At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Tibetan race walker Choeyang Kyi made history by bringing home a bronze medal in the women’s 20km race walk, becoming Tibet’s first-ever Olympic medalist.
She competed in the colors of China and is known to the Chinese as Qieyang Shenjie. Choeyang had two different groups of fans supporting her at the games — supporters from China and from the exiled Tibetan community – each waving their flag and shouting slogans of support in their own language.
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