Paris 2024 silver medallist Zhou Yaqin who won hearts with her gesture on the podium continued to display her humility as she returned to her family-owned restaurant in the Hengyang City, weeks after the quadrennial showpiece event.
The Chinese gymnast, who had captured the attention of fans after trying to bite the medal to replicate her Italian counterparts Alice D’Amato and Manila Esposito, gave a sneak peek of her life back home as she served food to her customers at the restaurant.
The video of the wholesome moment went viral on social media with several fans praising her.
“That cute Chinese gymnast, Zhou Yaqin, who learned the Olympic custom to bite medals after winning a silver one, returned home to work at the restaurant of her parents. For marketing, she serves food now in her Olympic uniform in the “Fat Brother”, Local Cuisine Restaurant in Hengyang City.
Watch the video here:
🇨🇳🥈 That cute Chinese gymnast, Zhou Yaqin, who learned the Olympic custom to bite medals after winning a silver one, returned home to work at the restaurant of her parents.
For marketing she serves food now in her Olympic uniform in the “Fat Brother”, Local Cuisine Restaurant… pic.twitter.com/RJ63RceWWT
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) August 16, 2024
“Hardworking girl 🙏 I like how a lot of Chinese Gold medallists are just ordinary people with extraordinary talents. Including Pan Zhen Le. Humility and humbleness,” a fan commented.
“Marketing or not, she’s doing it which is something 9/10 of the other “olympic celebrities” wouldn’t do. W,” another fan argued.
“She looks so innocent 😅. Good values as a person too, it seems. Good for her,” a third fan said.
Yaqin, who specialises in the balance beam category, already boasts of an Olympic medal at the age of 18. She clinched a World Championships in the 2023 World Championships. She had qualified in the Women’s Balance Beam ahead of American legend Simone Biles in Paris 2024 and then completed at the second position with 14.100 points in the final event.
