On August 18, local time, the Chinese team won a bronze medal in the women's flyweight class (48-51 kg class) at the Rio Olympic Games.
In the semi-finals of the event, Ren Cancan was unanimously judged by 3 referees to lose to the previous champion, The British team's Adams. Two Olympic Games, twice lost to the same opponent, but Ren Cancan, who won the bronze medal in Rio, looked much better than when he won the silver medal four years ago. "After all, I'm very satisfied with my comeback to be able to participate in the Olympics." Ren Cancan's eyebrow bone was broken by her opponent in her previous match, but this did not affect her to give an interview with a smile after the game, "Now I am enjoying the joy it brings me on the stage of boxing, which gives me a different life experience." 」 ”
Four years ago at the London Olympic Games, women's boxing became an Olympic event for the first time, and Ren Cancan, who had just won the women's boxing world championship before the Olympic Games, was pinned on to win gold. However, facing Adams in the final, Ren Cancan was unable to repeat the good play of defeating his opponents at the World Championships. Now reunited with his old rivals at the Rio Olympics, Ren Cancan, who has been plagued by injuries for a long time, is more mature, "This time the mentality is much better than the previous one." Yang Xiaoqiang, coach of the Chinese boxing team, said that Ren Cancan's performance in this Olympic Games has been very good.
Ren Cancan said that after the Olympic Games, he will retire. Ren Cancan hopes that his teammates can continue to attack the first Olympic gold medal in Chinese women's boxing, "After I retire, I hope that more young players will come up." In Rio, the Chinese team's boxing women have performed well, except for Ren Cancan, Yin Junhua and Li Qian have reached the final and semi-finals of their respective levels, respectively, ensuring at least two medals. Ren Cancan said: "Chinese women's boxing is getting stronger and stronger, and I hope my teammates can go further than me. ”