The 18-year-old Olympic champion retires! 2 years fat to recognize, only Quan Hongchan is still at the peak of the 3 new stars of the East Olympic Games

Remember Guan Chenchen, who exploded on the Internet because of "Kangaroo Shake" at the Tokyo Olympics? Some time ago, the gymnastics champion updated social media and announced his retirement. This incident also shocked many netizens, after all, Guan Chenchen is only 18 years old, he can insist on participating in the Paris Olympics for another year, why bid farewell to the competition at this time?

In fact, Guan Chenchen has not appeared in international competitions for nearly 2 years. In other words, she hasn't competed since the 2021 Western Security Games. Before Guan Chenchen has been active on short video platforms, and often posts some dancing videos, which has also led many netizens to criticize her for not doing her job. Some even left a message, "You don't have to go to Paris if you go on like this." At that time, Guan Chenchen replied, "Then you go?" Unexpectedly, the words of netizens really came true.

As we all know, female gymnasts have a very short peak period, basically between 14 and 20 years old, this age group is the most flexible, and generally light weight, which can support them to easily complete difficult movements. Two years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, Guan Chenchen won the gold medal in the women's balance beam, which is also the first time in 9 years that China's women's gymnastics has a gold medal.

Originally, Guan Chenchen relied on the Olympic gold medal and super high network exposure to once become popular in the circle. If she can continue to perform in international competitions or even the next Olympic Games in the future, then she will definitely go down in the history of the Chinese gymnastics team. It's a pity that after winning the Olympic gold medal, Guan Chenchen has no desire or desire, and the training has gradually fallen. In the past 2 years, she has changed a lot, especially her figure is so blessed that she is so fat that she is almost unrecognizable. Perhaps because of this, Guan Chenchen will choose to retire here.

Guan Chenchen's decision to retreat bravely was actually a wise choice in the eyes of many people. After all, Liu Xiang, Su Bingtian, and even Zhu Ting are all lessons from the past, even if they have achieved many brilliant honors, as long as they do not perform well once, then they will become the target of everyone. For Guan Chenchen, she has already obtained her highest pursuit, and it is time to live for herself. Therefore, after she was sent to Zhejiang University, she chose to experience a different life instead of continuing to train and compete.

With the retirement of Guan Chenchen, the three hottest post-00s stars of the Tokyo Olympics are now only Quan Hongchan still at the tip of the pyramid. Another is Yang Qian, who, like Guan Chenchen, also fell in form after the Olympics, losing consecutive international competitions, and even unable to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Quan Hongchan, on the other hand, has won consecutive World Championships and World Cups, and although she has been bound by the "development pass", she has now returned to her peak form. 16-year-old Quan Hongchan, it is not a problem to participate in two more Olympic Games in the future, she will definitely leave a strong mark in the history of the Chinese diving team.