The 17 -year -old Olympic champion wants to retire.

At the Top Ten Awards Ceremony of Zhejiang Sports in 2021 last night, the Olympic champion Guan Chenchen won the best breakthrough award. Borrowing this occasion, Guan Chenchen responded to the issue of retirement. In the future, she will focus on her studies.

At the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, with the huge advantage brought by the high difficulty, Guan Chenchen, who was only 16 years old at the time, rode the dust, and finally won the gymnastics women's balanced wood medal. In the final, she also let a series of arrangements like "Kangaroo Shaking" swept the world.

As a player who debuted at the Chinese Gymnastics Team at the Tokyo Olympics, Guan Chenchen, who appeared on the highest podium, made the team successfully ended.

"Snow Snow Sports Promotion Ambassador", "Chinese Ci Xiao Culture Ambassador" ... In the year after the end of the Tokyo Olympics, Guan Chenchen had a new identity. She uses her influence to help the promotion of winter projects, and also speaks for traditional Chinese culture.

These new identities also include "college students". In April this year, Guan Chenchen was sent to Zhejiang University. In late August, she reported to Zhejiang University with her parents.

Regarding campus life, Guan Chenchen was looking forward to it. She also updated the social media: "The classmates are starting, and then I will use VLOG to record and share my college life, let's cheer together!"

While Guan Chenchen was about to start campus life, rumors about her farewell to the field were endless. At the beginning of last month, the entry of "Guan Chenchen's upcoming retirement" was on the hot search, but she had not given public response to this.

Today, the answer is finally revealed. In Guan Chenchen's own words, she was retiring, belonging to a state of "retreat but not completely retired". It is understood that Guan Chenchen has submitted a retirement application, but has not received relevant approval.

At present, Guan Chenchen has shifted his focus from training to academics. "I have not practiced now, and I will focus on academics." In the next four years, "college students" will be her most important identity.

Guan Chenchen, born on September 25, 2004, will usher in his 18th birthday in two weeks. When she was very young, she began to contact gymnastics, originally because of "fun".

Guan Chenchen belongs to the kind of person who loves and uncomfortable, and the equipment such as wood, high and low bars make her feel very interesting. "Due to age, my Enlightenment coach thought that I might not be suitable for gymnastics. But I quarreled and said that I must practice."

In this way, Guan Chenchen grew all the way, and entered the national team at the end of 2017, and finally appeared on the stage of the Tokyo Olympics, using a heavy gold medal dream.

"Best Breakthrough" is not only Guan Chenchen's award, but also the best interpretation of her athlete's career. Now, Guan Chenchen is ready to welcome a new breakthrough.

After the return of the Tokyo Olympics, Guan Chenchen said in an exclusive interview with China New Sports that his biggest change was the improvement of self -confidence. As an athlete's experience in the Olympic Games, it will help Guan Chenchen more calmly facing the next campus life, and a longer -term future.

It is often said that life is like being overwood. The feeling of "crossing the wooden bridge" has experienced countless times. I believe that she will embrace a more exciting tomorrow on the balance wood.

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