Our weightlifting team is a famous dream team, and the West has to limit our number of participants. Especially in the range of 56 kg to 81 kg, we have a monopoly position, even if it is 85 kg to 94 kg, we also have the strength to compete for gold and silver, but the quota is limited, and we have given up the competition in order to be more sure. Therefore, there are many Hercules stars in our country, Wu Jingbiao, Long Qingquan, Li Fabin, Chen Lijun, Liao Hui, Shi Zhiyong, Zhan Xugang, Lü Xiaojun, etc., all of whom are shining "Hercules King Kong". Personally, I think that among them, Lü Xiaojun and Zhan Xugang are more prominent.
Lu Xiaojun was originally a physical education student in the primary school who participated in the 200-meter run, but coach Deng Minghu found that his explosive power was amazing and began to train him to lift weights. In 2009, at the age of 25, Lu Xiaojun began participating in the Adult World Series. He has won 10 titles at the Olympic Games and World Championships, breaking 6 world records.
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Lu Xiaojun won the championship at the age of 37, which is the oldest age record for an Olympic weightlifting champion. From the 2012 London Olympics, to the 2016 Rio Olympics, and then to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Lu Xiaojun has achieved only two olympic championships in the world. Among them, the Rio Olympics, Kazakhstan's Rasimov lifted the same weight as Lu Xiaojun, with a smaller weight to win the championship, but now because of the doping canceled the results, Lu Xiaojun made up the gold medal. Lu Xiaojun's achievements: the highest snatch is 176 kg, the deadlift is 207 kg, and the total result is up to 379 kg.
At the same time, Lu Xiaojun is also well-known at home and abroad in the world bodybuilding industry, known as the "peerless macho man". Therefore, the referees at the Olympic site came to him for autographs.
Zhan Xugang, two-time Olympic gold medalist. Twice it was 70 kg and then 77 kg. Winner of the 1996 Olympic 70 kg championship in Atlanta, USA, and broke consecutive world records for snatch, deadlift and overall results. 2000 Sydney Olympic 77 kg champion. Zhan Xugang's results: 160.5 kg in snatch and 207.5 kg in deadlift (Sydney 2000 Olympics). With a weight of 77 kilograms, the deadlift can be a little more than Lu Xiaojun's 81 kilograms. It's really a miracle.
In addition to Lu Xiaojun's three consecutive Olympic titles, there is also Pyrros Dimas (Pyrros. Dimas, 1971). He represented Albania and Greece successively. 1992 Olympic champion in the 82.5 kg category, 1996 Olympic champion in the 83 kg category, 2000 (29 years old) Olympic 85 kg champion, 2004 (33 years old) Olympic 85 kg third place, 2004 is also the last time Dimas competed, after the competition, Dimas left his weightlifting shoes on the weightlifting table, announcing the end of his career as an athlete.
Finally, I personally believe that Lü Xiaojun can be called "Hercules". Because it lasted for so many years, at such an old age, it has always maintained such a strong physical strength, which is really unparalleled in the world. Especially in our Chinese nation, the most important word is "long".
Here, I will call Lü Xiaojun Hercules, along with the body god Li Ning, the swimming god Sun Yang, the feather god Lin Dan and the table tennis god Ma Long as the five male gods of the sports world. Do you agree?
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