On January 12, Beijing time, the International Olympic Committee sent birthday wishes to gymnastics Olympic champion Xiao Qin through official social media, which aroused strong concern among netizens.
The IOC wrote: "[Olympic Birthday House] January 12 is the birthday of former Chinese gymnast Xiao Qin! At the Beijing Olympics, he won gold medals in men's pommel horse events as well as team events. Let's review his wonderful performance and send him birthday wishes! However, for the IOC's appeal, netizens reacted coldly, only single-digit netizens left messages to send blessings, and some netizens mentioned the "fraud gate" incident that ruined Xiao Qin's reputation.
When xiao Qin is mentioned, he has to divide his life into two parts, the first half is before he knows Wang Yuan, and the second half is after Wang Yuan's fraud is exposed. Known as the "King of Kurama", Xiao Qin has a very brilliant sports career and is a full-time champion of the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Asian Games and National Games. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Xiao Qin won two championships at home to make him famous. At the 12th National Games in 2013, Xiao Qin drew a successful end to his sports career with a kurama gold medal.
Also in the year of Xiao Qin's retirement, his girlfriend Wang Yuan was sentenced to life imprisonment for fraud. Wang Yuan, a former member of the Dalian Shide football team's "Wife Group", went to Beijing alone in early 2008 after a quarrel with her husband, and later met Xiao Qin because she attended the wedding of gymnastics Olympic champion Xing Aowei on behalf of her husband. Not long after they met, Xiao Qin fell in love with Wang Yuan. According to Wang Yuan's confession after her arrest, she finally embarked on the road of fraud to satisfy Xiao Qin's expenses. In less than four years, Wang Yuan defrauded more than 60 million yuan from 33 people, including Yang Yun, Luo Xuejuan, Wang Likun, Feng Zhe and other cultural and sports celebrities, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court. Xiao Qin's reputation was ruined by his involvement in the "fraud gate" incident, and he disappeared from the public eye for a long time, until he reappeared as the head coach of the Eight-One Gymnastics Team at the 2019 Wuhan Military Games.