Source: Global Times
[Global Times Special Correspondent Li Jiayin] This event is the first time that the World Track and Field Championships will be held in the United States. More than 1,900 athletes will appear on the stage, including 37 champions of the previous World Championships and 42 Tokyo Olympic champions . Among the 49 participating events, the men's and women's 35-kilometer race walk replaced the 250-kilometer race walk and entered the World Championships for the first time.
In the Chinese team, two Tokyo Olympic gold medalists Gong Lijiao and Liu Shiying will participate. The defending champion Liu Hong will participate in the women's 220-kilometer race walking competition. Su Bingtian In addition to participating in the men's 100m individual event, he will also lead the Chinese relay team, which has just won the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics, to strive for success in the 4×100m. Before heading to the United States this time, Su Bingtian prepared for five months at the Shenzhen Longgang Universiade Center.
Data map of Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Gong Lijiao. Source IC photo
The Chinese track and field team focuses on the preparation goals for the Paris Olympics. This time, it focuses on the "matching of old and new" in the lineup. The person in charge of the Chinese Athletics Association said that reserving talents and training the team for the Paris Olympics is one of the goals of the Chinese track and field team for this World Championships. There are 10 "post-00s" athletes in the Chinese team competing in this World Championships, as well as 9 athletes born between 1998 and 1999. The average age of the team is 26 years old, 2 years lower than at the Tokyo Olympics.
At the last World Athletics Championships, the Chinese track and field team ranked fourth in the medal list with 3 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes, setting the best record for the Chinese track and field team since the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart (4 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes). The Chinese track and field team conducted physical fitness tests at the Beijing Sport University training base from May 8 to 9. Athletes from various events have recently arrived in Eugene from training bases at home and abroad to prepare for the final sprint before the game. competing for gold
"Who still thinks there are too many championships? I still have more goals and hope to win many championships." women's shot put player Gong Lijiao, who participated in the World Championships for the eighth time, said this. At the Tokyo Olympics, Gong Lijiao won the championship with a personal best of 20.58 meters. In Eugene, Gong Lijiao will challenge for three consecutive world championships. In her view, breaking through 21 meters in the next three years is by no means a dream: "21 meters is not too far away. In fact, I did not perform particularly well during the Tokyo Olympics. I believe that I still have the strength to show it, so I really want to reach 21 meters." "The women's shot put is one of the gold medal points for the Chinese track and field team in this world championship. In addition to Gong Lijiao, Zhang Linru and teenager Song Jiayuan also have considerable strength. Song Jiayuan once threw excellent results of 20.20 meters and 20.38 meters in the World Championship trials.
In this world championship, Liu Shiying and Lv Huihui will work together to compete for the women's javelin championship. At the 2019 Doha World Championships, Liu Shiying won the silver medal. In the Tokyo Olympics competition, Liu Shiying won the championship with a time of 66.34 meters. At the World Championships trials held by the Chinese Athletics Association on May 28, Liu Shiying threw 62.93 meters. Lu Huihui has been on the podium in the past three world championships and has rich competition experience.
Chinese women's race walking is expected to compete for gold in the 20-kilometer and 35-kilometer events. Three-time World Championship champion Liu Hong and London Olympic champion Qieyang Shijie will participate in the 20-kilometer race. Sister Qieyangshi, who is in excellent form this year, will also participate in the 35-kilometer race. She has set a good time of 2 hours, 43 minutes and 06 seconds this season.
