Taekwondo Olympians - The Comeback of Chen Chih Hsin

Chen Chih Hsin, the other Chinese Taipei's first olympic gold has managed to pull off the final well despite her feet injury caused from other bouts and her flu condition which made her feel uncomfortable during the game. After the game, she said that she knew her countrymen were pinning their hopes on her to win the gold and therefore she will do her very best not to let them down even though she feels unwell. Well indeed, she played a beautiful game at the final being aggressive at all times aiming to score as many points as she can. There was one time she did a slamming kick and got that two points from there.

Her success story is rather dramatic as it involves certain ups and downs in her life which started when she was a teenager. Her father is a Taekwondo instructor himself and he trained Chen since young. At the age 0f 16, Chen started competiting internationally doing her country proud by winning some of them. She was deemed to have a great prospect. But who knows, she an argument with her Dad and decided to left home and stay out on her own. She became a beternut girl known as a term coined just for such girls in Chinese Taipei, "bing lang ci sze". These girls usually dressed up sexily and sell beternuts to drivers on the road. Perhaps due to her character and ability, Chen said she was a very frank person and during her period of doing this job, she might have offended some people. Once, she even offended someone that might be from a triad. She was also a 'Big Sister' to her friends, always helping and stood up for them.

After about two years, she realised that she could not give up taekwondo and decided to went back home and started training again. After such a long time, she knew her standard has dropped tremendously and was constantly putting great effort to get back to shape. During this time, her fellow team mates kind of despise her for leaving the squad and she was also not able to play well in competitions ousted even at the first round, where in the past she could at least reached into the finals. This attitude from her team made her more persevere to train even harder and finally managed to qualify for the Olympic. To her winning the game, is also to win back her self-respect and to amend for the mistake of leaving home and the squad.Despite all odds, she did it. Being the first Olympic gold medalist in her country and did Chinese Taipei's Taekwondo proud.

Did you know?

It was said that after two golds were won by the Taekwondo team at the Olympic game, many Taekwondo sport equipments were swept out from shops in Chinese Taipei. This achievement has certainly aspired more people to pick up the sport.