Taiwanese weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun is a four-time world champion, two-time Universiade champion, one-time Asian Games champion, and an Olympic gold medalist. On Monday, she became an author as well as she released her first book.
Video script: “I not only lift weights, I also lift hope”. That’s the slogan that Taiwan’s champion weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun wrote in her new book. She has always exuded a positive attitude.
The book is about her life and what drives her in sports and training. She said she promised herself to not just be a great athlete but also to become an influential person. She said people have always said that she seems to lift weights with incredible ease. But she also says life and training haven’t always been easy. Kuo said that it took changing the way she thinks to overcome those challenges.
Kuo’s coach Lin Jing-neng was at the book launch to congratulate her. He said he’s proud that Kuo was able to write a book in her capacity as a sportsperson. He’s proud of how she always perseveres even in the little things and that’s what helped her achieve so much. Kuo’s relatives were there too, surprising her with flowers which moved her to tears. Even her idol, singer E. So sent his congratulatory words through a video.
The Olympic champion encourages young athletes to love reading and to begin by reading her new book.