On November 11, world gymnast Hanghei Uchimura, who won the individual all-around championship at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, officially announced his retirement. Uchimaura is the greatest athlete in the history of gymnastics in the world. Although the dismal curtain call at last year's Tokyo Olympics may not have made his gymnastics career too complete, his brilliant experience and achievements are unmatched by other athletes. Uchimura has always pursued perfection on the road of gymnastics.
Uchida has been battling injuries for the past five years, and according to Japanese media reports, he has been training hard with injuries in order to compete for the fourth time in Tokyo, during which time Uchmura has taken more than 100 injections to close, and almost every week he has to rely on injections to curb his injuries. Last year, Uchimura was forced to give up the all-around project he was best at, focusing on the single event - horizontal bar. Although Uchimura qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as he wished, he failed to reach the final in the individual event, and his gymnastics career did not come to a perfect Olympic end.
But even so, Uchida has achieved results in gymnastics in the world – in 4 Olympic Games, Uchura won 3 gold and 4 silver, and from 2009 to 2015, he won the individual all-around championship six times. Since 2008, Uchimura has been the absolute king of the individual all-around event. Even if the gymnastics rules and scoring standards change and change many times, as long as he participates, even if there may be a mistake in a certain event, he will still not let the champion fall behind. It was enough to show his super strength in the men's individual all-around event, as well as his great place in the history of world gymnastics.
Uchimura is never complacent, he always pursues self-improvement. And this is the biggest reason why he has remained invincible for many years. Chiho, Uchom's wife, once said that he would watch the video repeatedly after training every day to find out his shortcomings. The couple recorded the show together, and the wife casually said "worried about her husband's vaulting, kurama and horizontal bar", and Uchom immediately scratched his head: "So many of my items make you worry?" It seems that I am still far behind."
Many media outlets described Uchimura's gymnastics as "like a textbook standard and full of beauty." Indeed, Uchimura Hanghei has been constantly using the spirit of craftsmanship to polish and carve his own technology, and strive to be close to perfection. Uchimura Hanghei once said: "Up to now, I can't remember how many medals I have won, every time I compete, I only look at whether my performance can improve, I don't think I am the most perfect athlete in the world, I have to improve myself further." I care more about my performance than the result of the game. ”
Uchimura Hangping is also the goal of Chinese gymnasts who have been chasing and catching up for many years. Deng Shudi, a Chinese gymnast with the nickname "God of War", once told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily about the story between him and Uchimura Hangping. Deng Shudi said that he has always regarded Uchimura Hangping as a goal to catch up with and surpass, and he even wrote a note at the head of his bed: surpassing Uchimura Hangping to motivate himself to train harder every day. Not only Deng Shudi, but many Chinese gymnasts are trying to challenge Uchimura Hangping in the process of making themselves more excellent and powerful.
Text/Beiqing Sports Song Xiang