The 2024 Paris Olympics are in full swing, and in the men's gymnastics team competition of the Paris Olympics in the early morning of July 30, Beijing time, the Chinese army encountered perhaps the most worrying scene in the history of gymnastics. After the first 5 rounds, the Chinese team was already ranked first, leading the Japan team by 3.267, and in the sixth round of the horizontal bar competition, Su Weide made 2 consecutive low-level mistakes to drop the bar, and the Chinese team was finally overtaken by Japan, and the gold medal in hand became a silver medal.
This result is very difficult for the players of the Chinese men's team to accept. The athletes worked hard for 4 years, and many of them came out with injuries for this gold medal. At that moment, they were so close to the gold medal that even if Su Weide missed the bar once, the Chinese team could win the championship. Unfortunately, it fell short in the end, and for Xiao Ruoteng, a 28-year-old veteran, it was too cruel for his Olympic career to end in this way.
After the competition, Xiao Ruoteng burst into tears, knowing that he would not have an Olympic gold medal in his life. In fact, it's not just about the gold medals, the bonuses the athletes receive, and the placement and security after retirement, the difference between the gold and silver medals is 108,000 miles. Especially for gymnastics, a sport that has been injured after retirement, we can fully understand Xiao Ruoteng's pain at the moment.
After the game, Xiao Ruoteng was even sad and incoherent, Xiao Ruoteng said in an interview: "We are all of us, whoever does not make mistakes, who has a better performance, we may all win this gold medal." We still have the strength, I don't know if I regret it or not, I want to laugh a little now when I think about it, it's just that he's weird, life is always like this. ”
Talking about the scene of his tears, Xiao Ruoteng said: "I may cry because I feel that I didn't play well, and I regret it very much. You will say that in my last Olympics, I put in so much effort and missed out on the gold medal, but I don't think it's interesting, life is always like this, accept it? I can't accept it, I can't put it into words, I'm confused. ”
At the post-match press conference, Su Weide, who made two mistakes on the bar, apologized to his teammates, and Su Weide said: "I'm sorry for my teammates, big brothers, they have worked very hard this cycle and have experienced a lot of injuries, and they finally survived, because I didn't win the gold medal for my mistakes today." "It is true that, as Yang Wei said in the commentary, no one suffers more from this situation than the athletes themselves. However, an apology may be difficult to make up for the pain of other team members, and it will not be able to calm the regret of the audience.
It was the captain Zhang Boheng, who was encouraging everyone, he said: "Actually, I think that the failure of the game is definitely not a personal problem, first of all, we may still have some negligence in decision-making, or when we are in the game, the mentality is not done well and relieved in time, I think it is better to go back to calm everyone's mood first, because everyone still has the game later." ”
"I believe that our netizens are also very supportive of us, and they also want to encourage us very much, so that our emotions can come out as soon as possible, thank you in advance." Zhang Boheng They still have a single project in the future, and we wish them another great result. It's just that many years later, when looking back on the men's team competition again, I'm afraid most people are still uneasy.