Chinese gymnast Xiao Ruoteng compared himself to a vinyl record.

“The vinyl record couldn’t be played too many times, otherwise it will be scratched,” he said. “I only play the record on the most important occasions for the audience.”

 At the men’s gymnastics individual all-around final, he impressed ­audiences with outstanding performances in floor exercise, vault and rings, topping the competition after three rotations. He continued to lead the rankings after high-quality parallel bars. But the 19-year-old Japanese Daiki Hashimoto finished with an unparalleled 14.933 in the horizontal bar, and Xiao eventually settled for a silver medal.