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Chen: A story of ´weak child´ to king of rings

Source: China Daily | 08-20-2008 11:39

Special Report:   2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Olympic champion Chen Yibing was so delicate as a child that his parents sent him to a gymnastics training camp at the Tianjin Amateur Physical School to build him up.

On Monday they were rewarded, when the 24-year-old won gymnastics gold in Beijing in the rings event.

"Chen has always kept a low profile and is modest," Chen's childhood coach at Tianjin, Zhao Qi, told China Daily.

Chen Yibing of China competes in the men's rings final during the artistic gymnastics competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 18, 2008.
Chen Yibing of China competes in the men's rings final during the 
artistic gymnastics competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 
August 18, 2008.

"But his achievements in gymnastics prove his talent," he said.