Zhong Tianshi

Zhong Tianshi (Chinese: 钟天使; pinyin: Zhōng Tiānshǐ, born 2 February 1991) is a Chinese track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2012, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2015, she became world champion in the team sprint and won bronze in the sprint.[1]

Zhong Tianshi

Zhong Tianshi in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1991-02-02) 2 February 1991 Shanghai, China
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Track cycling
Role	Rider
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing  China Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team sprint 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sprint World Championships 2015 Yvelines Team sprint 2016 London Sprint 2014 Cali Team sprint 2014 Cali Sprint 2016 London Team sprint 2015 Yvelines Sprint 2020 Berlin Team sprint Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team sprint 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team sprint 2014 Incheon Sprint 2014 Incheon Keirin 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Keirin Asian Championships 2014 Astana Team sprint 2016 Izu 500 m time trial 2016 Izu Team sprint 2018 Nilai Team sprint 2019 Jakarta Team sprint 2014 Astana Sprint 2018 Nilai Sprint 2019 Jakarta Sprint 2014 Astana Keirin 2018 Nilai Keirin 2019 Jakarta Keirin

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.[2][3]

On 2 August 2021, she teamed with Bao Shanju and defended her Olympic championship in the women's team sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, thus becoming the first Chinese cyclist to win two Olympic gold medals. During the first round, she and Bao set the new world record of 31.804 seconds.[4] While being awarded at the medals ceremony, Zhong and her partner Bao were seen on top of the podium with Mao Zedong pin-badges affixed to their team sporting jackets, alluding to symbolic patriotism; however, according to Graham Dunbar and Joe McDonald at Associated Press, this symbolism may have been in breach of Olympic Charter Rule 50 (which prohibits political statements on the podium), and that this "incident came one day after silver medalist Raven Saunders (standing below gold medalist Gong Lijiao of China) crossed the wrists of her raised arms on the podium", to which Dunbar and McDonald further suggested that it may have been "a response to the (Gong/Saunders) women's shot-put medal ceremony".[5][6]