Bao Shanju ( zh, 鲍珊菊; born 3 November 1997) is a Chinese cyclist. She competed in the

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event at the

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. In the first round of the event, she and teammate

Zhong Tianshi Zhong Tianshi (, born 2 February 1991) is a Chinese track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been a ...

set a new world record with a time of 31.804 seconds. They both went on to win the gold medal, beating the German team in the event's final.

Career

Bao and her teammate

broke Team China's own world record previously set at the

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

by Zhong Tianshi and former team sprint teammate

Gong Jinjie Gong Jinjie (, born 12 November 1986) is a Chinese professional track cyclist, a member of the provincial Jilin Team since 2002 and the Chinese National Team since 2005. Her coaches include Yongqing Wang () and Sean Eadie. Career Gong competed ...

, with a new WR time of 31.804 seconds. While being awarded their gold medals at the podium ceremony, Bao and Zhong were seen with Mao Zedong pin-badges affixed to their team sporting jackets, alluding to symbollic

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, however, according to Graham Dunbar and Joe McDonald at Associated Press, this symbolism may be 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 Gong Lijiao (; born 24 January 1989) is a Chinese Olympic shot putter. Career She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she finished fifth but received the bronze medal late ...

of China) crossed the wrists of her raised arms on the podium", to which Dunbar and McDonald remarked that it "was unclear" if it was "a response to the (Gong/Saunders) women's shot-put medal ceremony".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bao, Shanju 1997 births Living people Chinese female cyclists Olympic cyclists for China Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Luoyang Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Chinese women Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games