Chinese volleyball gold medalist Zhao Ruirui stands at 1.96 meters is hoping to win her second gold medal in Beijing in front of a home crowd. Zhao played only a few minutes in Athens before breaking her leg.

“After the Athens Games, some people said that the gold medal was too easy for me, because I only played a few minutes,” Zhao said. “The only thing I can tell them is that no athlete would like to win a gold medal this way.”

Zhao also missed the Sydney 2000 Olympics due to injury when she was 18 years old.

“I spent quite a lot of time crying after the hit,” Zhao recalled. “But I was confident in my future and I was looking forward to the Athens Games.”

We wish her all of the best to have an inury free Olympics in Beijing.

Via: Xinhua News