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Zhong Tianshi

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Zhong Tianshi is a Chinese track cyclist born February 2, 1991, in Shanghai, who specializes in sprint and team sprint events. She won Olympic gold in the women's team sprint at both the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, partnered with Gong Jinjie, and the 2020 Tokyo Games, partnered with Bao Shanju, setting a world record of 31.804 seconds with Bao in the first round at Tokyo. She has also won individual sprint and team sprint world titles at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and multiple medals at the Asian Games and Asian Championships across sprint, keirin and time trial disciplines.

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Birth Year
1991 1
Birth Date
1991-02-02 1
Nationality
Chinese 1
Career Highlight
Won team sprint Olympic gold at Rio 2016 with Gong Jinjie 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Zhong Tianshi, Wikipedia
  • Opening sentence
    born 2 February 1991) is a Chinese track cyclist.
  • Olympic gold section
    At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she and her partner Gong Jinjie established a world record of 31.928 seconds in the qualification round of the team sprint event, before sprinting their way towards a gold-medal triumph for the Chinese track cycling team in the final match against Russia.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Zhong Tianshi (Chinese: 钟天使; pinyin: Zhōng Tiānshǐ, born 2 February 1991) is a Chinese track cyclist.
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