[Chinese Athlete] Zou Jingyuan responded to the title of "God of Parallel Bars": I'm just an ordinary athlete

  As the youngest member of the Chinese men's gymnastics team in Tokyo, Zou Jingyuan demonstrated the "parallel bars king" in the men's gymnastics parallel bars finals of the Tokyo Olympics, winning the championship with 16.233 points, more than 0.5 points higher than the silver medalist.

  Recently, in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency, Zou Jingyuan said: "My idol in gymnastics is Li Ning, because he is the'Prince of Gymnastics'. Everyone is promoted by the'Prince of Gymnastics' to practice gymnastics. Now the gymnastics of our era. Athletes have not reached his high level of achievement. They can drive everyone to practice gymnastics, like gymnastics, and pay attention to gymnastics. What he brings to everyone is innovation, whether it is in gymnastics or after retirement, he has also achieved good achievements in the business world. He has a saying called “Anything is possible.” Perseverance when there is innovation, this is what I should learn. I must dare to break through, innovate, and believe that everything is possible."

  In the men's gymnastics team finals, Zou Jingyuan withstood the pressure to complete difficult moves in the parallel bars event, scored the highest score in the game, and once helped the Chinese team surpass the Japanese team in total.

After winning the Olympic gold, many gymnastics fans at home and abroad praised Zou Jingyuan's textbook-level operations on social networking platforms. Japanese netizens even called him the "God of Parallel Bars."

  In this regard, Zou Jingyuan said: "Japanese netizens call me the'God of Parallel Bars', which I think is very exaggerated. In fact, I don't really look at what others say about me, because I'm just an ordinary athlete. I have achieved results. Time may be the "God of Parallel Bars". But one day I will retire, and I will not get results. Like ordinary people, I will step off the podium one day. I hope everyone is good and bad. Like me all the time. Especially like me."

  (He Shaoqing Chen Xuanbin Zou Jingyuan produced Sui Zhiyuan)

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]