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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Career HighlightWon team sprint Olympic gold at Rio 2016 with Gong Jinjie 1 Classification
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- Also in Geography Atlas: China, nationality there.
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1. Zhong Tianshi, Wikipedia
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born 2 February 1991) is a Chinese track cyclist.
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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.
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Zhong Tianshi (Chinese: 钟天使; pinyin: ZhÅng TiÄnshÇ, born 2 February 1991) is a Chinese track cyclist.
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