In the early morning of July 16th, Beijing time, the competition began on the first competition day of the IAAF World Athletics Championships. In the women's 20-kilometer walk competition, the Chinese track and field team sent Liu Hong, Qieyang Shijie, Ma Zhenxia and Wu Quanming

In the early morning of July 16th, Beijing time, the competition started on the first competition day of the IAAF World Athletics Championships. In the women's 120-kilometer walking race, the Chinese track and field team sent Liu Hong, Qieyang Shijie , Ma Zhenxia and Wu Quanming participated. In the end, Sister Qieyangshi won a bronze medal in this event, opening the medal account for the Chinese delegation in this World Championships.

In the first kilometer, Sister Qieyangshi, Liu Hong and Wu Quanming were in the lead with a time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds.

htmlWu Quanming and Qieyang Shijie were in the first group at 8 minutes and 44 seconds at 02 kilometers, and Liu Hong and Ma Zhenxia were in the first group with a difference of 1 second.

3 Kilometer Chiyang Shijie and Peruvian player Garcia-Leon started to take the lead. The two of them were 4 seconds ahead of the other players.

4 kilometers were still led by Sister Qieyangshi and Garcia-Leon. Their time was 17 minutes and 22 seconds, leading the other third place by 11 seconds.

Since then, the two have maintained the leading position, and their lead over the third place has reached 20 seconds at 10 kilometers. At 10 kilometers, Ma Zhenxia was 34 seconds behind the first place and ranked fifth, Liu Hong was 53 seconds behind and ranked eighth, and Wu Quanming was 1 minute behind and ranked 10th.

15 kilometers Garcia-Leon gradually leads Sister Qieyangshi, and the gap between the two is as much as 2 seconds. Liu Hong ranked fifth with a gap of 1 minute and 18 seconds, and Ma Zhenxia dropped to seventh place.

Garcia-Leon led the way in the final sprint, and finally she won the gold medal with a personal best time of 1 hour, 26 minutes and 58 seconds. Polish player Katazina came from behind and won the silver medal in 1 hour, 27 minutes and 31 seconds. Qie Yangshi won a bronze medal in 1 hour, 27 minutes and 56 minutes, which was the first medal for the Chinese delegation at this World Championships.

Liu Hong ranked 5th in 1 hour and 29 minutes, Ma Zhenxia ranked 10th in 1 hour, 30 minutes and 39 minutes, and Wu Quanming ranked 13th in 1 hour, 31 minutes and 44 minutes.