At 7:30 p.m. Beijing time yesterday, the final of the men's double canoe 500m in the Canoe Sprint event of the Paris Olympics was held at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on the banks of the Marne River. Ji Bowen from Huzhou and his teammate Liu Hao ultimately won the gold medal with 1 minute 39.48 seconds. It is reported that this is the first gold medal for the Chinese canoe team in the Paris Olympics and also the third time that the Chinese team has won the gold medal in this event after the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

At the moment, lens focused on Ji Bowen's hometown. The Anji County Sports Center has already been in an uproar, with cheers and applause lasting for a long time. Witnessing the exciting moment of winning the gold medal in front of the screen, Ji Bowen's mother, Shi Meifeng, had tears in her eyes, and his father, Ji Genhong, couldn't hide his pride: "It has been hard workall these years. My son is wonderful!"

The student Zheng Xin from Ji Bowen's alma mater, the Anji County Children and Youth Sports School, never took her eyes off the big screen. At the moment when Ji Bowen won the championship, she couldn't help cheering: "We won! Gold medal! The senior is mighty!"

Sha Sheng, Ji Bowen’s enlightenment coach and principal of the Anji County Children and Youth Sports School, attributed this achievement to Ji Bowen's hard work. "He has always had a dream of standing on the international stage and raising the Five-Starred Red Flag with his own strength."

The post-00s Ji Bowen was born in Meixi Town, Anji County, Huzhou City. When he was still studying at Zimei Primary School, he was noticed by the county sports school and became a young canoe athlete. In 2015, with his excellent performance, he was successfully selected into the Zhejiang Provincial Canoe Team.

According to the Huzhou Sports Bureau, Ji Bowen and his teammate's gold medal is the second time that athletes from Huzhou have won golds at the Olympics since Zhou Suhong, an athlete from Huzhou, and her teammates won the women's volleyball championship at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

According to the schedule, today, Ji Bowen will also compete in the semi-final of the men's single canoe 1000m in this Olympics. Let's look forward to his better performance.