A year ago, a ruptured tendon in his arm left a 15-cm scar. A year later, Chen Lijun made a comeback and won the championship!

On the 25th, at the Tokyo Olympics

Men's 67kg weightlifting final

Chinese athlete Chen Lijun

Snatch 145 kg

Clean and jerk 187 kg

Total score 332 kg

Win another gold medal for the Chinese team!

Chen Lijun is a "veteran" of the national weightlifting team. He won the overall championship at the 2019 World Championships and two gold medals in the clean and jerk and total score at the 2021 Asian Championships.

At the Rio Olympics, Chen Lijun, the world record holder for the 62kg class, suddenly suffered a cramp during warm-up before the game and had to give up. After five years of perseverance, Chen Lijun, who switched to the 67kg class, finally realized his dream.

This is the Olympic champion who ruptured his arm tendon in last year's competition. Now you can still see a 15-centimeter scar on his right arm:

China Power, Come on!