The Chinese Gymnastics Association issued an obituary on the 14th. Comrade Chen Hongqun, the former coach of the National Gymnastics Team, died in Beijing on July 11, 2020 at the age of 79. The Chinese Gymnastics Association issued an obituary for the second time in 24 days, which is distressing.
Comrade Chen Hongqun was born in April 1941. He was an excellent skill athlete and won several national skill competition championships. From 1964 to 1986, he served as a full-time skill coach and assisted in the national gymnastics team. Many athletes have been trained to win floor exercise championships in international competitions and have contributed to the development of gymnastics in China. From 1997 to 2001, Comrade Chen Hongqun assisted in the national trampoline competition and training during the initial stage of Chinese trampoline, and contributed to the rapid development of Chinese trampoline.
The Chinese Gymnastics Association issued its second obituary within 24 days. On June 20th, Comrade Lu Shanzhen, a Chinese gymnastic meritorious coach, passed away in Beijing on June 19, 2020 due to illness at the age of 63. During his decades of coaching career, Lu Shanzhen has trained many world champions and Olympic champions including Kui Yuanyuan, Bi Wenjing, Liu Xuan, Sun Xiaojiao, Cheng Fei, Yang Yilin, Zhang Nan, He Ning, etc., and has made significant contributions to the development of Chinese gymnastics. . Among them, in 2006 led the Chinese women's gymnastics team to win the World Championships women's gymnastics team gold medal, and in 2008 led the Chinese women's gymnastics team to win the Olympic women's gymnastics team gold medal for the first time, setting an immortal monument for the Chinese women's gymnastics career.
The departure of Lu Shanzhen and Chen Hongqun was a major loss to the Chinese gymnastics team. The Chinese gymnastics team is the trump card division of the Chinese sports corps. A batch of outstanding coaches and athletes have been born. Starting from Ma Yanhong in the 1979 World Championships, Chinese gymnasts have won championships in the world arena. At the beginning of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, the Chinese gymnastics team also won the Olympic championship for 8 consecutive Olympic Games. Until the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese gymnastics 0 gold ended and created the worst in history. In the World Championships last year, the Chinese team ended with 0 gold and repeated the tragedy of the Rio Olympics. The new batch of coaches and athletes need to work harder.
Chinese gymnastics and Chinese sports will not forget the contributions of Lu Shanzhen and Chen Hongqun and others. We look forward to the Chinese gymnastics team getting better and better, and we look forward to the appearance of more excellent coaches and athletes.
