60 years old chinese man rides rickshaw from China to Rio
Chen Guanming is the 60-year-old man from China who loves the Olympics so much that he rode a rickshaw all the way to Rio just so he could attend the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.Dubbed as the Chinese “Olympics Man,” Chen has also attended both the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. His arrival in Rio on July 30th marked his third Olympic experience, reported Xinhua (via Shanghaiist).
Fulfilling an obsession he developed in 2001 when it was first announced that Beijing will be hosting the 2008 Olympics, Chen first made an incredible 800 km journey from his home in Tong Shan district to reach the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing via his ageing tricycle in 2008.Two years later in May 2010, Chen embarked on an epic two-year rickshaw journey from Tong Shan t...