Wei Qiuyue, former captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team and Olympic champion in Rio, made an important decision today, donating her Rio Olympic gold medal to the "China Sports Museum" so that the Olympic spirit can inspire more people. Before donating the gold medal, Wei Qiuyue also wore a gold medal for a group photo and took a family portrait with her husband Yuan Lingxi and son Weison.
Wei Qiuyue participated in the 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games, winning the Beijing Olympic bronze medal and the Rio Olympics gold medal, but in the London Olympic Games where she played as the captain, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the fifth place and failed to reach the podium. After the 2017 Tianjin National Games, Wei Qiuyue, who suffered a serious knee injury, chose to retire, she married Yuan Lingxi, assistant coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and in January 2020, she gave birth to a son and was promoted to a mother. However, because Yuan Lingxi wants to train with the Chinese women's volleyball team, there is not much time to spend with his family. After a series of tasks such as the Tokyo Olympic Games this year, the end of the Shaanxi National Games, and the women's volleyball national championships, Yuan Lingxi finally had time to spend time with his family.
This morning, Wei Qiuyue donated the Rio Olympic gold medal to the China Sports Museum, and she hopes that the spirit of the women's volleyball team can inspire more people. In the evening, Wei Qiuyue posted a photo of her rio Olympic medalist and wearing a rio olympic gold medal, as if returning to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Wei Qiuyue said that the China Sports Museum needs athletes, coaches and all sports people to contribute their sports stories, so she decided to donate her Olympic gold medals. Before donating the gold medal, Wei Qiuyue also took a special family portrait with the gold medal.
In this group of family portraits, Wei Qiuyue and her husband Yuan Lingxi are wearing Rio Olympic medallions, Yuan Lingxi intimately puts his arm around Wei Qiuyue's shoulders, and his son stands in front of them, wearing his mother's gold medal around his neck, and the family of three is smiling happily. In another family portrait, Wei Qiuyue and Yuan Lingxi both hold volleyball, both holding their son's hand, and the little guy is still standing on the championship podium, wearing a gold medal is very proud. In the future, Wei Qiuyue's gold medal will be seen by more people, although his son can no longer wear the gold medal, but Wei Qiuyue will leave the sportsmanship to his son and accompany his son to grow up healthy and happy.