Aug 13 2008
Cheng Fei - the Shining Gymnast in Beijing Olympic
Cheng Fei 程菲 and her teammates won gold medal at the Gymnastics (Artistic) Women’s team final of Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, August 13, edging the world champion US team into second place. This is also the first gold for China’s women’s gymnastics team in history of the Olympic Games.
Cheng Fei fell off the balance beam and received just 15.15 points in the second round. But this incidence did not influence her much, and she performed very well continually. At the end, the Chinese team scored 188.9 points. The US women’s gymnastics team scored 186.9 points, who took silver medal.
Cheng Fei started gymnastics at the age of 3, and by the age of 10, she joined the Hubei provincial team. In 2001, 13 years old Cheng Fei was accepted to the China national women’s gymnastics team. The extremely difficult and eye-catching “Cheng Fei Maneuver“, a 180 degree back flip with a 540 degree forward flip was named after Cheng Fei at the 2005 World Championships. Cheng Fei won three golds at the 2006 World Championships in Denmark.
About Cheng Fei
Date of Birth: May 29, 1988
Gender: Female
Height:152cm
Weight: 43kg
Home Town: Huangshi City, Hubei Province
Residence: Beijing City
Coached by: Lu Shanzhen
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