Olympic Downsides: Former Chinese Olympian Speaks Out
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Some would say her glory days are over. But for former Chinese Olympic silver medalist Huang Xiaomin, the days of her Olympic youth were anything but glorious. [Huang Xiaomin, Former Olympic Swimmer]: “To win medals at the Olympic or Asian Games, athletes like us had to go through at least 7 or 8 hours of intensive training every single day. If you think about it, people who go through this type of intensive trainings for more than a dozen years, their bodies get worn out and injured by the time they retire. A lot of what they had to go through is hard to describe with words.” For her country, Huang went through years of torturous training. Those arduous hours paid off in a silver medal for breaststroke in 1988 Olympics in Seoul, the first time any Chinese competitor won for swimming. There were also another three golds in the Asian Games between 1986 and 1990. But by the time she retired her body was left broken. She was only 23. [Huang Xiaomin, Former Olympic Swimmer]: “…the pain was so severe that I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t even turn my body by myself. My parents had to help me turn my body. This went on for half a month. It really was very painful, very agonizing. My heart was checked, and nothing came up either. My electrocardiogram showed up normal, but I just felt very terrible.” Abandoned by those who trained her, in 1995, Huang moved to South Korea to study. [Huang Xiaomin, Former Olympic Swimmer]: After I retired, I did not receive any care, such as a phone …
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