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"Gymnast" Guan Chenchen: Stepping off the podium, everything starts from scratch

author:China News Network
"Gymnast" Guan Chenchen: Stepping off the podium, everything starts from scratch

Guan Chenchen Li Dian photo

Hangzhou, October 23 (Reporter Li Dian) Tokyo Olympic Games, gymnastics, "kangaroo shake"... As soon as these keywords appeared, what came to mind was guan Chenchen, the "post-00s" gymnastics player who shook his hand at the Tokyo Olympic Games and won the gymnastics women's balance beam championship.

When she first met Guan Chenchen, she was wearing a "pill head" and wearing a rose red gymnastics suit, and she was training for physical recovery at Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College to prepare for next year's Hangzhou Asian Games. In the face of dozens of media "long gun sprints", she was slightly nervous at first, but as soon as she opened her mouth, her calm conversation made many reporters praise the girl born in 2004.

"Gymnast" Guan Chenchen: Stepping off the podium, everything starts from scratch

Guan Chenchen was interviewed by Li Dian

At the age of 6, Guan Chenchen was exposed to gymnastics for the first time. With talent, love and hard work, she entered the Zhejiang Provincial Gymnastics Team in 2012 at the age of 8. Talking about gymnastics, Guan Chenchen told reporters that when she was a child, she also felt distressed by the hard work and fatigue of training. Whenever she felt that she could not persevere, the coach of YiShi and Friend used the guidance over and over again to make her finally choose to grit her teeth and insist.

"It's not hard to give up, but it must be cool to hold on." At the Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam event at the Tokyo Olympics on August 3, Guan Chenchen successfully won a gold medal for the Chinese team with a good score of 14.633 points. This time, the gold grab surprised Guan Chenchen. After coming down from the playing field and seeing the score, her first reaction was "Is this my score?" ”

But soon, she calmed down. The gymnasts perfectly presented each action in front of the audience, and Guan Chenchen knew that this was not just his own credit. Coaches, counselors, team doctors, even teammates... She has a loving, strong team behind her, "We get along like friends, sometimes singing and dancing with everyone, and many of our troubles disappear." ”

"Gymnast" Guan Chenchen: Stepping off the podium, everything starts from scratch

Guan Chenchen in training, Photo by Li Dian

After returning from the Tokyo Olympics, she went through 21 days of quarantine. Guan Chenchen, who could only practice physical fitness in the room, admitted that he used this time to "fix himself." After the End of the Western Safety Games, she went home to see her alma mater, and everything she was familiar with made her feel very kind and relaxed.

Looking at the social account of this "gymnast", he loves beauty, is excited to receive autographed photos of his favorite stars, and forwards his teammates' Weibo interactions... In addition to gymnastics, Guan Chenchen, like other girls, expressed the "little luck" that belonged to her age.

"Now, I'm not putting the aura of an Olympic champion on me. We sports people have a saying: go off the podium and start everything from scratch. I will still take one step at a time, and take every next step. Facing the camera, 17-year-old Guan Chenchen's eyes were firm. (End)

Source: China News Network

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