Liu Hong is about to start her 6th World Championships trip.
For all Chinese spectators who love track and field, the women's 320-kilometer race walk event of the World Track and Field Championships in the early morning of July 16th, Beijing time, may be a game that must not be missed! This is not only because the Chinese track and field team may win the first medal or even the gold medal of this World Championships in this game, but also because this may be the last "performance" of the 35-year-old Liu Hong at the World Championships.
At the 2022 World Track and Field Championships, which will open in the United States on the evening of the 15th, the Chinese track and field team has sent the strongest lineup including Su Bingtian , Zhu Yaming , Gong Lijiao , Liu Shiying . Among them, as the Chinese The "fist event" of track and field in recent years, the women's 20-kilometer race walk, is also not lacking in famous athletes such as Liu Hong and Qeyang Shijie - the other two contestants are Wu Quanming and Ma Zhenxia .
Since Liu Hongyu won China’s first women’s 20-kilometer walking race gold medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, China’s track and field has gradually shown its superior strength in this event, especially since the 2011 Daegu World Championships. Since then, Chinese players have won gold medals in this event for five consecutive World Championships.
Liu Hong has a total of 4 world championship gold medals.
If Liu Hongyu is the "founder" of Chinese women's 20-kilometer walking race, then Liu Hong is the "leader" who helps Chinese women's track and field establish their advantages! Since winning his first World Championship medal (silver medal) at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009, Liu Hong has won a total of 4 gold medals and 1 silver in the World Championships. This also makes Liu Hong the person with the most medals in the history of the World Championships. Chinese player, and female player with the third most medals in individual events (tied).
Liu Hong’s performance in the Olympic Games (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze) and the World Championships is indeed dominant, but at the same time, it must also be admitted that as a "mother-level player", she will usher in May this year Liu Hong, who is celebrating his 35th birthday, has indeed reached the end of his sports career. This World Championships may really be Liu Hong's "farewell performance".
What is gratifying is that looking back at Liu Hong's performance at the "2020 Tokyo Olympics", the 35-year-old Liu Hong is still very likely to win a medal at this World Championships, and if Liu Hong can achieve it through hard work This goal will undoubtedly be a huge inspiration for both herself and Chinese track and field.
Liu Hong is already a "mother-level player".
has said before that Liu Hong has won 5 medals at the World Championships, including 4 golds and 1 silver. What is even more awe-inspiring is that Liu Hong had participated in the World Championships before this year's World Championships in Eugene. 5 World Championships. In other words, Liu Hong has maintained an impressive record in the World Championships where she must win medals if she participates - Liu Hong missed the 2017 London World Championships because she gave birth to a baby girl.
From this perspective, if Liu Hong's possible "farewell performance" once again helps China's track and field win medals or even gold medals, it will undoubtedly make her sports career more perfect, and among the many motivations that prompt Liu Hong to "work hard" toward medals , and perhaps her attempt to challenge a world championship record.
So far, the female athletes who have won the most medals in a single event at the World Championships are American sprinters Felix (4 golds, 1 silver, and 2 bronze) and Devers (4 golds, 2 silvers). At the event, Ethiopian long-distance runner Dibaba (5 gold medals and 1 silver) and Jamaican sprinter Price both won 5 gold medals. Therefore, if Liu Hong wins a medal, she will become the fourth female athlete in the history of the World Championships to win 6 medals in individual events. If she wins a gold medal, she will become the fourth female player in the history of the World Championships. 3 female athletes who have won 5 gold medals in individual events.
Can Liu Hong bid farewell to the walking competition with a medal?
is competing in the World Championships for the 6th time, aiming for the 6th World Championships medal, which may be her last trip to the World Championships... Just because of the 35-year-old Liu Hong, the women's 20-kilometer walk race at the World Athletics Championships is definitely an intolerable event. Missed games.According to the schedule, the game will start at 4:10 a.m. on the 16th, Beijing time. In addition to this final, the events worth watching on the first day of the World Athletics Championships also include the men's 100-meter preliminaries.
