There are often moments of excitement and tears in the Olympic arena, Sun Yang won the golden pool and shed tears, Chen Long fell to the ground and cried after defeating Li Zongwei, because their gold medals were not easy to come by, and there was an athlete who participated in the Olympic Games four times and was in tears, which was the most crying athlete in history, he was Oscar Figueroa.
Born in 1983, Figueroa is a weightlifter in Colombia, at the 2004 Athens Olympics, figueroa debuted on the Olympic stage at the age of 21, when lifting a 56kg barbell, Figueroa did not stand up, the first Olympic Games, he failed.
In the fifth place, after dropping the barbell, he crouched in front of the barbell, tears could not help but flow, this time, he shed tears of failure.
In 2008, the 25-year-old Figueroa once again appeared on the stage of the Beijing Olympic Games, but in the 62 kg competition, his right hand repeatedly dragged the bar, and such a mistake led to him not even ranking at the Beijing Olympic Games. Such a mistake made him bow his head and hide his face and cry bitterly, this time he shed tears of remorse, he could not have made a mistake, but because of such details, he did not win the medal.
At the peak of the age to create the worst results, which is difficult for the average person to accept, but Figueroa did not give up, he continued to insist, at the 2012 London Olympics, the 29-year-old Figueroa still appeared, this time he lifted the 62 kg barbell, the moment he put down the barbell, he shouted out the emotion, he shed tears, this time he shed tears of success, he shed tears that were not the same as the gold medal, because he only won the gold medal.
In 2016, although he was 33 years old, Figueroa chose to compete in another Olympic Games, and in the final of the Rio Olympic Games, he grabbed 142 kg, 176 kg in the deadlift, and won the gold medal with a total score of 318 kg.
12 years! He spent 12 years to win the gold medal, this moment he did not stand up, but he raised his head, he fell to the ground crying, this time, Figueroa shed tears of success, after winning the championship, Figueroa announced his retirement on the spot, it can be seen that the veteran just wants to complete his goal, when his goal is reached, there is no regret in life.
He used 12 years of time, four precious tears, condensed into the gold medal before his retirement, his perseverance, his inner strength is admirable!