Double Olympic and eight-times world champion Li Xiaopeng has failed to recover from a toe injury and will miss next month's World Championships.

The 26-year-old parallel bars specialist, who also missed last year's worlds, was absent from the 16-strong Chinese squad for Stuttgart announced late on Monday. The September 1-9 championships are the last before the Beijing Olympics.

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