Asian Games Gymnastics"'s strongest student Zhuang Jialong makes his debut, shoulders the heavy responsibility and wins the bronze medal in the men's team and is favored by Li Zhikai

Zhuang Jialong. (Photo by special correspondent Chen Zhiqu)

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Reporting from Nagoya] The 22-year-old gymnast Zhuang Jialong made his debut on the Asian Games stage this year and won the men's team bronze medal with his seniors. He took the lead in all six events in the finals, showing his attitude of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers. He was also named by Li Zhikai and is expected to be his and Tang Jiahong's successor. We look forward to Zhuang Jialong's future performance. Regarding this, Zhuang Jialong said with a smile: "I don't dare to take it seriously! I am still working hard. I have not completed many difficulties this time. I want to pursue stability first to help the team."

As the youngest student in the team, the 22-year-old Zhuang Jialong played in all 6 events of the team and took the lead. His performance was highly praised by head coach Lin Yuxin. Ashin said: "He really has a very strong heart and plays a very good role as an assist. He played first in almost all 6 events and completed our task, so we have this opportunity to win third place in the team."

Zhuang Jialong helped the team win the bronze medal in the Asian Games for the first time in his career. After the game, Zhuang Jialong released the pressure and cried. He said that this was his first international medal in the adult competition, which was of great significance. "This time I feel that I can handle the pressure. In the past, when I competed in team competitions, I actually made more mistakes, but there were fewer mistakes at home. But after this, I feel that I am better able to understand how to adjust, learn a lot of different things, and experience the feeling of a competition."

Li Zhikai praised Zhuang Jialong's performance. He said that seeing Zhuang Jialong reminded him of his first participation in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. At that time, he was also very young and failed in all six events. "Although Jialong's first day of preliminaries His results in the competition were not very good, but he still scored in all six categories today, and he also played an important leading role in the finals. It was really not easy." He also said with a smile that Zhuang Jialong has evolved from the "strongest middle school student" to the "strongest student."

Li Zhikai has great trust in his junior, "We knew he could do it when he came up and there would be no extra pressure. Although he said he was very nervous, we believed he could succeed. He was ranked first to perform for us, which gave us a good start and allowed us to enjoy the stage."