From October 3rd to 12th, the highly anticipated 45th World Gymnastics Championships was staged in Nanning, Guangxi. The famous Swiss watch manufacturer Longines has been honored as the official chronograph and designated watch of the competition, and specially presented the "Longines Elegance Award" on the evening of October 10 to recognize the best performers in the individual gymnastics all-around final. In the gap between the boy band's intense preparations, Mr. Huo Kainuo, President of Longines Global, Mr. Li Li, Vice President of Longines China, and Aaron Kwok, the elegant image ambassador of Longines, visited the class to comfort this elegant teacher who attracted thousands of people.
Aaron Kwok was interviewed by YOKA
As the world's highest level of competitive gymnastics special event, the World Gymnastics Championships have always attracted the world's attention with its high-level event specifications. Following the 1999 Tianjin World Championships, this year's event was once again settled in China and was staged at the Guangxi Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanning from October 3 to 12. This year's competition has a total of men's and women's team competitions, men's and women's individual all-around events, six men's individual events and four women's single events, and teams and outstanding players from more than 80 countries around the world will compete fiercely for this. Thanks to its precise timing, Longines has been the official timekeeper for the Gymnastics World Championships since 1989. In this competition, Longines will continue to support gymnastics as always and spare no effort, presenting the audience with a number of elegant competitive feasts of strength and beauty.
Aaron Kwok and Mr. Ho kaino, President of Longines Worldwide
The men's team event was the highlight of the schedule on October 7. On the night of the competition, the Chinese men's gymnastics team, the elegant ambassador of Longines, debuted in Nanning with a new lineup, competing with players from all over the world. The master of the arts won the Olympic Men's Team Championship in 2000, 2008 and 2012, and has won the Men's Team Championship at the Gymnastics World Championships five times. In the game on the evening of the 7th, the Chinese men's gymnastics team withstood the huge pressure under the unfavorable situation of lagging behind all the way, persevered and played steadily, and Zhang Chenglong, who finally appeared in the horizontal bar project, conquered the whole field with a near-perfect performance, surpassed the Japanese team with a 0.1 point advantage to win the gold medal, and continued the brilliant legend of the sixth consecutive championship of the Chinese men's team at the Gymnastics World Championships! Longines once again witnessed the Chinese male team athletes climb to the top of the championship, sharing the glorious glory of their accumulated achievements with a little time and the elegant chapter written with perseverance.
Aaron Kwok poses with athletes
Aaron Kwok communicates with athletes
Rotation and jumping, movement and stillness from the heart - the instantaneous precision and starting and bearing of the movement in gymnastics movement is the key. Longines has a long history of this elegant sport. As early as 1912, Longines pioneered the "disconnected" automatic timing system, which was used at the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival. In 1989, With its extensive experience in sports timing, Longines was appointed as an official partner of the International Gymnastics Federation and began a long-term cooperation with various competitive gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics competitions. In 1998, the Chinese men's gymnastics team was invited to become the elegant ambassador of Longines. Their elegant and precise movements and graceful posture are perfectly in line with Longines' pursuit of pure watchmaking tradition and classic elegance.
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On the evening of October 10, the award ceremony of the "Longines Elegance Award" was held at the venue. The award was first launched in 1997 by Longines and the International Gymnastics Federation to recognise the most elegant athletes in the all-around event. Many legendary gymnasts in history, including China's Lu Yufu, Yang Wei, Cheng Fei, Russia's "gymnastics queen" Svetlana Khorkina, American Shawn Johnson and Japan's Uchimura Hangping, have won this honor.
This year's "Longines Elegance Award" was organized by Mr. Bruno Grandi, President of the International Gymnastics Federation. Bruno Grandi), Li Ning, the "Prince of Gymnastics", Mr. Walter von Kaenel, President of Longines Worldwide, and Mr. Li Li, Vice President of Longines China, formed the heavyweight jury. After a comprehensive evaluation of the finalists at the technical level, as well as the coordination of movements and the expression of emotion, the two athletes who performed the best were awarded trophies, $5,000 in prize money, and a beautiful timepiece of Longines to encourage their full commitment and tireless efforts in gymnastics. In the end, the world championships men's all-around five-time champion, Japanese gymnastics legend Uchimura Hanghei and the Chinese women's team's outstanding all-rounder Yao Jinnan, who has just won four gold medals at the Incheon Asian Games and a silver medal at the Nanning World Championships, won the award. Among them, Uchimura Hanghei has become the best candidate for the Longines Elegance Award at three consecutive World Championships, creating a miracle in gymnastics.
Speaking about the cooperation with the World Championships, Ho kaino, President of Longines WorldWide, said: "Gymnastics is a sport known for its elegance, which emphasizes both skillful skills and precise control, and has strict requirements for the posture and coordination of the players, which coincides with Longines' ultimate pursuit of refined watchmaking craftsmanship and classic elegance. Longines is proud to serve as the official timekeeper of the Gymnastics World Championships for a long time and hopes to encourage more talented and hard-working athletes through the 'Longines Elegance Award'. ”
Chinese gymnast Yao Jinnan and Japanese gymnast Hangpei Uchimura won the "Longines Elegance Award"
All along, the Chinese men's gymnastics team with the reputation of "dream team" has repeatedly won championships in major international competitions, creating an undefeated myth in the gymnastics world. After many years, this strong division composed of post-90s young players has made a magnificent debut with a new lineup. During the Nanning Gymnastics World Championships, Mr. Huo Kainuo, President of Longines WorldWide, and Mr. Li Li, Vice President of Longines China, appeared together to visit the class, exchanged and interacted with the post-90s boy band players with true temperament, and witnessed the laughter and tears behind their aura. Aaron Kwok, who is also the elegant ambassador of Longines, also came to the scene to send sincere wishes and cheers to the team members.
Aaron Kwok visits the Chinese men's national gymnastics team
As an ambassador for the Longines team, Aaron Kwok shared his experience of success with the gymnastics team: "On the road to success, it may be boring and lonely, but as long as you focus and persevere, there will be a reward." For the outstanding performance of the gymnasts, he was very emotional: "The interweaving of sweat and tears has made the perfect performance on stage, but what surprised me was that they can maintain a calm and calm attitude in the face of boring training and difficult adversity at such a young age, I think this is the charm of gymnastics, and it is also the perfect portrayal of Longines' 'elegant attitude, true personality'." ”