In order to stand on the Olympic field for the fourth time, throughout the Olympic cycle, he had to take a shot almost every week to close and endure the pain of training.
Finally, when it came to that day, he ended his Olympic journey with serious mistakes.
On January 11, Beijing time, 5 months after the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games, he finally announced that he had ended his career as an athlete.
He is 33-year-old Kenhei Uchimura.
In the world gymnastics world, the name of Uchimura Hanghei has been mentioned many times. He participated in four Olympic Games in his athletic career, winning three gold medals and four silver medals. At the World Gymnastics Championships from 2009 to 2015, Uchimachi achieved six consecutive championships.
At the Beijing Olympic Games, Uchimura Hangping was just out of the woods and won the silver medal in the individual and team all-around, and in the individual all-around competition, it was China's famous Yang Wei who defeated Uchimura Hangping to win the gold medal.
Later, at the London Olympics, Uchom Hanghei finally won the coveted men's individual all-around gold medal, and after winning the all-around gold medal again at the Rio Olympics, Uchimura Achieved Eight Consecutive World Championships (Olympic Games and World Championships), which also set a new world record in gymnastics. In addition, Uchimaura became the first athlete in 44 years to successfully defend the Olympic title of men's individual all-around athlete.
At the end of the Rio Olympics journey, Uchimaura is 27 years old, which is the age for many male gymnasts to retire. It is also widely believed that Uchimura Hangping will retreat in a rapids. However, because the next Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan, Uchimura decided to stick with it again.
During the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Uchimura Hanghei suffered a rather serious injury, which also affected his systematic training, and his performance was also affected, his movement difficulty coefficient was declining, and the quality of completion was also declining.
With an almost one-shot closure every week, Uchimura finally stood on the tokyo Olympics, giving up the all-around a year ago to specialize in horizontal bars. As a result, in the game, Uchimura Hanghei made a major mistake, directly dropped the equipment, 13.866 points, Uchimura Hanghei missed the horizontal bar final, and left the field.
In fact, Uchimura Hanghei still hopes to continue to insist on it, but the Paris Olympic Games have modified the rules of gymnastics, and there is no longer a possibility of individual athletes being selected, which also seals Uchimura Hanghei's Olympic road and becomes a decisive factor in his retirement.
Last October's Fukuoka Gymnastics World Championships became the final battle for Uchida Hanghei, who was sixth on the horizontal bar, and Uchida did his best, but he no longer had the strength to get on the podium.
In an interview with the media, Uchom Hanghei talked about his serious injuries, saying that the joints of his body were in severe pain, and even his mandible was very painful, which also caused him to be unable to open his mouth, unable to bite, and even unable to eat hamburgers and steaks.
Now, 33-year-old Hanghei Uchimura finally stops getting a weekly injection, and he can finally concentrate on treating injuries.