Gong Lijiao: Upward Chinese power

On August 1, 2021, Gong Lijiao stood on the highest podium of women's shot put at the Tokyo Olympic Games, a moment she had waited for 21 years and endured for 21 years.

From 2001 to 2021, more than seven thousand days and nights; from slip to shot put landing, a few seconds, tens of thousands of attempts. Even if the state is very good, even if the training results are excellent, Gong Lijiao does not dare to relax at all.

The intense training, while bringing excellent results, also brought her physical injuries. Injuries to the arms, lumbar spine, legs, and ankle bones, 2020 approaching the Tokyo Olympics, the knee joint suffered from water. The hospital's experts said Gong Lijiao was a 30-year-old with 60-year-old legs, letting her rest.

But she still insisted, unwilling to give up. "Because muscles have memories, I was afraid that the feeling of technology would disappear, so I gritted my teeth and sat down, and I didn't dare to relax for a day."

Is Gong Lijiao bitter? Bitter; tired? tired. But the secret of success is to die with the dream; the key to pushing the dream into reality is persistence.

Countless bitterness and tears finally turned into dazzling glory on the podium of the Tokyo Olympic champion. Those persistences that do not give up finally become the ladder to the peak of dreams. This is the strength of Gong Lijiao, and it is also the strength of China that never gives up and is high-spirited!

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Organizer: Hebei Provincial Sports Bureau

Producer: Guo Lijun

Editor's proofreading: He Wanxuan