39岁，第6次出征奥运会。这两个数字放在诸如射击神马的项目上也许并不算特别出格。但如果用来描述一个体操选手的奥运轨迹，那绝对是个传奇。

39，The sixth time war games。The two figures such as shooting on the projects maybe god horse isn't particularly outrageous。But if used to describe a gymnasts Olympic track，It absolutely is a legend。

　　28日伦敦奥运会体操比赛开赛时，年近不惑的保加利亚老将约夫切夫将写下这个传奇。这位本届奥运会最年长的体操选手同时也是现任保加利亚体操协会主席，白头发都清晰可见，却要和年龄几乎只是他一半的小选手们同场竞技。

28 London Olympic gymnastics kick-off，Recent years of Bulgaria YaoFuQieFu veteran healthcare will write down the legend。The the games the most older gymnasts is also chairman of Bulgaria gymnastics association，White hair are visible，But almost half his age and only small players pitted against each other in competition。

　　他比退役多年的中国名将李小双还要大将近一岁，1992年和1996年奥运会上，他和李小双同台竞技并见证了中国同行的辉煌；而1997年李小双退役的时候，他刚迎来运动生涯的高峰期。

He retired years than China's larger li xiaoshuang nearly a year ahead，In 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games，He and li xiaoshuang competing and the testimony of the brilliant Chinese counterparts；And in 1997 li xiaoshuang retire，He just have sports career peak。

　　在去年的世锦赛和伦敦测试赛上，约夫切夫不得不进行了所有六个项目的比赛，但这次，他决定不再勉强自己。他表示：“这次我只比吊环。我的腰也疼，关节也疼，因此不值得再去尝试别的项目。”

In last year's world championships in London and test events，YaoFuQieFu had to all six of the project of the game，But this time，He decided not to force himself。He said：“This time I was only rings。My waist is painful，Joint pain also，So not worth to try to other projects。”

　　约夫切夫也决定在伦敦为自己漫长的运动生涯画上一个句号，因为他的身体已经支持不住了。“奥运会是很有趣的经历，但体操是个艰苦的项目，我无法再从事它了。我现在只是在挣扎着坚持而已，我的身体在四分五裂。”

YaoFuQieFu also decided to in London for his long sports career picture a period，Because his body had support not to live。“The Olympic Games is very interesting experience，But gymnastics is a hard project，I can't engage in it。I'm just in the struggle to insist on it，My body in the ripping apart。”

　　约夫切夫2009年当选保加利亚体操协会主席，以运动员身份再战奥运实属无奈，原因是他不想看到保加利亚缺席伦敦奥运会体操比赛。

YaoFuQieFu 2009 elected Bulgaria gymnastics association chairman，The Olympic identity and fight another really helpless，Reason is that he didn't want to see the London Olympic gymnastics competition absent Bulgaria。

　　去年，他和他的队伍一起参加了东京世锦赛，但保加利亚没有一个选手能直通伦敦奥运会，今年1月份的伦敦测试赛成为他们最后的机会。保体协的选拔规定是世锦赛全能名次最高的选手出征伦敦测试赛，这个名额就落到了队伍中年纪最大的约夫切夫身上。在距离自己39岁生日仅一个月时，他在测试赛上搭上了通往伦敦的最后一班车。

Last year，He and his team together in the world championships in Tokyo，But Bulgaria not of a player who had access to the London Olympics，In January this year the London test and become their last chance。The selection of the regulation is countries.combining world ranking of the top players were almighty test events in London，This places fall to the oldest team YaoFuQieFu body。In the distance of his 39 birthday of only one month，He got on a test events on the last train to London。

　　体操选手是奥林匹克大家庭中最“早衰”的一群人，几乎一个奥运周期就换一批新人。但约夫切夫完成了一个“不可能完成的任务”。

Gymnastics athlete is the Olympic family“Premature aging”Of a group of people who，Almost a Olympic cycle change new people。But YaoFuQieFu completed a“Mission impossible”。

　　从1979年开始练习体操到现在，他已经拿过13枚世锦赛奖牌，4枚奥运会奖牌。这4枚奥运奖牌都产生在他运动生涯的巅峰时期，其中却没有一枚金色。2000年在悉尼，他拿了自由操和吊环的铜牌；2004年在雅典，吊环银牌和自由操铜牌。

From 1979 to now began the practice of gymnastics，He had 13 pieces with world MEDALS，4 Olympic medal。The four other Olympic MEDALS has in his sports career peak，Among them is not a golden MEDALS。In 2000 in Sydney，He took the bronze medal ZiYouCao and rings；In Athens in 2004，ZiYouCao silver and bronze rings。

　　即便再次站在奥运赛场上，39岁的年纪，也基本上注定了约夫切夫此生和奥运金牌无缘，但他并不愿意在伦敦扮演打酱油的角色。“能代表保加利亚站在这里很好，我们不想只是走个过场，”他说。

Even if again at the Olympics，39 years old，And basically to YaoFuQieFu in this lifetime and for Olympic gold，But he is not willing to play in London play the role of soy sauce。“Can represent Bulgaria stand here is very good，We don't want to just go through the moves，”He said。

　　新华社记者李丽、张荣锋

The xinhua news agency lili、ZhangRongFeng