Dong Guojian is only 13 seconds away from the national record held by Ren Longyun. Photo/Social Media
Today, the 2019 Berlin Marathon started as scheduled. Although Kipchoge did not participate in the competition, this year's competition still attracted much attention. In addition to many famous foreign players such as Beckler, the participation of many Chinese athletes such as Dong Guojian, Peng Jianhua , Tube Oil Win has made Chinese runners pay special attention to this year's Berlin Marathon.
In the end, legendary star Beckler won the championship with 2 hours, 01 minutes and 41 seconds, only 2 seconds away from the world record set by Kipchog last year. Chinese marathon star Dong Guojian finished the race in 2 hours, 08 minutes and 28 seconds, successfully meeting the standard Tokyo Olympics , while creating the second best result in the history of China men's marathon , only 13 seconds away from the national record held by Ren Longyun.
has clear targets
to go to Berlin for Olympics qualifying
Dong Guojian and Peng Jianhua were originally members of the Chinese track and field team . At the World Track and Field Championships Marathon Trials held in the first half of this year, they and Dobujie were qualified for the World Championships together. However, the World Championships and the Berlin Marathon were in a row, and the two finally gave up the World Championships and chose to participate in the Berlin Marathon with better track conditions and recognized as a good result, fighting for the Tokyo Olympic qualification.
As a veteran who has participated in the Olympics and World Championships many times, Dong Guojian's personal best result is 2 hours, 11 minutes and 42 seconds. Due to the improvement of the standards for participating in the Tokyo Olympic Marathon, Dong Guojian needs to run 2 hours, 11 minutes and 30 seconds within the prescribed time limit before participating in the Olympics, so he does not want to miss this opportunity. "I hope to meet the standards of the Tokyo Olympics, which also means I broke my PB." Dong Guojian, who participated in the Berlin Marathon for the first time, had a very clear goal in participating in the competition.
According to reports, in order to prepare for this year's Berlin Marathon, Dong Guojian followed the national team to Kenya for training for more than a month. "The time difference in Kenya is also close to Berlin, so there will be no problem with the time difference." During the training camp, Dong Guojian also trained with world record holder Kipchoger, and he gained a lot.
meets the standard Tokyo
set the second best result in the country
After the competition officially started, Dong Guojian and Peng Jianhua both showed good competitive state and always remained at 10th to 20th. At the end of the halfway, both of them took 1 hour, 02 minutes and 34 seconds. After 25 kilometers, Peng Jianhua gradually slowed down, and Dong Guojian tied the second group alone and finally finished the race in 2 hours, 08 minutes and 28 seconds.
In the history of the Chinese men's marathon, a total of 3 people ran into 2 hours and 10 minutes. Hu Gangjun won the in 1997 Beijing Marathon and set a national record with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 18 seconds. In the 2007 Beijing Marathon, Ren Longyun and Han Gang both broke the national record. The former ran for 2 hours, 8 minutes and 15 seconds, while the latter scored for 2 hours, 8 minutes and 56 seconds. Since then, Chinese men's marathon athletes have never run into 2 hours and 10 minutes. The most recent one is the 2008 Xiamen Marathon, and Deng Haiyang runs in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 43 seconds.
In the Xuzhou Marathon and Doha World Track and Field Championships trials in May this year, Chinese athlete Dobujie won the championship with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 31 seconds. While winning the World Championships, he also created the best result of the Chinese men's marathon since 2008. The Chinese men's marathon once again saw hope of running into 2 hours, 10 minutes and 10 minutes.
I'm afraid no one expected that Dong Guojian, who originally aimed at meeting the Olympic standards and creating personal best results, became more and more courageous in the Berlin Marathon. He not only successfully qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, but also created the second best result in history that maintained a national record after Ren Longyun.
Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin
Editor Wang Xichong Proofreading Liu Jun
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