Chinese uproar as state TV host calls gold-medal winner a ‘manly woman’

Shot put champion Gong Lijiao quizzed about boyfriends and settling down into a woman's life'

The Chinese state media channel CCTV has been roundly criticised after a TV anchor described an Olympic medallist as a manly woman" and asked her if she had plans for a woman's life".

Gong Lijiao, 32, won a gold medal in the women's shot put on Sunday with a personal best of 20.58 metres. It was the first gold medal in a field event for any Chinese athlete ever, and the first gold for an Asian athlete in shot put.