Review: Athletes expelled from national team
- By Xiang Bin
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5. Zhang Shangwu
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Zhang Shangwu displays some of his gold medals. |
Zhang Shangwu was a shining gymnastics star at the age of 18, when he won two gold medals at the 2001 Beijing Universiade.
However, his gymnastics career came to a halt in 2002, when he suffered a tendon injury and failed to be selected for China's gymnastics team for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Zhang was fired from the national team for violating the team's discipline in 2003.
After that, the gymnast's life took a downward turn. In 2007, Zhang gained notoriety with a series of thefts that led to his incarceration in 2007. After his release this year after serving a four-year sentence, a penniless Zhang started begging and performing gymnastics stunts on the streets of Beijing to make a living.
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