this is actually the first time he didn’t withdraw from a floor final in any major fig meets so congrats zhang boheng you just competed your first floor final at any fig major meets
ctrip q& a
q: things you want to say to daiki?
zbh: i don’t really have much to say to daiki but i really want to go to japan and watch him training, like i want to know what does he do in training to make him that good!
zbh 0806 xhs live: on french fruits: "the fruits here are so weird here!!! they are way too sweet, it’s too much sweetness, almost unbearable. they taste like canned fruits. "
from og official site: zhang boheng post-aa interview on daiki: "i can see that daiki's not in his best state for competition, not only for today, for the entire meet it's been hard for him. so i see the olympic spirit in daiki today, how he tried his best to go on. " (cont.)
zbh 0807 dy live: on this screenshot that’s gone viral: "i’m on the internet too, i knew how viral it got all around the world, but like that’s the only face i could put in atm, i was devastated too but i’ve got no choice but to be brave as the team captain."
zhang boheng post tf interview:
"i had a bad cramp in my shoulder before i went up on hbar, after the routine i couldn't even move a muscle in my left shoulder."
"the first thing is to calm my teammates down, as you can see, we aren't really in the best mood now." (cont.)
zhang boheng post-fx ef interview: " it’s not the best routine i’ve ever done but i didn’t have it watered down, i did my 6.1 routine when i was this exhausted both physically and mentally, i’m satisfied with that." (cont.)
post-aa interview, zhang boheng on losing: "tbh i’m so heartbroken right now 🙂 but that’s life, i can’t do anything about it. i’m just grateful that i get to come to the og at last. really, i’ve come a long way & been through a lot, it’s really enough for me to even compete og."
zbh 0807 dy live: on eating : "as athletes we can’t eat whatever we want bc we need to keep ourselves in shape, but being athletic consumes a lot of calories so we crave calories all the time, now that i don’t have to compete for a while i must have fried chicken & burgers fs."
cctv interview: daiki on hugging zhang boheng after his hbar routine: "i knew he’s gone through so much for this final, i just want him to finish his routine perfectly, so i came up to him and hugged him and shook his hand." (translated from chn subtitles)
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on fans’ concern for him: "there’s a lot more ppl caring about me now and that’s why i’m eager to share my current state, i see there’s a lot of concern & agony felt for me, i want fans to know i’m fine mentally and physically and i hope you can be fine too."
"the connection between us is something like 'like attracts like', i know it's not been easy for him either to have come this far, just as it's not been easy for me. i understand him."
zbh 0806 xhs live: on la quad: "i’ll still do aa for la quad bc i want to do aa, my team needs me to do aa, and tbh i’ve still got too many things i haven’t tried, like different entries on vt? i always want to try different entries on vt, you know i did and i want more." (cont.)
zbh 0807 dy live: on his post online after tf: "i just didn’t want you guys to wallow in the devastation of losing tf, I wanted you to let go of the bad things and hold on to the good ones like i did. there are far better things ahead & i think we should embrace those."
zhang boheng post-aa interview, on losing aa: "it’s not me trying to find excuses for myself but i literally didn’t eat anything at all today bc i had a lot of painkillers & they’ve done evil things to my stomach, i had issues with adapting myself to the comp." (cont.)
zbh 0806 xhs live: on the best bread he’s ever had: "it was at 2022 worlds in liverpool, they’ve got croissants that were SO good! it’s crisp on the outside but inside it’s really soft, i mean it’s the perfect dough."
zbh 0808 ks live: on his favorite animal: " i like a lot of animals as long as they don’t beat me up. srsly the nature of some animals is like that, if they don’t know you enough they’ll get pretty aggressive with you very fast, i can’t stand that. "
zhang boheng on social media: "um i believe many of you aren't asleep. thank you all for supporting chnmag. we've come a long way, i know you just want us to be better. thank you for the company for staying up so late for us. you make me a better person and motivate me." (cont.)
zbh 0807 dy live: on training: "it’s like before training i get excited about trying new things like I WANT TO GO TO TRAINING & during training i’d be like I WANT TO GO HOME I’M EXHAUSTED PLS LET THIS END but when i actually go back to my room i wish i was at training again."
zhang boheng post-tf interview: "first of all i enjoyed this final. i mean yes the team gold has been our priority, it’s a shame that we’re so close. but that’s life, every regret is a step you take forward."
zhang boheng post-aa interview: "it’s not easy for me to have come so far, i believe you guys know there’s a lot of hardships this year, ofc you do, you guys have always worried about me, thank you so much. i think i should… be happy about it? at least i’ve got a medal."
zhang boheng post-aa interview: "i overcame a lot. maybe i didn't win any gold...so far, but for the past 24 years i have been winning battles against myself. "
(ft. a weeping daiki in the background)
zbh 0808 ks live: on the myth of gymnastics training is hard and dangerous: " well it’s not That hard or That dangerous. it’s hard but definitely not like what you imagined. there’s a lot of hardships in life that you have to endure if you want to reach the summit." (cont.)
