China: Backlash over marriage question in Olympian's interview

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A Chinese state media interview with Olympic gold medallist Gong Lijiao, who won the women's shot put final on Sunday, asking when she would get married and have children has sparked backlash online.

Gong Lijiao won the gold medal in the women's shot put final on Sunday

The CCTV segment with Gong Lijiao, who won the women's shot put final on Sunday, also described her as a "manly woman".They discussed it online with the hashtag: "Is marriage the only thing that can be talked about women?" The clip, filmed on the sidelines of the Tokyo Olympics, begins with a female CCTV journalist telling the camera that Gong "gave me the impression that she is a manly woman, until one breakthrough moment".: I may look like a manly woman on the outside, but inside I'm still more of a girl.Another female reporter:Um... maybe I'll look at my plans. If I don't train then perhaps I will lose weight, get married and have children. Yes, it's the path one must take in life.

Gong is then asked whether she has a boyfriend, what kind of man she is looking for, and whether she would arm-wrestle a boyfriend.'No man is her match'

 

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