CALGARY, Alberta — Olympic floor exercise champion Kyle Shewfelt has been selected for the Canadian gymnastics team for the Beijing Games, 10 months after breaking the tibias in both of his legs.

This will be Shewfelt's third Olympic Games.

"I have worked so hard to earn my place on this team and now I am ready to push myself hard through the next 30 days," Shewfelt said in a posting on his Web site, www.kyleshewfelt.com. "Gold medal or not, these Olympics might just be the best of the bunch. And that's because of everything I've gone through just to make it there!"

Shewfelt's gold on floor at the Athens Games was Canada's first in artistic gymnastics, and he was expected to be a medal contender in Beijing on floor and vault. But while training Aug. 27 for the world championships, he landed a tumbling move stiff-legged and broke the tibias in both legs and damaged ligaments in his left knee.

He had surgery 10 days later, and underwent extensive rehab. At a national team test event last month, Shewfelt won vault and was second on floor.

Also chosen for Canada's team were Nathan Gafuik, Grant Golding, David Kikuchi, Brandon O'Neill and Adam Wong. Ken Ikeda and Jared Walls were named alternates.