Sports + special correspondent Wang Quanli reports
At the World Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, two of the three gold medals won by the Chinese team in the men's event were related to the famous Teng Haibin, because the champions Xiao Ruoteng and Zou Jingyuan were his team members. This time, the former Olympic champion went to the World Championships as an assistant coach of the Chinese team, and the disciple won the championship, making the once-dormant gymnast a news figure again.
Teng Haibin is a person with a very good story, his sports career has ups and downs, it is no exaggeration to say that it is impossible to talk about it for three or four days, which can be summarized in these 6 words - lucky, tortuous, legendary.
Teng Haibin debuted very early, he participated in the World Championships for the first time at the age of 18, and won two golds, which was lucky enough. The following year's Athens Olympic Games, he and two other teammates of the many mistakes, so that the Chinese men's team team suffered a disastrous defeat, after which he won the gold medal alone, but also the Chinese gymnastics team's trip to Athens gold medal, but in the overall calculation is still "not worth the credit", which is a twist. After a year or two of silence, Teng Haibin made great contributions to the Chinese team's victory in many World Championships and became an indispensable core figure in the team. However, during this period, he was associated with two Olympic Games due to injury, which is legendary.
Teng Haibin's coaching career is not long, but it can be completely summed up in terms of "success". After retiring in 2013, Teng Haibin began to experience a new field - the coach of the Chinese gymnastics team. With his dedication to the gymnastics career, he quickly became a trendster in this position, assisting the old coach to cultivate young talents such as Xiao Ruoteng and Zou Jingyuan, and continued to show his talents in new fields.
Like table tennis, badminton, diving and other sports, Chinese gymnastics is also a legendary field. At that time, Zhang Jian, Gao Jian, Huang Yubin, etc. all grew from excellent athletes and even world champions to champion coaches, and teng Haibin's success allowed him to add new brilliance to his gymnastics career like his mentor Huang Yubin, and also made it possible for Chinese gymnasts to continue to write miracles.
Now there is a buzzword called "professional people do professional things". In that year, Teng Haibin won several golds in the Olympic Games and world championships, which can be called "professional among professions". He is also an all-rounder, especially good at kurama and parallel bars, with his understanding of gymnastics, with his dedication to gymnastics, with his unique experience as an athlete, these are nothing less than a valuable asset for the Chinese gymnastics team. In fact, Montreal's victory has fully demonstrated Teng Haibin's talent in this regard. Nowadays, the outside world is interested in whether he can lead Chinese gymnastics to create a new dynasty and become the godfather of a new generation of Chinese gymnastics like his predecessors Zhang Jian, Gao Jian, Huang Yubin, etc.?