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Jimu News commentator Wen Qingman

Intern Wang Jinrui

In the early morning of August 9th, Beijing time, in the women's 54kg boxing final at the Paris Olympics, Chinese player Chang Yuan defeated Turkish player Akbash 5-0 to win the gold medal. This was the first gold medal for the Chinese women's boxing team in the history of the Olympics. Chang Yuan also became the third Chinese Olympic boxing champion after Zou Shiming and Zhang Xiaoping.

Chang Yuan won the championship (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)

The long road ahead is like iron, but now we start from the beginning. This year is the second time that 27-year-old Chang Yuan has competed in the Olympics. Three years ago, she won the qualification and made her debut in the Tokyo Olympics, but unfortunately stopped in the quarterfinals. Three years of dormancy, three years of precipitation, punching again and again, getting up again and again, even if she has to sweat several times more than ordinary people, even if the women's 51kg event was cancelled and forced to be upgraded to 54kg, Chang Yuan still took out 100% of her state and started training from scratch, just to be able to stand on the podium in the next Olympics. Boxing, which seems to be a physical struggle, is actually more about intelligence. Although she is not generally optimistic about the outside world, she has achieved "both cool and good at fighting" and "loves to laugh and love beauty". Behind her ease is Chang Yuan's 15 years of silent dedication and the influence of the atmosphere of a martial arts family. Now, she has climbed over mountains and created the best record of Chinese women's boxing in the Olympics in this peak showdown of 54kg. "Win the lost game, earn back the lost qualification, it's that simple." She said this and did it.

Women's boxing was established in the 2012 London Olympics. Before this Olympics, the number of medals won by the Chinese team ranked among the top in the world, but no gold medal was won. On the evening of August 6, local time, Chinese boxer Yang Wenlu lost to Irish star Harrington in the women's boxing 60kg final of the Paris Olympics and missed the gold medal. How could there be no regrets? This time, Chang Yuan won the first Olympic gold medal for Chinese women's boxing, conquered the audience with her perfect performance, and fulfilled her dream of Paris with the beauty of strength. This beauty of strength is not only about the strength of muscles and the hardness of fists, not only about the gold medal in hand, but also about the spirit of perseverance, courage to challenge oneself, relay and inheritance behind the gold medal.

In the final, facing the powerful Turkish player Akbash, Chang Yuan defeated his opponent with overwhelming advantage with superb skills, tenacious will and firm belief. One scene was particularly eye-catching. Chang Yuan knocked his opponent's helmet loose with one punch, and Akbash had to suspend the game and put on the helmet again. "I am full of confidence in every game. On the court, I just try my best to be the best and enjoy the process of the game." Chang Yuan's confidence, open-mindedness and all-out efforts are the core of the beauty of strength. It inspires every dream chaser to move forward bravely and not be afraid of difficulties.

Born into a martial arts family, Chang Yuan has been involved in martial arts and boxing since childhood. In 2009, 12-year-old Chang Yuan embarked on the road of boxing under the coaching of the famous female boxing champion Zhang Xiyan; in 2013, Chang Yuan won the Junior Women's Boxing World Championships; in 2014, she won the National Youth Olympic Boxing Championship; in 2017, she won the women's 51kg championship at the 13th National Games; in 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's 51kg boxing competition at the Jakarta Asian Games; although she did not achieve ideal results in the women's boxing competition at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, she returned in Paris with a more mature and stable attitude, proved her strength with one wonderful victory after another, and finally stood on the highest podium.

It is worth mentioning that the person who presented the gold medal to Chang Yuan was Winter Olympic champion Zhang Hong, the winner of China's first gold medal in women's speed skating at the Winter Olympics. Zhang Hong's breakthrough at the Winter Olympics and Chang Yuan's victory at the Olympics both demonstrate the beauty of strength and breakthrough of Chinese athletes. Currently, Wu Yu in the women's 50kg class, Yang Liu in the women's 66kg class and Li Qian in the women's 75kg class have all advanced to the finals of the Paris Olympics. Come on, Chinese team!

(Source: Jimu News)

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