On July 23, Beijing time, 35-year-old Chinese women's pole vaulter Li Ling announced on her personal social media that she was injured at the last moment before the opening of the Paris Olympics and suffered a tendon rupture in training, so she missed the fifth Olympic Games.

Previously, the Chinese track and field team announced the list of participants for the Paris Olympics, Li Ling was originally on the list, and her absence is undoubtedly a big regret for the Chinese track and field team. With Li Ling's injury and retirement from the Paris Olympics, only Gong Lijiao and Liu Hong were left in the Chinese delegation.

Li Ling wrote in disappointment: "My fifth Olympic Games stopped here due to this unexpected injury before departure. I originally wanted to hit the Asian record in the Olympic Games, but it was a pity that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes. For me, each of the last four Olympic Games has been a kind of growth, and being able to stand on the field in the Chinese team uniform is my favorite thing, but this first major injury of my career is not a different kind of growth. ”

However, Li Ling also promised that she would not give up, she said: "Next, I will take good care of my injury, pay attention to every feedback from my body, and the next time I stand on the field, the goal is still to break through myself." I hope that my teammates in Paris will cheer up, show their best condition, and finish the race smoothly and safely, I am with everyone! ”

Li Ling, born in 1989, won the women's pole vault championship in the Track and Field Intercontinental Cup (World Cup) in 2014 with a score of 4.72 meters, and she is also the first Chinese player to win the pole vault world championship in the world's three major competitions, and the sixth Chinese track and field world champion.

In last year's Hangzhou Asian Games, Li Ling won the championship with a score of 4.63 meters, achieving her third consecutive championship in the Asian Games and breaking the Asian Games record. Participated in the Asian Games four times, Li Ling achieved 3 golds and 1 silver. But in the Olympic Games, Li Ling has not been able to show her due strength, and with this dream shattering Paris, perhaps this will also become the biggest regret of her career at the age of 35.

In addition to her outstanding achievements, Li Ling's appearance is also quite outstanding, and she is praised by many track and field fans as the "goddess of pole vaulting".