Recently, Chenchen, a member of the Chinese gymnastics national team and the champion of the balance beam project at the Tokyo Olympic Games, was suddenly reported to be retired, and her social media profile also noted that she was a "former Chinese national team gymnast", which triggered a heated discussion among netizens for a time.
The reason why the news of Guan Chenchen's retirement was reported on the Internet, in addition to her own changes to the social media notes, there was also a very important reason that she also marked a sentence on the notes of the social media: "A fat tube who is about to become a college student." Both a "former" and an "imminent" indicate that Guan Chenchen's identity is about to undergo a major transformation. Even if she personally came forward to clarify the rumors of her imminent retirement after this, she still did not stop the speculation of netizens.
In fact, from the video of Guan Chenchen's training not long ago, it can be seen that she has gained more than ten pounds now, and such a weight and body shape make Guan Chenchen, who was as light as a swallow at the Tokyo Olympic Games, even unable to make some original simple movements and fall continuously. Earlier, when "Ip Man squatted" swept the Internet, Guan Chenchen also imitated in front of the camera, when netizens could not believe that the chubby little girl in front of the camera was actually the Olympic champion Guan Chenchen. In less than a year, her weight had grown dramatically, completely out of normal territory. For a female gymnast, physical development and weight gain are the biggest challenges they face, and Guan Chenchen seems to have lost the battle against them.
The gymnastics program originally had very good requirements for the athlete's body shape and weight, and the speed of replacement was very fast. Therefore, although Guan Chenchen is only 17 years old, he can only make way for younger team members because of weight gain and physical development. But fortunately, Guan Chenchen has received an acceptance letter from the university, and she will start another new journey.