed their routines.
So confident was Feng about his performance, he quipped: "I wanted the gold, I felt the judges were under more pressure than me."
Brothers Kazuhito and Yusuke Tanaka had raised the possibility of completing a Japanese one-two after earning the top two qualifying scores but both wobbled and wavered across the bars on Tuesday and left empty handed after finishing fourth and eighth respectively.
Feng, the 2010 world champion, surpassed Germany's Marcel Nguyen by 0.166 of a point while Frenchman Hamilton Sabot picked up a surprise bronze.
Feng's success gave the Chinese men's gymnastics team their third gold of the London Games.
