.The scene in the stands at Roland Garrosu00e2 $ s Courthouse Philippe-Chatrier was populated with vermillion ensigns, including a radiance to the presently orangey sky emanating off the reddish clay-based court.These were actually Chinese flagsu00e2 $" hundreds of themu00e2 $" swing in lively help for Qinwen Zheng, 21, who will very soon take gold through beating Croatiau00e2 $ s Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3 in the womenu00e2 $ s single people tennis final.As she put down on the dust, eyes skyward as well as fists prolonged right into the Paris fog, the winu00e2 $ s gravitation seemed to register: Zheng had actually merely created the kind of past history that extended much past the arena as well as the minute. This was Chinau00e2 $ s first-ever Olympic gold medal in the sportu00e2 $" and Zheng had made obvious of the fact that the Olympics were actually as, otherwise more, essential to her than a Grand Slam.Zheng commemorates her Olympic success on August 3.Photograph: Getty Imagesu00e2 $ In China, our team constantly feel a countryu00e2 $ s tribute is in front of personal results, u00e2 $ she stated over a morning appointment at Nikeu00e2 $ s Athlete House, tucked quietly in between the Stade de France and also the Aquatics Centre in Parisu00e2 $ s St. Denis area, the day after her victory. u00e2 $ I alleviated [the Video games] differentlyu00e2 $" the emotion, the fight, the attitude: It experienced various than intermittent competition Iu00e2 $ ve played.u00e2 $ Birthed in 2002 in Shiyan, China, Zheng started participating in tennis at age seven. At grow older 8, she moved, without her mother and also papa, to Wuhan for far better training, and given that adolescence she has actually profoundly appreciated and emulated Chinese athletes, such as the tennis superstar Li Na as well as the jogger Liu Xiang, who succeeded gold at the 2004 Athens Games.u00e2 $ It was definitely difficult, u00e2 $ Zheng stated, recalling at those very early days. u00e2 $ My mother used ahead browse through on weekend breaks. When she left behind, I will hold her lower leg and weep. When she was gone, I would regularly hold her jacket. This was up until I was thirteen. After thirteen, my mama determined to quit her project as well as come stick with me permanent, just to possess better development as well as better treatment. After that, it received easier. And our company transferred to Europe when I was 17. u00e2 $.