In the men's parallel bars final of the Paris Olympics that ended on August 5, Beijing time, Chinese star Zou Jingyuan successfully defended his title and won the 21st gold medal for the Chinese delegation, which is also the second gold medal of the Chinese gymnastics team in this Olympic Games.
As the defending champion, Zou Jingyuan has been quite dominant in the event this past Olympic cycle. Although the first Ukraine player Kovton scored a high score of 15.500, Zou Jingyuan, who appeared next, was still calm and composed, and a set of bar movements can be called textbook, with both completion and difficulty.
According to the referee's score, Zou Jingyuan's action difficulty was 6.9, the completion score was 9.3, and the total score was 16.2, which was the only one with a score of more than 16 points. He scored 16.200 points, and in the end, Zou Jingyuan successfully defended his title, shaking off the huge advantage of the runner-up by as much as 0.7.
At the award ceremony after the game, Zou Jingyuan cried with excitement. As we all know, the men's team of this Olympic Games did leave great regrets for him and his teammates in the Chinese gymnastics men's team, but at least in his own advantageous parallel bars event, Zou Jingyuan did not let the regret be staged again.
With Zou Jingyuan defending his title, he also became the second Chinese gymnast to win two Olympic parallel bars titles after Li Xiaopeng (Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008).
As the traditional advantage of the Chinese gymnastics team, the Chinese team has won gold medals in parallel bars events in the past seven Olympic Games, only in 2004 and 2016. I believe that as long as Zou Jingyuan is willing to continue to practice in the next cycle, I believe that he will still be the king of the project, and it is also a high probability to achieve three consecutive Olympic championships.