Li Shixin, the 34-year-old Australian world champion, was a member of the Chinese diving team in 2011 and 2013, winning the men's 1m plate gold medal at two consecutive World Championships. Now, after 9 years, Li Shixin once again took the podium, although the nationality has changed, but Li Shixin said that his roots are in China!
Like the Chinese table tennis team, the Chinese diving team is also full of talents, and in order to get more opportunities, even a world champion like Li Shixin has to make a decision to change nationality. After all, representing the Chinese diving team, he never got the chance to participate in the Olympics.
In fact, Li Shixin's sense of national honor is also very strong, in 2011, Li Shixin won the gold medal in the men's 3-meter board, the award ceremony should have played the Chinese national anthem, the result was put into other music, Li Shixin was not in danger, he sang the national anthem loudly, afterwards, the media and netizens called him "oratorio national anthem man". Li Shixin was not very famous originally, but because of this matter, he was affirmed.
In 2017, Li Shixin went to Australia, and at first, he was just a part-time coach at a club in Melbourne, teaching children and adults to dive, and even Li Shixin had a job as a fitness coach in order to support his family.
In 2019, Li Shixin finally got Australian citizenship. At one point, Li Shixin caused controversy, but he didn't care.
Today, Li Shixin is 34 years old, standing on the stage of the World Championships, Li Shixin won a valuable 1-meter plate bronze medal, after 9 years, Li Shixin once again appeared on the podium of the World Championships. As a veteran, Li Shixin was able to get a bronze medal, which is already remarkable. In terms of age, Li Shixin was 14 years older than Wang Zongyuan!
In this battle, Wang Zongyuan won the championship, the award ceremony, the national anthem sounded, Wang Zongyuan sang the national anthem, very happy, although Li Shixin is already an Australian, he is also singing the national anthem, which makes people move.
On social media, Li Shixin responded - some friends saw me singing the national anthem when I presented the award, yes, because I was the same as I was 9 years ago and now.