"I feel like I've gained more than I lost."
On August 5, the gymnastics event of the Paris Olympics ended, and with the bronze medal of 13.966 points in the horizontal bar final, Changsha Zhang Boheng's "Paris journey" ended with regret.
Zhang Boheng in the horizontal bar competition. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lai Xiangdong)
10 days, 6 games, 21 sets of movements, 2 silvers and 1 bronze, this is the 24-year-old Zhang Boheng's Olympic debut.
From the men's team's first rise and then depression, to the unfavorable start of the individual all-around, and then to the final regretful end of the individual event...... These 10 days in Paris are believed to be one of the most important life experiences in Zhang Boheng's life.
Harvest and growth, Zhang Boheng is "different".
Zhang Boheng, who walked out of the competition area, took off the protective gear in his hand, fell to the ground, and picked it up again, and then he kept pacing on the sidelines with his head down...... In the end, I sat down on the ground and hugged my head in annoyance. Zhang Boheng rarely does this.
In the horizontal bar final just now, because of a mistake on the ground, Zhang Boheng only scored 13.966 points. It was his "last dance" in Paris.
Zhang Boheng, it's different. This is the reporter's biggest feeling in the gymnastics arena in Paris this time.
"When I walked out of the ring, I felt like I was letting go again. It's a pity not to win the gold medal, but there are many things that don't work on the positive side and you have to look at the negative. Actually, after the whole race in Paris, I think I'm still very remarkable. Summing up his first Olympic journey, Zhang Boheng said three words - growth, responsibility, and perseverance.
In fact, there is another detail in the parallel bars final on the afternoon of the 5th, Zhang Boheng, who was the first to finish the competition, has been "sitting" in the waiting area, as if he has withdrawn from this lively and noisy arena. But when it was the turn of teammate Zou Jingyuan to play, Zhang Boheng immediately got up and stood on the sidelines, always watching every move of his senior brother, shouting and applauding.
Zhang Boheng competes in parallel bars. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Min)
Among all the events he participated in, what Zhang Boheng wanted most in his heart was always the team gold medal. That night, almost all the players of the men's team burst into tears, but Zhang Boheng, who had the best performance in the audience, did not have this childhood "crybaby". When leaving, Zhang Boheng walked up to Su Weide, who made a mistake, and patted him on the shoulder.
Responsibility and responsibility support Zhang Boheng must look forward, although in the mixed mining area, there are always reporters asking him, "Are you too tired?" He always replied lightly: "This is not a reason or excuse for an all-rounder. Then he smiled slightly, but with a slight bitterness.
There are no regrets, and life needs to look forward
Over the years, Zhang Boheng has been under really great pressure. His Olympic debut has been long awaited, and since three years ago, there has been a lot of talk about whether he can lead Chinese men's gymnastics back to the top.
For Zhang Boheng, a series of experiences in 2021 are amazing and regretful, but more of an experience. That year, he first won the gold medal in men's free gymnastics in the first half of the year in the National Gymnastics Championships and the Tokyo Olympic Trials, as well as two silver medals in the men's team and all-around.
Subsequently, Zhang Boheng was selected for the training squad for the Tokyo Olympics, but due to his lack of experience in the competition, he was only a substitute player in the end and failed to appear on the stage of his dreams. In Tokyo, the final team result of the Chinese men's gymnastics team was the bronze medal, and Xiao Ruoteng won the silver medal in the all-around with a difference of 0.4 points.
This was followed by the World Championships in October, just over two months after the Tokyo Olympics. In the men's all-around competition, Zhang Boheng won the championship with 87.981 points over the new Olympic champion and Japan's Daiki Hashimoto. For a while, "Why didn't you send Zhang Boheng to Tokyo?" It has become a hot topic of discussion on the Internet with the benefit of many "hindsight".
Three years have passed, and the all-round showdown in Paris is coming, and everyone is looking forward to seeing the "Twin Stars" have a heart-wrenching showdown, but the plot has not been staged according to this. Zhang Boheng made a mistake in the first free gymnastics, and Daiki Hashimoto fell again after the second pommel horse after qualifying. The two strongest all-rounders in the past two years in the major arenas, like angels with broken wings, finally failed to fly into the blue sky of Paris.
After the game, Zhang Boheng said: "There is nothing to regret, it is all me who succeeds and fails, life is like this, look forward." ”
Perseverance, the "tyrannical" Changsha Yanzi has a long future
Zhang Boheng is a native of Changsha. Changsha is a place where gymnastics talents come out in large numbers, from Lu Li to Li Xiaopeng, Liu Xuan, and now Zhang Boheng.
Zhang Boheng and Li Xiaopeng are from the same school, and their common enlightenment coach Qiu Qi said: "Xiaopeng and Boheng have one thing in common, they are both sunny and smart. But Zhang Boheng's talent is not as good as Li Xiaopeng, he is more tenacious and 'domineering'. ”
All-round gymnasts, often referred to as "gifted players", have to show stable and excellent performance in the six individual competitions, and the requirements for competitive level, physical fitness, and psychological quality are self-evident.
"I did gymnastics when I was a kid and no one thought I could be an all-rounder. But after all these years of hard work, I have the current me. Zhang Boheng admitted frankly that he also went from "crying while practicing" to gradually understanding gymnastics and falling in love with gymnastics after experiencing failures, injuries, and downturns.
In the mouth of the current head coach Chen Wei, when he first saw Zhang Boheng, he was just a child with "good talent". "He came to the provincial team in 2009 and followed me into the national team in 2018, when he was only a young athlete and did not have any difficult technical moves. As an all-rounder, he practiced more than others every day, which has led to his progress in the past few years. ”
Behind Zhang Boheng's "not so outstanding talent", hard work, tenacity and unremitting struggle are the foundation for growth. Looking forward to the future, Zhang Boheng, who has been fighting for 10 days, said: "Rest first!" Recharge your energy ......"
The last time Chinese men's gymnastics won the Olympic all-around championship was Yang Wei at the Beijing Olympics, when he was 28 years old. At the Athens Olympics before that, Yang Wei made a major mistake in the horizontal bar and left regrets in the all-around final. This year, Zhang Boheng is just 24 years old.
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Source丨Hunan Daily
Editor丨Zixin Wu Xia
Editor丨Zhu Lin, Xiao Bin
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