Perhaps he’s growing tired of losing Horizontal Bar to Chinese gymnasts doing higher start value, but (in reality) less difficulty.
Our World Champion is connecting Liukin (1/1 twisting layout Tkachev) in combination from a D-part. With perfect form.
Watch it on YouTube.
If that’s not a big enough bump to his start value, maybe he’ll add a Shaham (kovacs 1 1/2) (VIDEO).