Charitable Work
Zou Kai who is a Sichuan native auctioned off his gold medal win for Floor Exercise and donated all proceeds to relief funds of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Out of the three gold medals he won at the 2008 Summer Olympics he chose the medal won during his Floor Exercise routine for its special significance since only two other Chinese gymnasts have ever won it, Li Ning and Li Xiaoshuang.
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