On March 21, Beijing time, the Athletics Integrity Committee issued an announcement announcing the cancellation of russia's Rushmanova's Gold Medal in the Women's 20 km Race Walk at the London Olympics and the Women's 20 Mile Gold Medal at the 2013 World Championships, which means that three Chinese athletes, Qiyang Shijie, Liu Hong and Lu Xiuzhi, will make up for the 20 km gold, silver and bronze of the London Olympics!
Back in 2012, in the women's 20 km race of the London Olympic Games, Russian athletics women's Rashmanova and Kani Shijina won one or two places in this competition in succession, China's female players Qieyang Shijie won the third place, Liu Hong and Lu Xiuzhi ranked fourth and fifth respectively. In a 2015 sample re-examination, runner-up Kani Shikina was disqualified from the London Olympics due to the use of illegal drugs in violation of regulations. Ten years later, champion Rushmanova was sentenced for the same problem, canceling all her results between February 18, 2012 and January 3, 2014, and the Chinese race walking women's team finally waited for the Olympic medal that was ten years late!
Ten years like smoke, this road Chinese race walkers have walked very hard, for the late Olympic champion this honor, Qieyang Shijie sighed a thousand. On March 22, she posted, "I was happy and sad when I heard the news, and I was happy that I could become the champion in my heart and have a medal to prove myself." The sad thing is that I have not felt the appearance of the champion, did not get the aura of the Olympic champion, although the aura is temporary, but the aura of that moment I want to have....", in her comment area is full of warm messages from netizens, "Qinghai's pride", "manually give my sister a thumbs up", "the result is good, Tashi Delek", yes, although the process of losing that moment, but the result is good, this is a well-deserved Olympic champion.
In addition, due to Rushmanova's sentencing, The Chinese women's race walkers not only won the gold medal at the London Olympics, but also won the gold medal in the 20 km race walk at the 2013 Moscow World Championships. At the Moscow World Championships that year, mainlander Liu Hong ranked second, and after this substitution, she will become the 20 km race walk world champion in 2013, and achieve four golds in the world championships, reaching the third consecutive world championship! Achieved a complete achievement!
China is a powerful country in the race walking event, and many outstanding race walkers have brought us countless honors with their strong strength and extraordinary willpower. Justice will be late but will not be absent, ten years later, we ushered in a moment of willow and dark flowers, congratulations to the Chinese race walking group! Congratulations to Sister Qieyang Shi, Liu Hong, And Lu Xiuzhi, the three outstanding athletics actresses!