Athlete Le Van Cong professed his faith to "Make a Sign" in front of everyone on his way out to push weights, then he won the Gold Medal and broke the world record at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games . A very nice gesture.
Athlete Le Van Cong was born on June 20, 1984. He suffered from atrophy of the legs from a young age due to his mother's dengue fever during pregnancy, but soon showed the will to rise up and win over fate.
Due to his family's difficult economic conditions in his hometown of Ha Tinh, in 2005, at the age of 19, Le Van Cong asked his parents' permission to go to Ho Chi Minh City to learn a trade and join the vocational club for young people. disabilities. It was at this time that Le Van Cong began to practice weightlifting.
Two years later, Le Van Cong won the 48kg gold medal at the 2007 ASEAN Para Games with a record of 152.2kg. In 2011, due to overtraining, athlete Le Van Cong suffered a severe shoulder injury and had to be treated for 2 years. Back from injury in 2013, he won the Asian gold medal in the 49kg weight class. At the ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar in early 2014, Le Van Cong excellently won the gold medal in the 49kg weight class with a record of 176kg, breaking the Asian record.
At the 2014 Paralyzed Weightlifting World Championships in Dubai (UAE) in April, he also won a silver medal with a record of 180kg. Now, the next milestone that this athlete has established is the first Paralympic gold medal brought to Vietnam Sports and his achievement is raised to 183kg.