Wang Liping, an ethnic Manchu, representing China, became an Olympic champion by winning the 20-kilometer event.
This race was full of twists and turns.
The second Wang Liping first showed up in the stadium first, over 110,000 people sat there in the stadium in shock, as she took her first place and won her gold medal.
No one could imagine that such a moment deserving of a celebration would soon become so awkward, yet sad.
After Wang Liping got first place, she excitedly cheered at the audience with her arms in the air, but the entire stadium was dead silent. The audience is all filled with disbelief as if they do not know what just happened. Who is this Asian woman? How on earth is she first? Where is our Australian Olympian? Only a translator near the edge of the field gave this woman a hug.
The entire stadium only had this one Chinese person, and there wasn't even a Chinese flag found. She looked around anxiously from left to right, but still couldn't find a single Chinese flag and could only hold back her tears.
Instead of proudly wearing her country's flag cape around the stadium and receiving applause for all her hard work.
She awkwardly walked around the stadium with empty hands
For years she said she couldn't get herself to watch the video of her winning the Olympics because every time she sees it, makes her want to cry. She dedicated all her life, and even put her health on the line for this result. It became one of her biggest sorrow and regret.
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Its worse then that. The Chinese speed walker team Abandoned her. They had a favorite on the team pumped up for months that got DQed early in the race. She was so mad she got the rest of the team to quit with her after the others were also DQed for fouls, and went back and bad mouthed the eventual winner to the coaches and media that she was a scene stealer and they all left, and when the Chinese saw the team pack up, they figured why stick around since it looked like the team was out. The Team then shunned the winner for a few days and Chinese Media Blacklisted her, until the rest of the world was asking what had happened and the Chinese Olympic committee investigated, the Others team members and coaches on the team were all later punished and fined for their disrespect to a fellow teammate and CHINESE HERO.
