Why did gymnastics champion Zhang Shangwu fall into prison for stealing
Recently, someone broke a major news. Zhang Shangwu, the former gymnastics champion of the World University Games, was jailed again for stealing other people's bags. This is not the first time he has been jailed for stealing, but it is really sad that the former Olympic champion has now fallen to this point. Let's take a look at his ups and downs today.
Zhang Shangwu was born in Baoding City, Hebei Province in 1983. Although he was only 1.54 meters tall, his strength was amazing. He was the star of hope in the Chinese gymnastics team at that time. Of course, Zhang Shangwu himself did not live up to everyone's expectations. He became a major member of the Chinese national team at the age of 12. His teammates also included many strong athletes such as Yang Wei and Li Xiaopeng. At the age of 18, Zhang Shangwu participated in the Universiade held in Beijing. In that competition, he won two gold medals in team and rings, and gradually came into people's vision.
At that time, Zhang Shangwu was a sunny boy with high spirits. In 2003, he was also selected into the list of the national team and joined the team in the Belgian Gymnastics World Championships. However, due to lack of experience and insufficient preparation in that competition, Zhang Shangwu did not receive a medal, which also affected his future in the Olympic Games.
Sure enough, Zhang Shangwu lost the list of the national team for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games because of his unsatisfactory performance in the world championships, which is also a great turning point in Zhang Shangwu's career. More unfortunately, after returning to Hebei team, Zhang Shangwu suffered such a serious injury as Achilles tendon rupture in a training, which almost declared the end of his career.
Sure enough, he officially chose to retire in 2005. After retirement, Zhang Shangwu did not live well. Because of his limited salary in the national team and his serious injuries, he was often in a state of making ends meet, so that he was arrested for stealing in 2007. After coming out, Zhang Shangwu's life has not changed much. He even sold his champion gold medal for only 150 yuan, which is also a great pity in the eyes of many people. However, in front of life, Zhang Shangwu can only do so. He has no other choice.
Now the world champion is once again imprisoned for theft. In many cases, we can only sigh a pity, but from another aspect, we can see that there is still a lot of room for improvement in the protection of athletes in Chinese sports. How to make athletes who have worked for the country live a healthy and safe life after retirement is also an urgent problem to be solved. I believe that the next Zhang Shangwu will not appear in China's sports world in the future.