For Olympic champions, the greatest pursuit should be the gold medal in the competition, especially the Olympic gold medal is a landmark milestone in an athlete's career.
But there is a Chinese athlete who does the opposite, and the gold medal that others are like treasures is just a tool for realization in her eyes.
She is Chen Xiaomin, a former Chinese weightlifter, and the gold medal seems to be like a passing cloud in her eyes, when Chen Xiaomin proposed that she want to sell the gold medal, her parents were also startled by her bold move and dissuaded their daughters.
Because they know how difficult it is for Chen Xiaomin to come this way, and these gold medals are important witnesses, so the parents voted against their daughter's idea.
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But at this time, Chen Xiaomin seemed to have made up his mind, and did not listen to the suggestions of the people around him, and insisted on opening this unique gold medal auction.
When someone asked Chen Xiaomin afterwards if he regretted selling his gold medal, he didn't expect Chen Xiaomin to say that he had never regretted it, so what was the reason for an Olympic champion to give up his honor?
You must know that this auction directly brought Chen Xiaomin a direct income of about 3 million, and the Olympic gold medal full of gold was sold at a sky-high price of 1.28 million.
It can also be seen from this information that the market's estimation of this gold medal is very high, but no one thought that Chen Xiaomin didn't care about the medal she worked hard to get, which made many people question her starting purpose.
And through the exposure of the media, we found that the Olympic gold medalist Chen Xiaomin went to Australia with his family after auctioning the gold medal, which gave many people a bad impression, so what is the reason for this result?
Once such a simple rural girl, why did her personality change greatly when she became an Olympic champion, speaking of Chen Xiaomin's past, many people can't say how embarrassed she is, although Chen Xiaomin was born in a relatively good family, but the family is still relatively solid.
Chen Xiaomin's family has been running a winery since she was a child, so although she is a little girl in the countryside, she has not lived a short life of food and clothing, but as the daughter of the family, her parents have given her more attention.
However, Chen Xiaomin did not settle down when she was a child, but she was active in the winery since she was a child, it seems that she was a smart person when she was a child, and when she saw her parents busy, little Chen Xiaomin also actively went up to help.
Seeing their daughter so sensible, the parents are also very pleased, you must know that the work of the winery is very tiring, especially for an underage girl, such an environment should not be very suitable for a child.
But Chen Xiaomin, who has been able to endure hardships since childhood, still persevered, other people's children are three minutes hot, but the help of Chen Xiaomin Distillery has been insisting.
Perhaps because of this experience, Chen Xiaomin's physical strength since she was a child is different from ordinary people, and Chen Xiaomin can easily complete some heavy objects that are difficult for other children to lift, and such a miracle has also brought her a new life path.
By chance, a coach discovered Chen Xiaomin's peculiarity, and after discussing with his parents, Chen Xiaomin's future path was determined to take the weightlifting route.
Under the training of this coach, Chen Xiaomin began to maximize his strength, and in training again and again, Chen Xiaomin's performance made the coach's vision brighter and brighter.
The coach knew that Chen Xiaomin was a good seedling, but he also knew that he would not be able to retain such a talent after all, and sure enough, after training here for two years, the dazzling Chen Xiaomin was discovered by the provincial team.
Since then, Chen Xiaomin has officially stepped into his career, under the guidance of provincial team coach Cai Juncheng, Chen Xiaomin's strength has changed by leaps and bounds, and even at the age of 15, the eyes of the national team are also focused on this girl.
Although Chen Xiaomin was not tall at that time, this girl's strength was really not ordinary, so she naturally became a player of the national team.
Training in the national team is very hard, sports events are a test for the athlete's body itself, many people say that athletes eat youth, and weightlifters are even more so, and every day of training here will cause great pressure on the body.
But when Chen Xiaomin faced this situation, she was not discouraged, and even found a way to increase the amount of training for herself to improve her level.
And the follow-up results we also saw that this little Chinese girl continued to break world records with her own strength, and the eyes of the world weightlifting community focused on her, and everyone knew that this girl's future achievements were Olympic champions.
Of course, Chen Xiaomin did not live up to the expectations of those behind her, through training again and again, even if she was injured, she was trying to get through it, she experienced a trough, but never gave up.
Finally on the field of the Sydney Olympic Games, this Chinese girl achieved the highest honor of her career, and the birth of the gold medal brought Chen Xiaomin's life to a new height.
But as we said earlier, weightlifters are also a bowl of youth, and this little girl ended her career at the age of 23.
As a world-class athlete, it is difficult for others to return to the life of ordinary people, but in Chen Xiaomin's opinion, it is nothing, because she is a rural girl herself.
After leaving the training ground, Chen Xiaomin came to the "Yangcheng Evening News" to be the secretary of the Youth League Committee for three years, where she learned a lot, and even obtained a bachelor's degree in law.
But the story that appeared next made many people not understand, and even spoke ill of each other, the reason is very simple, it is the scene at the beginning of the article, when everyone was questioning, Chen Xiaomin finally told the secret in his heart.
As a rural girl, she knows how difficult it is in rural areas, where children do not go to school, some have to walk dozens of miles of mountain roads, and even more so, the school is still leaking on rainy days.
Chen Xiaomin, who came out of the countryside, did not choose to enjoy himself when his career reached its peak, but still maintained his original intention and wanted to help these children through public welfare activities.
The auction of the gold medal is because of this factor, perhaps the Olympic gold medal is very important in the eyes of others, but in Chen Xiaomin's eyes, if he can use the gold medal to let more children go to school, and can still learn well, that is the most important thing!
Reference sources
Chen Xiaomin - Baidu Encyclopedia
Beijing News 2007.09.01 - Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: The gold medal was sold for 1.28 million Parents once resolutely opposed it
Yanzhao Metropolis Daily 2007.08.05 - From Weightlifting Olympic Champion to Secretary of the Youth League Committee Listen to Chen Xiaomin's story of the past