Foreign athletes, who had never seen black-haired and yellow-skinned athletes, went so far as to blackmail and maliciously push Chinese track and field athletes, and even athletes from other countries came to encircle and attack mainland athletes.
In the face of such bad behavior, the mainland players continued to run around the arena alone after the game for the sake of the familiar touch of red. Even her race number plate and that touch of red are now stored in the Olympic Memorial Hall. This was the scene of the women's 5km final at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
When it comes to track and field competitions, the first thing that comes to mind is Liu Xiang, Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye and other outstanding athletes. And Wang Junxia in this competition, her actions are the most worthy of everyone's admiration. Let's take a look at the game first.
15 players from different countries participated in this competition, and Wang Junxia in this competition was not optimistic for everyone at that time. Because the track and field career in the mainland was relatively late at that time, for foreign athletes, they did not take Chinese athletes into account at all.
When the race gun sounded, many players scrambled to be the first. And Wang Junxia, a player from the East, was pushed and shoved by foreign players at the beginning of the game, as if to provoke her skin color and question her strength. So can Wang Junxia withstand the pressure and take the Chinese sport to the next level?
However, Wang Junxia was not swayed by these. She knew very well that although the motherland at that time did not have the right to speak in international competitions, the most effective counterattack was to speak with strength.
In the face of the exclusion of foreign competitors, Wang Junxia showed amazing endurance and speed on the track with tenacious perseverance. Again and again she was pushed to the edge, and again and again she fought to catch up and continue to sprint forward. Every transcendence is a powerful response to the opponent and a challenge to the limits of oneself. Her eyes were firm and deep, as if to say, "I want to win not only but beautifully!"
This game was very difficult for Wang Junxia. Before the finals, she had serious health problems due to water and soil adaptation: fever, vomiting, diarrhea. These ailments haunted her like demons. The coaches at the time told her to give up this competition, but Wang Junxia did not choose to give up. She gritted her teeth and insisted on standing at the starting line.
When the game came to more than 7 minutes, Wang Junxia chased to the second place. When the game reached the crucial moment of 8 minutes and 43 seconds, Wang Junxia showed amazing explosiveness. She burst out of the encirclement like a bolt of lightning, leaving her opponent far behind. When I just saw a glimmer of hope for Wang Junxia to win the championship, the African player who didn't seem to have an advantage in leg length actually overtook him again. I have to admire the previous strength of foreign players, they are so strong.
Wang Junxia maintained the second position in this way, and kept following the foreign runners, running for more than 3 minutes or so. When the game came to about 13 minutes, Wang Junxia suddenly exerted force, and her feet were like adding a pair of hot wheels, and the camera could not capture how Wang Junxia overtook and threw many players out of nearly 20 meters or so.
After more than 13 minutes of endurance running, Wang Junxia still occupied the leading position in the crowd in the face of obstacles such as pushing and shoving by her opponents. Watching her run in the lead, it was as if she was going to trample the whole arena under her feet. In the end, she broke the world record with a time of 14:59.88 and won the championship!
At this moment, Wang Junxia became the focus of the audience. Due to the conditions at the time, there were no Chinese people to watch the game, so the national flag was not prepared. At this moment, although Wang Junxia was exhausted, in order to find that familiar touch of red, she did not look back at the opponent behind her, and continued to run around the arena. It stands out in the crowd.
After hard work in the field, Wang Junxia took the five-star red flag and continued to run on the field wearing the national flag. Her figure looked so tall and dazzling in the sunlight. At this moment, she is not only an athlete, but also the pride of the motherland and a national hero. Her move is truly admirable. We saw the tenacity and perseverance of the Eastern Shenlu, who crushed her bullies with her strength and responded to all doubts with victory.