Ning Li Becomes The "Little Prince Of Gymnastics" - Los Angeles 1984 Olympics

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China's Ning Li puts on an incredible performance in the artistic gymnastic events at the Los Angeles to begin his amazing Olympic career and become known as the little prince of gymnastics.
Ning Li was born in 1963 in the city of Liuzhou in southern China. He won his first national gymnastics competitions at the age of 10. In 1982, he won his first World Cup events. Two years later, at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, his moment had arrived: Ning Li won six medals, three of them gold.
His first Olympic medal in the team competition with China's silver, which heralded the start of an impressive harvest.
In the all-around competition, Ning made a mistake on the parallel bars, which penalised him for the final ranking, where he finished third behind America's Peter Vidmar, silver medallist, and Japan's Koji Gushiken, who won the gold.
He made up for this in the floor exercises, winning his first gold medal with the excellent score of 19.925 out of 20, beating his compatriot Lou Yun, who managed 19.775.
On the pommel horse, the competition was even tougher. Ning Li produced a remarkable performance which earned him the score of 19.950. The American Peter Vidmar also achieved an excellent performance. The two athletes had identical scores, and both stood on the top step of the podium. On the rings, Ning Li this time had to share the honours with Japan's Koji Gushiken, as both men finished with the score of 19.850.
In the vault, for the first time in this event, four gymnasts tied for second place. With a score of 19.825, Li won silver, his sixth medal, making him the athlete with the most medals at the 1984 edition of the Games. This achievement earned him the nickname of "little prince of gymnastics".
On 8 August 2008, the organisers of the Beijing Olympic Games gave him the great honour of selecting him as the last Olympic torchbearer -- the person with the enormous responsibility of lighting the Olympic cauldron. Everyone will always remember the image of Ning Li "flying" around the perimeter of the Bird's Nest stadium.
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[@kaijunwoo5889]

actually we just call him " Prince of Gymnastics" in China,he is the idol of the whole 80's generation,we love him!!!

[@puffinfunny5453]

He has been written into Chinese students' textbooks, thanking him for the spiritual inspiration he has brought to China.

[@DejaVuEXP]

and it's amazing what a successful entrepreneur he has become post his gymnastics career

[@winterbreeze23]

His pommel horse routine is so beautiful!

[@andikac]

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Cauldron was lit on August 9th, not 8th. it passed over midnight, but still, a very wonderful and spectacular show that I will always remember forever :)

[@maggiechan33]

Li was 45 at that time ; still very fit to "run" in the air for full 2 minutes.

[@danieljester7752]

i was 12 watching all of this...he was fantastic to watch on the pommel horse....mary lou retton took it for the women

[@lightronger]

Not just China ;b Li-Ning also sponsored the Spanish + Argentinian men's basketball team and the American diving team, amongst others.

[@superdom1665]

13 years ago this month a former Chinese athlete lit a memorable Olympic cauldron.

[@BrigittJimenezSanchez-yo2mu]

❤ mientras jordan es una máquina de dinero, este gimnasta es una maquina de inspiración para toda una nacion y más allá! 😊

[@maggiechan33]

Muchas gracias !!!

[@IvearnLTM]

Li Ning is a China based sports shop.

[@zhuyuan0624]

He is the founder

[@Jvalg3]

the best

[@s3vster]

you realize this is much faster ina ction than the video shows it

[@leoncioco3305]

A legend in d world of gymnastics n may d Li Ning brand scale new heights. 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@manuelasacramento7867]

Realmente incrível a leveza que estes atletas tem

[@29kenjo]

Beautiful!

[@Rythm123]

pure muscles nice

[@hanakyne]

agree especialy his legs are so drawn all the body is very nice !!!

[@WishveshwarSingh]

Nicely Done, Bravo.

[@captin388]

Fantastic

[@sydneybiebert5646]

Anyone in 2020? 😋

[@manuelasacramento7867]

Real mente e maguinifico...

[@pinarambo2307]

He is a Brand now

[@kea070010]

they make it look easy

[@ajorbista]

TIL he founded the sports shoe brand

[@manuelasacramento7867]

Per facto

[@wadiefaridhaddad7429]

还记得那个视频于关。 :

[@deadmo1]

GO LNG E-SPORTS

[@TopOyster]

This little prince is worth about 28 billion now

[@francisnguyen6349]

The "Prince of Gymnastics" from Olympics.

[@AlexusHH]

What he did at last flashed me...

[@582AIR]

Why do I see this mans name on all contemporary Chinese athletes uniforms?? AIR582

[@zhuyuan0624]

He founded Li-Ning company which is no 1 sportswear company in China

[@suchen403]

In this sense he IS the MJ in China.

[@ShengYu1995]

Family name comes first in China (or pretty much most of East/South Asia) since hes from China, It's Li Ning... not Ning Li...

[@djpickle59]

What's the song please?

[@wateryanke7907]

he's not 'little'. and He didn't become the prince at your Olympics but by winning 6 gold out of 7 in the world cup.

[@yuelinli3527]

baloneys to you with that "little" there he is one nation's pride.

[@iApple89]

Still rings??

[@Maram379h]

o_o