The bib worn by Gong Lijiao , the world shot put champion in 2017 and 2019, shows that the celebration was austere, even intimate, but it was a celebration after all. After the coronavirus crisis hit the country and caused more than 3,000 deaths, China celebrated its victory with an athletics competition, its first sporting event in months.
At the Beijing State University, indoors, and without spectators, several specialists who train at the center itself were able to test their fitness. There were not even official results, it was only reported that Lijiao reached 19.70 meters, a more than considerable distance. In fact the best brand of the year. According to this record, his loss due to confinement was non-existent, as he scored his third best indoor record after those established in Chengdu in 2011 (19.93 meters) and in Beijing in 2013 (19.88).
This same weekend, the Nanjing Indoor World Cup was to be held, which was postponed on January 29 due to the coronavirus crisis. The tournament will finally be held next year, the weekend of March 19-21, 2011. China has already shown that the spread can be stopped and that, when it is achieved in Spain, the best celebration will be the return of the sport.
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