Well, in 1987, he stunned the critics, coming back to win the AA at the worlds in 1987 by the smallest of margins. He also won (going from memory here) PH and HB in the finals. Some say the judges were overly lenient with him and that Korolev should have won, but that doens't make his comeback any less remarkable. In Seoul, he was again the favourite, but a stumble during an intricate one arm sequence on high bar dropped him to third. He came back in event finals to win PH (in a three way tie). I can't remember if he won any other medals. He retired after taht, but intended on a comeback in 1989, but was kicked off the USSR team (along with Gogoladze) for going on a "three day drinking binge". Arkaev must have been mistaken(!)GYmnasts aren't a wild bunch of party animals or anything....