Blastoff: China’s Gong Lijiao in action during the women’s shot putt final at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium. — AFP
NO COACH and yet Gong Lijiao delivers for her nation.
The shot putter won her third consecutive gold medal in the Asian Games after hurling a distance of 19.58m, finishing ahead of her compatriot Song Jiayuan (18.92m) and India’s Kiran Baliyan (17.36m), who completed the podium at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium on Friday.
