At the World Gymnastics Championships on the evening of October 24, China's Hu Xuwei twice defeated Japan's Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto to win two championships on single and double bars, becoming the only "double champion" at the World Championships.
Hu Xuwei in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
Hu Xuwei's performance in the finale event of the day was particularly brilliant, and his opponents were not only Japan's horizontal bar Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto, but also the legendary Uchima Hanghei who competed in his hometown of Kitakyushu.
Daiki Hashimoto led with 15.066 points, and the home crowd gave him a lasting round of applause as if he had pocketed the gold medal. But Hu Xuwei was the last to appear, conquering the referee with a difficulty of 6.700, scoring a high score of 15.166 points, and the more than 2,000 Japanese audiences suddenly sighed.
The parallel bars match was also thrilling, before Hu Xuwei came on, Hashimoto Daiki and another Japanese player, Xuan Hema, and the Philippine star Yuluo had a wonderful performance, Yuluo scored a high score of 15.300 points.
Hu Xuwei was not afraid of strong hands, successfully challenged the difficulty of 6.6, and scored 15.466 points after landing steadily, surpassing Yuluo to win the championship. Satoshi added a bronze medal to the Chinese team with 15.066 points, and Daiki Hashimoto was fourth.
Champion China's Hu Xuwei (center), runner-up Filipino Yuluo (left) and runner-up China's Shi Cong at the parallel bars award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
Daiki Hashimoto, who became famous in the First World Olympics in Tokyo, competed in three events, all of which were lost to Chinese athletes — in the men's all-around final, he lost to Zhang Boheng, who also did not participate in the Olympics.
Hu Xuwei, from Guangxi, who is 24 years old and who missed the Tokyo Olympics before, maintains a very calm attitude towards the future in the face of such an honor, saying: "Walking off the podium, everything is clear, I will start again and set new goals." ”
Hu Xuwei, who heard the national anthem sound twice and hung two gold medals around his neck, was also very excited, and he said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that winning two gold medals at the world championships for the first time was indeed a "dream come true."
Hu Xuwei (right) celebrates after the horizontal bar final. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
"Actually, the hardest thing is the parallel bars competition, the pressure is a little bit bigger, but I believe I have the absolute strength to get this gold medal." After winning the championship on parallel bars, the mentality is more relaxed, and the horizontal bar competition wants to go up and perform. ”
In order to fight for the gold medal, before the final, Hu Xuwei and the coach decided to temporarily increase the difficulty of the two competitions. He said: "I usually have a lot of difficulty reserves, temporary additions and subtractions, everything is under control. ”
"I've been waiting for an opportunity like this, I've been working hard for it, I feel like I've been fully prepared, and I feel lucky to have seized this opportunity."
At this point, the Gymnastics World Championships came to an end, and the Chinese team, which was dominated by young players, ranked first in the gold medal table and medal table with 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze.
Source: The Paper