(Tokyo Paralympic Games) Inner Mongolia’s disabled athlete Xu Lili wins the silver medal at the Paralympic Games: see you in Paris three years later
China News Service, Hohhot, August 29 (Reporter Li Aiping) On August 29, Xu Lili, a Chinese disabled athlete, won a silver medal in the women's 73 kg weightlifting final of the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
On the same day, the Brazilian athlete who competed with Xu Lili successfully lifted a 137 kg barbell to win the gold medal, the Chinese athlete Xu Lili successfully lifted a 134 kg barbell to win the silver medal, and the French player won the bronze medal.
Xu Lili said in a telephone interview with reporters: "I didn't win the gold medal at this Paralympic Games. It is a regret in my life. I will continue to work hard. See you in Paris, France in three years."
Xu Lili is from Aohan Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Five years ago, she brushed shoulders with the women's 79 kg weightlifting gold medal at the Rio Paralympic Games. She regretted picking the silver.
Earlier, Xu Lili said in a telephone interview with reporters: “After the Rio Paralympics, because the body is not up to the 79 kg class, it can only be reduced to 73 kg. Now my opponents are very strong. The key is how to play on the spot. If you play well, you will have the gold medal."
In the Chinese sports world, Xu Lili is not only a model of physically disabled and strong, but also a "mother player" of late bloomers.
Her son is 20 years old and is attending university locally.
In April 2015, Xu Lili won the gold medal in women's 79kg weightlifting at the Ninth National Games for the Disabled in Sichuan, breaking the national record and breaking the world record. He also won tickets for the Rio Paralympics.
But to Xu Lili's regret, at the Paralympic Games held in Rio, Brazil, due to the cancellation of the last hand, she won the silver medal in the women's weightlifting 79 kg class.
Xu Lili, who originally planned to change the color of the medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in Japan, told reporters: "No matter what, I will continue to stick to it and fulfill my dream." (End)