The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been going on for a few days, and many events have new breakthroughs, but it is painful in women's gymnastics, but unfortunately they did not stand on the top podium. This makes many netizens inevitably recall the golden generation of women's gymnastics in the Beijing Olympic Games.
Why call the women's gymnastics team at the Beijing Olympics the Golden Generation? Only because these girls' achievements are too dazzling. That year, the 6 young players first won the gold medal of the women's team, then Yang Yilin won the bronze medal of the women's all-around and the women's uneven bars, Cheng Fei won the third place in the women's vault and the women's balance beam, and He Kexin won the gold medal in the women's high and low bars.
In 2008, 6 girls won 2 gold medals and 4 bronze medals, which is very different from the current Tokyo Olympic Games. Such a brilliant record has a very strong and colorful stroke in the history of gymnastics in our country. Now, 13 years later, 6 little girls have long since retired. Now they're on different paths, but everyone is doing really well.
First, let's take a look at the strongest transformation of the 6 girls, Li Shanshan. She was only 16 years old in 2008, and after winning the Team Championship at the Beijing Olympics, she officially retired in 2009. After retiring from the military, she studied at the Central University of Finance and Economics, then went to Macau University of Science and Technology for graduate studies, and after graduation, joined the Macau branch of the Bank of China.
After several years of trial and error, Li Shanshan has achieved the position of senior brand manager. Since officially joining the financial industry, she has rarely appeared on social platforms, but you can still see her in the bank's consulting news. In the 2019 BOC gift promotional film, her classic deer jumping shot was also specially played.
Of the 6 girls, none of them were not undergraduates. He Kexin, who won double gold in 2008, officially retired in 2013. After retiring from the military, she concentrated on studying at Beijing Normal University, and after completing her undergraduate and master's degrees, she stayed on as a teacher.
Today, He Kexin is the hottest professor in the school, and it is said that her women's physical fitness class is the most difficult course to grab at Beijing Normal University, and some people have not grabbed it for four years. This time as the commentator of the tokyo Olympic women's gymnastics team final, it is just a cameo by Mr. He during the summer vacation.
Yang Yilin, who was also 16 years old in 2008, did not officially retire until 2013. After retiring from the military, she concentrated on studying in Beiti until her master's degree, and finally returned to her hometown guangzhou and was recruited to teach at Sun Yat-sen University. In 2020, she participated in the recording of the national poverty alleviation theme public welfare program "Warm and Light Screening Team".
Yang Yilin, now 29 years old, announced her marriage through social platforms on February 25 this year, becoming the first person in the golden generation to officially announce her marital status. On weekdays, she often posts some of her daily life photos on social platforms, and the 29-year-old maintains her excellent figure.
Jiang Yuyuan served as captain for a time after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and did not officially retire until December 2013. After retiring from the military, she first completed her undergraduate studies at Zhejiang University, and then applied to work in the school where she was trained. However, she did not choose to be a coach or teacher, but devoted herself to administrative work.
Among the 6 little girls, Deng Linlin is a super bully. After officially retiring from the military in 2013, she first studied at Peking University as an undergraduate and studied international politics. She then went on to study for a joint master's degree from Northern Body and California Baptist University, only recently graduating.
Today, Deng Linlin has achieved success in her studies, and more importantly, she has obtained a gymnastics referee certificate, and she is also a member of the Youth Federation and has begun to serve as a referee in major gymnastics competitions. Now China's gymnastics community is the lack of such talents as her, the future she should be able to embark on a bigger stage, for China's gymnastics to win more international discourse.
Among the 6 little girls, the oldest is Cheng Fei. In 2012, she officially announced her retirement and disappeared from public view. During this period, she was blessed by illness, and was ridiculed by many people with hearts, saying that she was injured and sick, and how depressed she was. Although she is now 33 years old, her body is out of shape, but it does not mean that she is not living well.
Cheng Fei has been teaching at the Wuhan Institute of Physical Education since retiring from the military and is now the vice president of the Provincial Gymnastics Association, a colleague with Olympic champion Yang Wei. During her work, she also successfully obtained a master's degree and founded the "Gymnastics Club", which has been committed to passing on the concept of happy gymnastics to the public.
As the country's development is getting better and better, the Olympic athletes have been well arranged after leaving the stadium. They continue to shine in different places and in different fields. Thanks to the glory and pride that the gymnastics "golden generation" once brought to the Chinese people, Xiao 8 felt that even if they were out of shape and blessed, they were still the heroes in the minds of the Chinese people.