On March 22, Beijing time, the official social media account of the World Radio Federation was updated: good news! ~ 2012 London Olympics women's singles gold medalist Xu Lijia will join the 2022 Snooker World Championships live report! We have received your media ID application and the Crucible Theatre welcomes the Olympic champion!
Subsequently, Xu Lijia also responded to the World Television Federation through her personal social media account: I am particularly happy to come to the historic Crucible Theatre, and in the past few months of competitions, many snooker stars from our Country have performed very brightly, and we are looking forward to their performance in the highest hall of snooker.
Xu Lijia was the gold medalist of the 2012 London Olympic Games, when Xu Lijia won the gold medal for the Chinese team in the sailing laser Reddir class, and Xu Lijia became the first Olympic gold medalist in the history of Chinese and even Asian sailing.
Because of her outstanding contributions in the history of sailing in China and Asia, Xu Lijia also became the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation at the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games. In addition, Xu Lijia also became the best female athlete of the International Sailing Federation in 2012 and won the CCTV Sports Personality of the Year Special Contribution Award.
After retiring from the military, Xu Lijia began to study, and received a bachelor's degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and later studied at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom with a master's degree in international management, in 2017, Xu Lijia transferred to Solent University to specialize in sports journalism, and graduated with honors in October 2019, so Xu Lijia became a real sports journalist.
Last year, at the Tokyo Olympics, Xu Lijia participated in the live coverage, which was her first time as a journalist in the Olympic Games. Nowadays, Xu Lijia's role has changed even more, covering non-Austrian projects snooker, going to the Crucible Grand Theatre, from sailing to snooker, from athletes to journalists, Xu Lijia's cross-border life is becoming more and more exciting.
I hope that Xu Lijia can become the lucky star of China's snooker at the World Championships, Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Liang Wenbo, Fu Jiajun, Fan Zhengyi, the 6 ranking champions join hands to impact the first snooker world championship in Chinese history.