The Chinese weight team is the ace of Chinese sports, an important medal-winning event of the Chinese legion in the Olympic Games, and is in a leading position in the world sports world, known as the "dream team".
Speaking of the weight team, we have to mention Zhan Xugang. If the Olympic Games pursue higher, faster, stronger, the Olympic spirit is to overcome the self, break through the self, then Zhan Xugang used his actual actions to interpret the Olympic spirit very well, so Zhan Xugang has received everyone's attention, and his achievements in the Olympic Games have been remembered by everyone.
Zhan Xugang is a famous weightlifter in China, with a very distinct label, so it can be remembered by everyone.
Zhan Xugang was born in May 1974 in Kaihua County, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Zhan Xugang was selected for the Zhejiang Provincial Weightlifting Team from Kaihua Major Sports School at the age of 13 and became Asia's top weightlifter at the age of 19. Zhan Xugang is very tall and solid, and he is born to practice weightlifting.
In a sport like weightlifting, the only way to become famous is to participate in the Olympic Games and win gold medals in the Olympic Games by defeating various masters. In 1996, the powerful Zhan Xugang was selected for the Chinese weight team's roster for the Atlanta Olympics. He was only 22 years old at the time, the best time of his sports career. He participated in the 70 kg class. Zhan Xugang easily won the championship and broke the world record three times. Zhan Xu just became famous in the first world war and became a well-known Olympic hero at that time.
Two years later, in 1998, the International Lifting Federation implemented a new men's weightlifting class, and Zhan Xugang upgraded from the previous 70 kg to 77 kg. As we all know, gaining weight is a very difficult thing for weightlifters. Not only to gain weight, but also to lift a lot of weight, but also to face different opponents. At that time, there were many masters in the 77 kg class. Although there are many difficulties, Zhan Xugang also has to find a way to overcome them. Who wants him to like the sport anymore. And there are not many masters of his level in China, and the national weight team hopes that he will participate in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and contribute to the national sports. Zhan Xugang had to lift a barbell that far exceeded his own weight day by day in the training hall.
After two years of brief adjustment, Zhan Xugang participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Facing the 77 kg class, he performed average in the snatch lift, only lifting 160 kg to rank 4th. If you want to win the championship, you can only chase it back in the standoff. During the deadlift competition, Greek star Mitru reached 367.5 kg in the two results of the snatch and the deadlift, temporarily ranking first. Zhan Xugang weighs less than Mitru, and the only way to surpass Mitru to win the championship is to lift 207.5 kg in the deadlift event. It was a weight that Zhan Xugang had never lifted. Zhan Xugang bravely walked to the competition venue and magically lifted a barbell weighing 2.7 times his weight.
Zhan Xu just put down the barbell steadily, and then raised his arms and shouted, full of passion, celebrating this hard-won victory. Zhan Xugang won the Olympic championship for the second consecutive year. On the podium and listening to the familiar national anthem, Zhan Xugang's heart was full of pride. Zhan Xugang interpreted the Olympic spirit with his actions, higher, faster and stronger. Even if you can't do it, you must bravely go to the field, overcome yourself, break through yourself, and climb to the highest podium! This is the Olympic hero Zhan Xugang in everyone's mind.
After Zhan Xu just won the gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games, he became the first athlete on the Chinese weightlifting team to win two consecutive Olympic games.
At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 30-year-old Zhan Xugang stood on the Olympic field again. Unfortunately, this time Zhan Xugang did not play well, and his results were zero after 3 failed tackles. After the failed defense of the title, Zhan Xugang announced his retirement.
After retiring from the army, Zhan Xugang chose to enter politics, and his career was very smooth. At the beginning, Zhan Xugang was engaged in sports affairs management in Zhejiang Province, and was in charge of weightlifting, judo and taekwondo as the deputy captain of the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Team. In 2005, Zhan Xugang served as the head of the Heavy Athletics Department of the newly established Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College, and continued to be responsible for the management of weightlifting projects. In early 2012, Zhan Xugang was promoted to vice president of Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College, and in July 2015, he was appointed as a member and standing committee member of the Sanmen County CPC Committee, and was proposed to be the deputy head of the Sanmen County People's Government. This is in preparation for future promotions. Sure enough, in March 2018, Zhan Xugang was promoted to the president of Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College and became a deputy department-level cadre.
Zhan Xugang's marriage is also very happy. In 1996, Zhan Xugang met and fell in love with the beautiful flight attendant Yao Jian, but the two never got married for the competition. The two married in 2005 and had a son shortly after the marriage. After the birth of his son, in order to take care of his son, Yao Jian changed to a leisure job that did not have to fly around. Zhan Xugang liked his son very much and called him his third gold medal.
Zhan Xugang is now in a high position, the family is harmonious, and he can be called a winner in life. What do you want?