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Winning the Olympic Games is a great honor for the entire country, but there is such a female weightlifter who, when her career is booming, decided to auction off the many medals she has already won and fade away from the glory of the past.
As a teenager, she shined at the Olympic Games and the World Championships, breaking world records 11 times. People say that her hand is not raising a barbell, but the dignity of the nation. Why would such a respectable athlete sell all his medals? Let's find out together.
Strive to turn your fortune around
The heroine of the story, Chen Xiaomin, was born in an ordinary rural family in Heshan City, Guangdong Province, her parents are both thick and honest crop people, although the family is not rich, but very warm.
Since she was a child, like many children, she also studied in an elementary school close to her home, Chen Xiaomin's personality is very gentle, but she has a strong body, and is laughed at by adults as "tiger girl".
According to her family's recollections, when she was a child, Chen Xiaomin would be considerate of her busy parents, often went out to help her parents with work, and would work hard to learn knowledge when she returned to school, and the teachers all praised her - although she has a strong body, she has never bullied others, and she is smiling when she sees people.
In 1988, Chen Xiaomin ushered in the first "opportunity" in her life, that year the sports school teachers in Heshan County went to the countryside to select students, and early in the morning met the simple Chen Xiaomin from the oppressive crowd.
In this way, 11-year-old Chen Xiaomin was taken to the county town to practice weightlifting, and four years later, the little-known girl became a member of the national weightlifting team at that time. In 2000, Chen Xiaomin completely changed her destiny, and in this year she won the weightlifting gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, becoming the first Chinese female weightlifting athlete to win an Olympic gold medal at that time.
Ambition to win consecutive championships
A weightlifting coach in Guangdong Province once commented on Chen Xiaomin to the media, saying that she is not only a talented player, but also very intelligent and studious. In addition to her daily weight training routine, Chen Xiaomin often holds an English book to memorize words, because she feels that her failure to continue her cultural studies at a young age has always been a psychological defect.
From 1993 to 2003, Chen Xiaomin won a total of 9 world championship gold medals and broke 11 world records, such achievements are very dazzling in the entire sports world, so many foreign media at that time called Chen Xiaomin "China's dark horse".
But people only saw Chen Xiaomin's flowers and applause in front of the podium, but did not see the physical and psychological pain of this Guangdong girl. Many of Chen Xiaomin's teammates have told the media that Chen Xiaomin's physical condition is not as "invincible" as she is in the arena.
Chen Xiaomin, who joined the national team at a young age, spent all day in the practice room with the cold barbell when her peers were playing happily, and her tears and sweat made all her remarkable achievements, but at the same time, they also brought her indelible pain.
Resolutely retire and return to his true self
As a professional national athlete, Chen Xiaomin naturally knows her physical condition, and the reason why she has been able to continue to persevere for so long is by the strong belief in her heart.
But later, after being injured in a competition, Chen Xiaomin was told by doctors that she must stop lifting weights, otherwise she may face the risk of lower body paralysis when she is old, and only then did Chen Xiaomin have to end her weightlifting career herself.
In 2003, Chen Xiaomin, who had been retired for two years, auctioned all the medals she won for 3.99 million yuan, which caused quite a stir at the time, and many people who did not know the truth said that she was blinded by money before auctioning her honor.
However, Chen Xiaomin's later actions proved herself, and she donated 3.99 million yuan from the auction to a local primary school in Guangdong as a public welfare fund, saying that she hoped that more children would be noticed by capable people.
In recent years, Chen Xiaomin has moved her family to Australia for treatment due to old injuries, and her family and husband have taken care of this woman who once brought countless bright lights to her native family in a foreign country.
Chen Xiaomin, who is only 158 tall, contains unexpected energy in her body, and she not only carries her own glorious road on her shoulders, but also carries the model of women in the new era of the mainland.
We should respect these people who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of the mainland Olympic Games, because these people are burning their lives to win honor for our motherland, and our honor is poured by their blood and tears.
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