Kui is still recognized as one of the most masterful gymnasts on beam and her 1997 World’s beam routine is still one of the most difficult and perfectly executed.
Post-retirement life:
Kui retired from gymnastics after the 2000 Olympics and attended University of International Business and Economics to study French but left after a few semesters. In 2006 she married her boyfriend and gave birth to a daughter a year later
Kui is now living in Beijing and is gymnastics coach for a local Gym school. Here are some photos from her blog and weibo
Kui & her old teammates (the 1997-1999 Gang) @ Meng Fei's birthday party in Mar. 2008( front row from left: Bi Wenjing, Wang Xin, Sang Lan, Zhu Yingying, Peng Sha. Back row - .,.,., Kui Yuanyuan, Meng Fei,Zhou Duan)
Kui & 2008 Gang @ Bi Wenjing's Wedding on 6/21/2009
Mo HuiLan, monther-to-be Bi Wenjing & Kui in Sep. 2010
Kui & Han Han - professional rally driver & best selling Chinese novelist in Dec. 2010 (Kui loves rally driving and takes this hobby very seriously)
Evey， Thanks for the comment. I loved those photos too, especially the one from MF’s party in 2008-pretty much a reunion to me. But I wasn’t sure about the ones on the left in the back row. So I wrote to KYY, and she was so nice to reply me. Turned out they were friends. And from another blog of hers, I found Zhu Yingying married to Olympic gold-medal winning gymnast Xin Aowei and KYY’s another teammate Jin Ying’s husband is gymnast Li Jing. I think I should do a Chinese gymnasts couple piece.。。
Very cool to see these pics of KYY and the other great ones of her era...thank you!
ReplyDeleteEvey，
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. I loved those photos too, especially the one from MF’s party in 2008-pretty much a reunion to me. But I wasn’t sure about the ones on the left in the back row. So I wrote to KYY, and she was so nice to reply me. Turned out they were friends. And from another blog of hers, I found Zhu Yingying married to Olympic gold-medal winning gymnast Xin Aowei and KYY’s another teammate Jin Ying’s husband is gymnast Li Jing. I think I should do a Chinese gymnasts couple piece.。。
Dear John,
DeletePLEASE DO A CHINESE GYMNAST COUPLES PIECE!
Would make my day. :)
did you notice that Han-Han also drives a Subaru?
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