PAGE 6 • AUGUST 17, 2011 DAILY GYMNASTICS

HIGH PRICE FOR THIRD CHINESE TAIPEI GYMNAST FIGHTS THROUGH CHEST MUSCLE INJURY TO WIN BRONZE

Arthur Zanetti of balances himself on the to win the gold medal yesterday at the Universiade. LIN YIGUANG / XINHUA

By TANG ZHE “I asked him to give up, because tion, it’s still very hard for him to 16 years and I wanted to participate and landed heavily on her back CHINA DAILY the upcoming Olympic continue on the rings with such in the Universiade for a long time,” during the second rotation. Games is more an injury. said Chen, who was a reserve in It was originally feared she had SHENZHEN — It’s not the important, but “I am very satisfied with his the previous two competitions. suff ered a cervical vertebra frac- Olympics, but at least one young he insisted on performance today and I think South Korean gymnast Jo Hyun- ture, but it turned out to be a soft gymnast competed like it was. playing, which if he landed on the more joo, who injured her neck in the tissue injury. Chen Chi-hyu from Chinese made me so steadily, he had a chance to win women’s individual all-around “It was hurt when I fell down Taipei fought through the pain of ARTISTIC touched,” said the gold.” Monday, claimed the title in wom- from the beam yesterday, but it a chest muscle laceration to win GYMNASTICS Lin Yu-hsin, A student at National Taiwan en’s yesterday. turned better aft er a while,” Jo said. bronze in the men’s ring at Bao’an Chen’s coach. Sport University, the 22-year-old The 18-year-old was the gold “My coach and teammates really Gymnasium, claiming the delega- “Th ough our medical team helped Chen yearned to participate at the medal favorite aft er qualifying fi rst cared about me and sent me to the tion’s only gymnastics medal at the him to wrap up the wound and use Universiade. for the individual all-around fi nal. Universiade Village for treatment. Universiade. acupuncture to prevent infl amma- “I have trained as an athlete for But she fell off the balance beam I am in good condition now.” A bronze medal and another lesson

By TANG ZHE Athletes who have graduated past, and it’s even harder to secure keep it, I will continue to practice CHINA DAILY within the past two years remain a medal,” Wong said. gymnastics, because it also helps in eligible for the Universiade. She placed ninth in the event studying and living.” SHENZHEN — Sports don’t “I had to design some clothes at the 2009 Belgrade Universiade Wong said she was happy to always distract an athlete from before graduation, and … each of and fi nished 15th in the women’s participate, though the level of the schoolwork. my designs turned out to be like a all-around on Monday. games hardly compares with the Sometimes they even inspire it. gym outfi t,” the 24-year-old said. “I started practicing gymnastics Olympics. Hong Kong gymnast Wong She has participated in three purely out of interest at the age of “It’s impractical to ask all the Hiu Ying says competition has , and earned a bronze fi ve, and I took every opportunity athletes to treat the Universiade enhanced her academic life. in the vault on Tuesday. to practice more during tourna- like the Olympics, but I think “Gymnastics has brought me to It was Hong Kong’s fi rst medal in ments, and gradually I improved among many athletes here, a lot a lot of countries, so I can experi- gymnastics at a Universiade. my playing form,” she said. “Aft er of them just want to enjoy them- ence diff erent cultures,” said Wong. “I displayed my full ability today some good results in recent years, I selves instead of setting the targets JIN SHUO / CHINA NEWS SERVICE She recently graduated from and I’m really excited, because felt myself more motivated to play. of winning world championships Wong Hiu Ying waves to the crowd Hong Kong Polytechnic Univer- there are few gymnasts from Hong I haven’t decided when to stop. It or claiming Olympic gold,” she after winning the bronze. sity, majoring in costume design. Kong who joined the games in the depends on my condition. If I can said.