Chinese firemen ‘rescue’ wife of boxer Zou Shiming after cutting ring off swollen finger

Reality television show personality Ran Yingying, who is married to the WBO world flyweight champion, was unable to remove ring from her index finger

China society

Liu Zhen

Published: 1:33pm, 6 Jan 2017

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The Chinese wife of world champion professional boxer Zou Shiming had to call in firefighters to cut off an undersized ring after it got stuck on her finger causing it to swell up, mainland media reported.

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Ran Yingying, a reality television show personality and the wife of Zou, the WBO world flyweight champion, posted a photograph on her Weibo microblogging account on Thursday to show off a large ring on her left index finger, the news website Sina.com.cn reported.

A fireman examines the ring on reality television star Ran Yingying’s swollen finger. Photo: Handout

Ran displays her swollen finger after the ring has been removed. Photo: Handout

However, the ring was too small for her finger and Ran soon found she was unable to remove it after her finger began to swell up.

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She then asked people using Weibo how to remove it.

“The harder I try [to remove it], the more swollen it gets,” Ran said.

Ran put her hand in iced water to try to reduce the swelling to her finger so she could remove the ring. Photo: Handout

Ran also wound threads around her swollen finger to try to remove the ring. Photo: Handout

After several failed attempts, including putting her hand in iced water and winding threads around her finger she and husband went to the local fire station in Guangzhou.

A fireman uses pliers to cut off the ring. Photo: Handout

Firemen used pliers and cutters to cut the ring off and release her badly swollen finger, which had become red and blistered.

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Ran later posted a series of photographs on Weibo showing what had happened over the course of the day and also thanked the firefighters for their help.

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