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Chinese see positive signs ahead of Rio
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China finally reached the top of the podium at the world gymnastics championships, just a little later than anticipated.
The Chinese don’t plan to wait as long next year at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The longtime superpower saw its decade-long run as the most dominant team in men’s gymnastics end during the world championships in Glasgow when rival Japan and the surprising British host edged it in the team final.
Order was restored a bit in the event finals, with You Hao claiming gold on parallel bars and Deng Shudi earning bronze. You was well-aware of the precarious spot his program was in entering the final day of competition. “If we did not get any gold, we would have gone home empty-handed,” he said.
You took care of it by delivering a great performance, beating Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine with the most difficult routine in the finals. Deng followed with a daring but solidly-executed set that allowed him to share bronze with Oleg Stepko of Azerbaijian.
The men’s performances are exactly what Chinese delegation leader Ye Zhennan wanted to see as China begins preparations to defend its team title at the 2016 Olympics.
“We can win back the gold in Rio if we pay more attention to technical details, to be more precise and more solid in landing,” Ye said.
China will not trade in difficulty levels for higher execution scores, Ye said. “We are talking about top-level competitions. Only when we maintain high difficulty levels and high stability in execution can we win.”
Indeed, China strived for some of the most daring and impossible routines on the podium in Glasgow. China’s combined scores on difficulty levels were 4.3 points higher than those by Japan, but it came third after too many technical deductions on execution.
In the men’s individual all-round competition, Deng picked a set of routines more challenging than those by Kohei Uchimura of Japan, who defended his title.
“Uchimura won for the quality of his skills,” Ye said. “He’s an excellent gymnast in terms of precision and accuracy.”
Now China wants to do just that, but with more difficult skills.
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