Gymnastics is a very ornamental sport, it contains many categories, many athletes have begun related training since childhood, China has always been a gymnastics power. In the history of gymnastics in China, there have also been many players who are talked about, but there are also some athletes who have endured many hardships and made great sacrifices but are not understood by most people.
Born in 1999, Mao Yi joined the national team at the age of 16 and won the runner-up of the women's team at the World Gymnastics Championships with the team members in 2015. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she helped the team win the bronze medal with her outstanding performances. Although the personal achievements are not too eye-catching, the contribution to the country is also worth remembering.
It should be known that every movement of the athletes in the gymnastics event may be the result of their continuous training at various risks off the field. In 2018, in the gymnastics American Cup vaulting competition, Mao Yi suffered an accident, resulting in a serious fracture of the thigh bone, fortunately, the treatment was timely at that time and did not cause major physiological damage.
At that time, the president of the International Gymnastics Federation, Watanabe Morisei, also made a special trip to visit Mao Yi. During the operation, Mao Yi inserted an intramedullary nail and two fixed nails into her body, and the scars on her thighs are still clearly visible, although they do not affect her normal activities, but they will affect her training and competition status. So in 2019, he announced his departure from the national team.
Gymnastics MaoYi, due to an accident on the field, implanted 3 steel nails in the body after surgery, and is preparing for the National Games. During the period of recuperation away from the team, her weight also rose sharply, the whole face shape looked a full circle larger, and when interviewed about the current state of gymnastics, she said that many of the previous movements, now do it, may be completely different from what I imagined. However, Mao Yi was not so easily defeated by reality, although she was affected by this and did not qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, but in the next Shaanxi National Games, she set a goal for herself and actively prepared for the battle. Here, too, we hope that she will be able to do well in the future.