She was selected into the Qinghai Team in April 2008 by Yuan Dejiu, the major coach of the team who found her speciality when let accompany someone other to run and gave her her nickname "little
tokyi". Qieyang Shijie made her Olympic debut at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London, England, United Kingdom. Originally, she won a bronze medal in the
women's 20 km racewalk. However,
Olga Kaniskina was disqualified in March 2016 for doping and Qieyang Shijie was upgraded to silver. The subsequent disqualification of
Elena Lashmanova saw Qieyang Shijie promoted to gold. She is the first
ethnic Tibetan to compete at the Olympics and the first to win an Olympic medal. Four years later at the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she finished the
women's 20 km racewalk in fifth place. After winning the medal, Qieyang Shijie said she was most grateful to her coach. At the
2020 Summer Olympics in
Tokyo, Japan, Qieyang Shijie finished seventh in the
women's 20 km racewalk. ==References==