After the Paris Olympics, gymnastics Olympic silver medalist Zhou Yaqin returned to China and soon returned to her hometown in Hengyang, Hunan, where she began to help out in her family's restaurant. Zhou Yaqin's father runs a restaurant. Photos of her daughter participating in the competition and a series of honors hung all over the box.
Zhou Yaqin is now working in a restaurant, many fans come here, and business in her father's shop has improved. Zhou Yaqin's father said: "Doing hygiene, serving dishes, wiping the table, (Zhou Yaqin) are all doing." Business is booming, every box and hall in my restaurant is hung up (her photo), and guests call me, are you her father, every day is full. ”
Zhou Yaqin won the runner-up on the balance beam at the Paris Olympics, and it was a pity that she was the number one favorite to win the championship, as long as there were no big mistakes, she could win the championship, but she made a relatively big mistake and almost fell off the wood, but fortunately she grabbed the balance beam with both hands. But this mistake not only directly deducted points, but also broke the connection, the difficulty score was also lowered, and the completion score was lowered, which caused a lot of losses at once. Zhou Yaqin still finished the action after the mistake and still won the runner-up, which also showed her strong strength.
For the Paris Olympics, Zhou Yaqin used a set of 7.2 difficulty at the 2024 National Gymnastics Championships, and scored a high score of 15.466 points, which is the highest personal score of Zhou Yaqin's balance beam career. However, at the Paris Olympics, the balance beam competitors made mistakes one after another, and this time the competition became a competition for who did not make mistakes. The Paris Olympics also brought a lot of inspiration to Chinese gymnastics. Although difficulty is important, consistency is also key, and Japan men's gymnastics star Shinnosuke Oka is not too difficult, but he won the team, all-around and horizontal bar titles with his consistent performance, and also won the third place on parallel bars, becoming the biggest winner.
The Chinese gymnastics team keeps making mistakes, men's gymnastics makes mistakes, and women's gymnastics also has many mistakes. Of course, Zhou Yaqin's winning the Olympic silver medal is also a remarkable achievement. Zhou Yaqin's father said that he was very proud.
Zhou Yaqin is still very young and has the opportunity to compete in another Olympic Games. Women's gymnastics is changing very quickly, and Zhou Yaqin may need to put in more effort in the next Olympic cycle, including weight control. Chinese women's gymnastics still lacks more top athletes, and at present, only Zhou Yaqin and Qiu Qiyuan are relatively competitive in individual events. Looking forward to Zhou Yaqin's more honors for Chinese gymnastics in the future!