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1996, Atlanta Olympics, men's 59 kg weightlifting final.
When the Greek players directly weighed to 167.5 kilograms, Tang Lingsheng knew that he had to fight to the death.
He decided to challenge 170 kilograms, a weight close to three times his weight.
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He stepped onto the stage, took a deep breath, bent down and grabbed the bell bar, and the whole place was silent.
With a low roar, he got up and placed the barbell on his shoulders.
Success or failure in this move, the eyes of the whole world are focused on his arms.
With a lunge, he held the barbell high above his head, followed by a roar.
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However, at this time, a strange scene occurred on the field.
Originally, it only took 3 seconds to lift it to be successful, but Tang Lingsheng did not see the light of the referee's seat opposite for a long time.
4 seconds, 5 seconds, 6 seconds...
Time is passing rapidly, but for Tang Lingsheng, who is carrying three times the weight of the body, it is like a year, and every additional second causes damage to the body by one point, and may even be life-threatening.
The green tendons on his forehead had exploded, and the expression on his face had changed from joy to surprise to confusion.
It wasn't until the Chinese coach found out that something was wrong and rushed to the stage that he put down the barbell, at which point he had held out for 12 seconds.
After the game, when the reporter asked Tang Lingsheng why he held up the barbell for so long, Tang Lingsheng replied: "I am afraid that if I put down the barbell, the referee will not admit it." ”
The simple answer, but full of heartache, he risked his life to win the first Olympic gold medal for the Chinese weightlifting team in 12 years.
Also in the weightlifting arena, the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Winning the championship is a big favorite, and Tang Gonghong of the Chinese team successfully reached the final.
However, in the final, she was slow to enter the state, failing two of the three trials, while the opponent successfully tried all the way.
After the first round, Tang Gonghong trailed the first place, and the South Korean Zhang Meilan was 7.5 kg.
After the start of the second round of deadlifts, Tang Gonghong directly asked for 172.5 kilograms for the first one to narrow the gap, which was exactly 7.5 kilograms more than Zhang Meilan's first one.
Ready, Tang Gonghong flipped the barbell, the heavy barbell fell on both shoulders and bounced high, in an instant, the center of gravity moved back, a millimeter difference, so that Tang Gonghong failed to stabilize, directly sat down on the ground, the first one ended in failure.
The atmosphere of the Chinese team instantly became solemn.
Over there, the Korean coaching team was jubilant, and Tang Gonghong's mistakes made them full of confidence in winning the championship.
After a short adjustment, Tang Gonghong once again challenged 172.5 kg, this time she completed a clean and sharp so, in one fell swoop to wipe out Zhang Meilan's advantage.
However, this is not a pleasure, because the two also have a chance each, in addition, Zhang Meilan also has a weight advantage, she is lighter than Tang Gonghong, in the weightlifting exercise, in the case of lifting the same weight, the light weight athlete wins.
The Koreans were obviously prepared, they knew that Tang Gonghong's deadlift limit was 180 kilograms, so the third decisively asked for 172.5 kilograms, so that even if Tang Gonghong could lift 180 kilograms in the last one, he would lose to South Korea due to weight disadvantage.
The third successful lift of Zhang Meilan, who was 172.5 kilograms, made the South Korean coaching team overjoyed, and the gold medal seemed to be in their pockets.
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Tang Gonghong, who is bent on winning the championship, has no way back, and she has made up her mind to directly weigh 182.5 kg in the third one.
No one believed she could lift that weight, and the South Korean team had already begun to celebrate the gold medal in the background.
At this moment, the whole place was silent, and everyone held their breath, looking forward to witnessing a miracle that happened without measure.
In the blink of an eye, Tang Gonghong had already lifted the barbell and placed it on her shoulders, only to see her eyes like a torch, adjusting her breathing to prepare for the final sprint.
In the few seconds she was adjusting, the world seemed to stand still.
In one fell swoop, she succeeded!
Tang Gonghong defeated South Korean Zhang Meilan with a total score of 305 kg to win the championship.
Tang Gonghong, who stepped down, had a sharp rise in blood pressure due to the overload during the game. The team doctor then treated her with needles and bloodletting, but in the pen of some bad media, it became "internal organ damage" and "seven tricks of bleeding".
This also made Tang Gonghong and the coaching staff after winning the championship under siege, and a championship team became an inhuman organization in their eyes in order to win the championship.
However, their spirit of winning glory for the country can never be erased, and they completed an incredible headwind reversal, which was also the most exciting game in the Olympic Games that year.
A recent inspirational video touched many people, the protagonist of the story is the Colombian weightlifter Figueroa, who spent four Olympic Games, 12 years, to tell us a story about dreams and perseverance.
2008 Beijing Olympic Games, men's 62 kg weightlifting final.
When Figueroa failed three attempts and returned to the stage, he found that the coaching staff was gone, and the head coach only sent someone to drop a sentence: You are a coward!
It turned out that before the game, Figueroa found that he was unwell, so he applied to withdraw from the game, but after the team doctor's examination, he found that there were no symptoms, and the coach called him a coward and forced him to compete, and finally the above scene occurred.
At the Athens Olympics four years ago, Figueroa, who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, won the fifth place, although he missed the medal, but this made him look forward to the Beijing Olympic Games.
Figueroa competed at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
I just didn't expect that after 4 years, what I waited for was not to get on the podium, but not even to have results.
Coaches are disappointed, domestic audiences taunt, Figueroa's life has hit rock bottom, but worse things are yet to come.
Fate seemed to have played a joke on him, and after a closer examination back home, doctors found him with a severe spinal dislocation and advised him to give up weightlifting.
▲ Image from the film "Oscar Figueroa: The Final Redemption of Colombian Heroes"
We don't know how surprised and upset he was when he heard the news.
But when all the emotions calmed down, he was left with nothing but reluctance.
He was not willing to live a lifetime with the shame of a coward, and he was not willing not to stand on the highest podium.
He decided to grit his teeth and persevere, so he trained harder.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Figueroa finally stood on the podium and won a silver medal.
The moment he stood on the podium, Figueroa showed a smile that had not been seen for a long time.
However, the regret of not winning the gold medal made him decide to try again.
So 4 years later, Rio became his next target.
This time the taunts sounded again, and people did not believe that a 33-year-old person 4 years later could win the championship in a field full of young people.
Four years passed quickly, and the opponents of that year had long since left the field, and all that could be seen was young and energetic opponents.
Despite being at a disadvantage in age and physical fitness, Figueroa has the experience of the competition and the determination to win the championship.
In the battle to determine the gold medal, he slowly lifted the 176 kg barbell on his shoulders, the muscles of his whole body trembled unceasingly, the two bulging green tendons on his arms were clearly visible, his slightly open mouth seemed to be breathing, and he seemed to be chanting words, and when the barbell was raised above his head, the picture of him holding steadily was like a black god.
▲The image comes from the film
Oscar Figueroa: The Final Redemption of Colombian Heroes
The moment the barbell hit the ground, he was already crouching on the ground and crying.
It has been a full twelve years since Figueroa first stepped on the Olympic arena, and 12 years of heartache and grievances were completely released at that moment. 12 years of perseverance, but also finally have a return.
Because they have dreams in their hearts, they can endure the boring training day after day, and because of their dedication to the championship, they stand on the stage with injuries.
However, in the end, only a small number of people can stand on the podium, and there are countless "losers" who have no reason to stand in the spotlight and accept people's cheers and worship due to talent, strength and luck.
But no matter what, they have dedicated a wonderful game for us, they deserve the respect of each and every one of us, and they are also the most worthy of our pursuit of life idols in this noisy and flashy era.