At the 2021 Zhejiang Provincial Sports Top Ten Awards Ceremony last night, Olympic champion Guan Chenchen won the Best Breakthrough Award.
Taking this occasion, Guan Chenchen responded positively to the issue of retirement.
In the future, she will focus on her studies.
The picture shows Guan Chenchen showing the gold medal.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
At last year's Tokyo Olympics, with the huge advantage brought by the ultra-high difficulty, Guan Chenchen, who was only 16 years old at the time, won the gold medal of the women's balance beam in gymnastics.
In the final, she also swept the world with a choreography that resembled a "kangaroo shake".
As the finale of the Chinese gymnastics team at the Tokyo Olympics, Guan Chenchen, who was on the top podium, brought the whole team to a successful conclusion.
Screenshot of Guan Chenchen's social media
"Ice and snow sports promotion ambassador", "Chinese filial piety cultural ambassador"... In the year after the Tokyo Olympics, Guan Chenchen has a new identity.
She used her influence to help promote the winter project, and at the same time she spoke for Chinese traditional culture.
These new identities also include "college students".
In April this year, Guan Chenchen was recommended to Zhejiang University.
In late August, she was accompanied by her parents to report to Zhejiang University.
For campus life, Guan Chenchen is looking forward to it very much. She also updated her social media: "Students have started school. Next, I will use VLOG to record and share my college life. Let's work hard together!"
The picture shows Guan Chenchen in the National Games, photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming
While Guan Chenchen was about to start her campus life, there were endless rumors about her leaving the arena.
At the beginning of last month, the entry "Guan Chenchen is about to retire" appeared on the hot search, but she herself has not responded publicly to this.
Now, the answer is finally revealed.
In Guan Chenchen's own words, she is on her way to retire, in a state of "retired but not yet fully retired".
It is understood that Guan Chenchen has submitted an application for retirement, but has not yet received the relevant approval.
At present, Guan Chenchen has shifted the focus of her life from training to her studies. "I don't practice now, and I will focus on my studies in the future." In the next four years, "college student" will be her most important identity.
Data map: Photo by Guan Chenchen and Li Dian
Guan Chenchen, who was born on September 25, 2004, will celebrate his 18th birthday in two weeks.
She started gymnastics at a very young age, initially for "fun".
Guan Chenchen belongs to the kind of person who likes to move and can't be idle. The equipment such as balance beam and uneven bars makes her feel very interesting.
"Because of my age, my head coach at the time thought that I might not be suitable for gymnastics. But I clamored for it to be practiced."
In this way, Guan Chenchen grew all the way, and entered the national team at the end of 2017, and finally boarded the stage of the Tokyo Olympics, realizing his dream with a heavy gold medal.
The picture shows Guan Chenchen in the game
"Best Breakthrough" is not only the award that Guan Chenchen won this time, but also the best interpretation of her athlete career.
Now, Guan Chenchen is ready to meet a new breakthrough.
After returning from the Tokyo Olympics, Guan Chenchen once said in an exclusive interview with China-Singapore Sports that his biggest change lies in the improvement of his self-confidence.
The experience of being an athlete on the Olympic arena will help Guan Chenchen to face the next campus life more calmly, as well as the longer-term future.
It is often said that life is like crossing a single-plank bridge.
Guan Chenchen has experienced the feeling of "crossing a single-plank bridge" countless times.
I believe that she, who is walking on the balance beam, will definitely embrace a more exciting tomorrow.
Guan Chenchen, come on!