Kitakyushu, Japan, October 22 (Xinhua) -- After Zhang Boheng defeated Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto here on the 22nd to win the men's individual all-around title at the World Gymnastics Championships, the question that all reporters at the scene were concerned about was: How did a Chinese athlete who did not participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games defeat the double Olympic champion?
Champion China's Zhang Boheng (center), runner-up Japan's Daiki Hashimoto (left), and runner-up Ukraine's Kokovtun present the men's individual all-around final at the award ceremony on October 22. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
Zhang Boheng was asked this question many times after the game. When he heard the question again at the post-match press conference, he said: "In China, there are many all-rounders of my level, so it is not that if I get this result today, I should go to the Olympics." ”
Ye Zhennan, the leader of the Chinese gymnastics team and deputy director of the Gymnastics Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, said that although Zhang Boheng did not participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games, he trained very hard during this time, and the difficulty of the horizontal bar in training was increased by 0.3, and the overall strength was greatly improved. In the next step, he still has a certain potential in the kurama and parallel bars events, he is a very all-rounder, and the Chinese men's team at the Paris Olympics will definitely have another choice.
On October 22, Zhang Boheng competed in the men's individual all-around final ring event. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
Ye Zhennan told Xinhua News Agency that the key point of the day's competition was in the parallel bars event, Zhang Boheng had a move to get extra points, so that before the last horizontal bar event, 0.35 points ahead of the opponent, the pressure was transferred to Hashimoto Daiki.
"Zhang Boheng played very well on the bar, although there was a little mistake on the landing, but the bar was better, the deduction point was less, and Hashimoto had to play well to win him." The final game was very exciting, and the two were equally strong. Ye Zhennan said.
On October 22, Zhang Boheng competed in the men's individual all-around final parallel bars event. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
Zhang Boheng said that he also watched Hashimoto's matches at the Olympic Games, "The competition is always changing, the state of each game is different, and the results are different." ”
Zhang Boheng said that the Paris Olympics sound very long, in fact, the time is very short, and it should be summed up after this competition, because it will often compete with Hashimoto Daiki in the future.
Source: Xinhua News Agency