--FILE--cinese imbarcazioni a vela olimpica racing campione Xu Lijia pone dopo la finitura del Clipper il giro del mondo in barca a vela a Londra, UK, 12 luglio 2014. C
--FILE--Chinese Olympic sailboat racing champion Xu Lijia poses after finishing the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in London, UK, 12 July 2014. China's Xu Lijia, who won an Olympic gold in 2012, says she will medal again at the Rio Games having made the "sudden" decision to get back into a dinghy. Until 2015 the 28-year-old from Shanghai was studying at Southampton University in southern England, after drawing a line under her Olympic career following her 2012 Games victory further along the coast in the women's Laser Radial class. But seeing people out sailing, whatever the weather, and looking out over the water to the Isle of Wight inspired Xu, who calls herself "Lily", to get back afloat. "The Rio Olympic Games is just a new beginning of my active sailing life which is my ultimate goal...as well as promoting sailing in China, " Xu said on Sunday (6 March 2016). "I'm going to grab another medal in 2016 in Brazil, " said Xu, who won bronze at Beijing in 2008 and whose 2012 achievement was recognized when she was selected as China's flag bearer at the closing ceremony.
