The Tokyo Olympic Games have ended, the Shaanxi National Games are also coming to an end, and the athletes will usher in a rare long holiday. On September 23, weightlifting Olympic champion Shi Zhiyong proposed to his girlfriend Chen Xiaodan, who has been in love for many years. On the 24th, they received a marriage license.
Shi Zhiyong was born on October 10, 1993 in Wutong Town, Guilin, Guangxi Province, and was excavated by a coach at the age of 9 and began to practice weightlifting at the county sports school, growing rapidly. At rio 2016, he won the men's weightlifting 69 kg category, and at the Tokyo Olympics he upgraded to the 73 kg category, winning the championship with a world record-breaking total of 364 kg. At the scene, he domineeringly shouted "Who else" became a classic moment of the Tokyo Olympics.
After the game, when the reporter asked when to marry his girlfriend Chen Xiaodan, Shi Zhiyong joked: "Now (around) if there is a mobile phone, I will ask the mother-in-law!" He also confessed to Chen Xiaodan to the camera: "Let you wait for a long time, wait for me to go home and marry you!" ”
After the Tokyo Olympics, Shi Zhiyong competed in the Shaanxi National Games. On September 22, he represented Zhejiang and broke the national records for snatching and total results with 170 kg and 365 kg respectively, surpassing the world record he held and winning the championship smoothly. Shi Zhiyong said that he hopes to maintain his good condition and participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
On the afternoon of the 23rd, Shi Zhiyong fulfilled his promise and successfully proposed to Chen Xiaodan in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. At the marriage proposal ceremony, Shi Zhiyong personally hung two Olympic gold medals and a National Games gold medal around Chen Xiaodan's neck as a promise of love.
On the 24th, Shi Zhiyong and Chen Xiaodan received a marriage license in Ningbo and officially married.
In addition to Shi Zhiyong, the Chinese men's weightlifter has an Olympic champion to get married, he is Chen Lijun. Chen Lijun won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg category at the Tokyo Olympics. During the period of isolation in China, he participated in the recording of Hunan Satellite TV's "Every Day Upward" program and successfully proposed marriage to his girlfriend Yuan Mei. Chen Lijun revealed that the two fell in love five years ago, and in the darkest moments after the defeat at the Rio Olympics, his girlfriend was his light.
At the just-concluded National Games, Chen Lijun achieved three consecutive championships. On the afternoon of September 24, Chen Lijun returned to Changsha, Hunan Province by high-speed rail, and Yuan Mei greeted him at the station. The two said they had plans to have a wedding in the near future.