Hu Xuwei (left) accepts Congratulations from Uchimura Hanghei. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (reporter Liu Chen) The 2021 Gymnastics World Championships ended last night in Kitakyushu, Japan, and on the last single competition day, Hu Xuwei, who participated in the World Championships for the first time, won the parallel bar and horizontal bar championships. In this World Championship, the Chinese team won a total of 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, ranking first in the medal table, setting the best record in the past 8 World Championships, and achieving the purpose of exploring and training troops for the Paris Olympic cycle.
Parallel bars are the traditional strength of the Chinese team, having won three consecutive world championships, and Zou Jingyuan won the gold medal in the event at the Tokyo Olympics. In yesterday's final, Hu Xuwei's complete set of difficulty was 6.6, and the quality of completion was remarkable, with a total score of 15.466 points for the Chinese team to achieve the 4th consecutive world championship in the parallel bars event. Zhang Boheng withdrew from the single-event final after a low-back injury after the men's individual all-around final, and his parallel bar place was replaced by the youngster Shi Cong, who finally appeared and won the bronze medal with 15.066 points.
Hu Xuwei in the horizontal bar final. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
In less than an hour, the horizontal bar final began. Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto made his fifth appearance, becoming the first athlete to surpass 15 points in total with a steady performance. Hu Xuwei, who came out in the finale, increased the difficulty and was finally identified as 6.7, which was not only 0.3 higher than his preliminaries, but also exceeded Hashimoto's 0.2, and the quality of completion was also guaranteed. Hu Xuwei reached the top with a total score of 15.166 and 0.1 points. Hu Xuwei admitted after the game that after winning the parallel bar championship, his mentality was relaxed, "I want to go up and perform on the horizontal bar." I usually have a lot of difficulty reserves, temporary additions and subtractions, and everything is under control. Hu Xuwei became the first male athlete in the history of the Chinese gymnastics team to be crowned a double at a single World Championships, and the last Chinese gymnast to win the double title at the World Championships was Cheng Fei, who won the women's vaulting and free gymnastics at the 2006 World Championships.
This World Championship is the debut for most of the chinese team members, and it is worth mentioning that the four newly listed members of the World Championships, Zhang Boheng, Wei Xiaoyuan, Lan Xingyu and Hu Xuwei, are all on the World Championships for the first time (Lan Xingyu was a substitute for the 2018 World Championships and failed to get the opportunity to play), and the first World Series in the Paris cycle has such a brilliant performance, which undoubtedly adds confidence to the preparation for the Olympic Games 3 years later. Zhang Boheng posted a group photo of the whole team on social media after the game, writing: "The Chinese gymnastics team is all good. ”
Beijing News reporter Liu Chen
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