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on losing the tf: "before my hbar routine i knew it’s impossible for us to win anymore but i knew it’s just the first final of many, i couldn’t collapse, this team couldn’t collapse. i have to do this to get us on the podium, we still have to go on." (cont.)
zbh 0806 xhs live: on losing tf: "i mean you saw that during the final routines my teammates got emotional & tears were everywhere, i was kind of the only one who stayed calm, bc i knew it’s my duty that i couldn’t collapse at that very moment. i had to get my together." (cont.)
zbh 0808 ks live: on the recovery of his back injury: " it’s a lot better now. you guys know my back injury was pretty bad at nationals this year but look at me at og, i felt a lot better. it’s going to get even better than this, right? "
zhang boheng on his injuries & health issues before paris og: "i could only rely on my daily painkillers, i guess. after nats i got this acupuncture treatment, like having up to 40 needles inserted in me every day, and it took almost as much time as my actual training." (cont.)
zhang boheng post-aa interview on losing tf: "i didn’t sleep at all that night after we lost tf. the entire team had been under huge pressure all this time, i believe we can get ourselves together for the upcoming efs."
zbh 0806 xhs live: on 2022: "after 21 worlds it’s the new quad & new cop and i was stacking so many difficulties in my routines i literally got 37d but i overestimated myself, that’s too much for me. at 22 worlds i had to admit i couldn’t do all that." (cont.)
zbh post aa interview: "ppl might think as an aaer my mistake was bc i was tired but it's just how my actual performance were in the comp. ppl thought i was tired, but i felt ok. " (cont.)
zbh 0806 xhs live: on 24 nats: "due to my back injury i couldn’t even do my normal routines, i had planned to do 6 watered-down routines but at last decided against it, bc i didn’t want my last meet before paris to be like that. i wanted to do my full difficulties." (cont.)
(cont.) "but this is just the first final, we've got a lot more finals coming so like we need to get ourselves together to keep going."
"i mean this is gymnastics, you fail sometimes. maybe we are just not good enough physically or mentally. there must've been something wrong."
for those of you who don’t know, zbh had won aa in chnmag tokyo og trials but chnmag left him off the tokyo team for the nastiest reason (chnmag lost tokyo tf bc of it, karma) & it’s done things to him & he still holds grudges (he’s got rights to)
post-aa interview, zhang boheng on losing: "tbh i’m so heartbroken right now 🙂 but that’s life, i can’t do anything about it. i’m just grateful that i get to come to the og at last. really, i’ve come a long way & been through a lot, it’s really enough for me to even compete og."
09/07 zhang boheng visited his childhood gymnastics school in his hometown and helped kids with their training. "back when i was little for every day’s training i just wished it to be over soon i wanted to get off training and go home. you guys are already excellent as you are."
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on trying to console fans & helping others : "i’m never someone who takes their anxiety out on others, there’s so many ways you can let it out, you don’t have to do it on other ppl, that’s just my opinion." (cont.)
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on dining halls in the athlete village: "there’s a bigger dining hall and a smaller one near our building, i usually went to the smaller one bc the big one was so big it’s like a market or something, like you’d get lost in it." (cont.)
@Variety
NDA = Muffling her and shutting her up about how toxic masculinity such Braun here had stolen her life's work? No thanks no one would want to sign that kind of NDA.
"i’m fine, i mean ofc i’m exhausted but what matters is that i enjoy what i have right now, which is the olympics, i enjoy being here and competing here, i’m happy about it."
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on that face after losing the aa final : "my coach was consoling me, but i was actually so disappointed at that moment, the only thing in my head was WHY??? my head was completely empty at that point, there’s nothing."
zbh 0807 dy live: he talked about his deformed little finger (bc of a broken ligament) how it’s useless when it comes to strength. i remembered it became like that since 21 ng? I thought during 21 nats it’s fine but it got worse during ng? and it’s been like that since.
Zhang Boheng donated his Asian Games AA gold medal to his childhood gymnastics training school: "Because this is where it all started for me, I’ll always have this place in my heart. I wish this gold medal here can inspire and encourage more kids to pursue their dreams."
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more food talk on something weird he ate in paris: "besides bread i had dumplings for once and the fillings were peas??? and they’re fried??? they’re um so um special??? the wrappers were so hard, as hard as baguettes. " (cont.)
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on his first impression when he’s at the og: "my first impression was what’s with all the coca cola? it’s literally everywhere, i see coca cola everywhere! and i was like aren’t ppl here drinking water? i only drink coke occasionally i prefer water. "
a very passive zbh post-aa interview
on what he was thinking for the last landing: "i don't remember. i wanted to win too, for real, i just wanted to win."
on not doing his best today: "it's partly physical issues but it's just all about acting right there right then." (cont.)