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Les Temps Des Fleur
Page scans from the December 2006 issue of All Sports article titled 花样年华 or The Age as Beautiful as Flowers. This Article features the 2006 World Champions Zhang Nan, Zhou Zhuoru, Cheng Fei, Li Ya, He Ning, and Pang Panpan.
(Original article by Gao Shanshan, Photo Credit: Fu Lei/Lei’s Photography)
Coach Cheng Fei
Cheng Fei showed up at the 2013 Nationals as a coach for the first time. With her help, Hubei provincial team has successfully qualified in 6th place for the National Games in September. Best wishes to Cheng Fei for her coaching career.
(Pictured: Cheng Fei coaching her gymnast Liu Jinru from Henan Province, Photo Credit: Pan Yulong, Ni Minzhe)
Reunion of Former Gymnastics Champions
Top row: Cheng Fei, Coach Liu Qunlin, Meng Fei, Coach Lu Shanzhen, Liu Xuan, Peng Sha, Zhang Nan
Bottom row: Kui Yuanyuan, Bi Wenjing, Sang Lan, ?, Yang Yilin
(Photo via Kui Yuanyuan’s Weibo)
Cheng Fei Transitioning from Athlete to Coach
According to this Chinese article, Cheng Fei is currently coaching a group of five young athletes on the National Team; two of them from her native Hubei Province. Former Head Coach Lu Shan Zhen was the one who suggested coaching when he saw Cheng Fei idling while recovering from her torn Achilles.
When ask about being a coach, Cheng Fei jokes about how she gets frustrated whenever someone gets stuck on a simple skill and she just wanted to jump on and show them how it’s done. “Being an athlete, one only has to think about his/her own problems, but being a coach is much different, you have think more comprehensively. Before, I was training with the elite gymnasts and have gotten used to the high skill level at that stage. I am adjusting to the young gymnasts at their skill level and their way of thinking”, she smiles, “I just want my gymnasts to do their best at the National Games”.
(Photo Credit: Yan Jia)
Cola Cao Commercial Blooper Pics
L-R: Pang Panpan, Fan Ye, Cheng Fei, Xiao Qin, Feng Zhe, Yang Wei… I have no clue who the guy in white is >_<
Cheng Fei, He Ning, Yang Yilin and Pang Panpan during practice in the training hall backstage at the 2007 Chinese Nationals.
(Photo Credit: Cheng Gong)
Let it be a good score
Cheng Fei, He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan - TF @ 2008 Beijing Olympics
(Photo Credit: unknown)
The path of her future, we will help her along the way. - Coach Lu Shanzhen on Cheng Fei
Former team captain Chen Fei has arrived at the training camp in Wuhan with the rest of the national team. Still recovering from her injury earlier this year, Cheng Fei was spotted coaching young gymnasts at the training camp. When interviewed on future plan for his beloved disciple Cheng Fei, Coach Lu Shanzhen says it all depends on the Cheng Fei’s wishes.
“Although she’s almost recovered from her injuries, she still needs some time before she’s able to withstand the large impact of training” said Coach Lu Shanzhen, “while she’s still recovering, we do not want to neglect her time with gymnastics, so she is helping out on coaching the young gymnasts while sidelined during this time”. He continues, “although she is the Olympic champion, she’s only 24 years old just like the average person; she still has more to learn, whether professionally or culturally. I hope she will be able to continue her education that will help develop her for a greater future. But of course, we‘ll respect her decisions; if she’s not willing to leave gymnastics, she can always come back, and we‘ll welcome her with open arms”.
(Pictured: Cheng Fei helps a young gymnast with her technique during winter training. Photo Credit: Ke Hao)
(Source: news.sina.com.cn)
If Only Li-Ning Made the White Versions
I so want to see white versions of the leos our girls wore in Tokyo/2011 and Athens/2004. Too bad it’s only possible via photoshop >_<
Li-Ning first introduced the red/white theme in 1992, it took them a whole 20 years to get back to this theme! What took them so long?!
