- The IOC is looking forward to the Paris Olympic track and field: it is worth looking forward to Gong Lijiao
- 2022-12-22 09:38:17.0 Source: China News Network
Following the announcement of the track and field qualification plan for the Paris Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee took stock of the track and field stars worth looking forward to at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Among them , Chinese athlete Gong Lijiao is impressively listed.
On December 5, 2022, Sidney McLaughlin and Armand Mundo Duplantis were named the World Athletics Federation’s Best Female Athlete and Best Male Athlete, respectively.
In the women’s 400m hurdles, after winning the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, McLaughlin set a new world record for this event held by herself at this year’s World Athletics Championships in Eugene.
For Swedish pole vault superstar Duplantis, the sky’s the limit. In 2022 she is still improving the top line of the men’s pole vault. In the process of winning this year’s World Championships, she set a new world record of 6.21 meters. In addition, at the World Indoor Athletics Championships earlier this year, her 6.20 meters mark has also set a new indoor world record for men’s pole vault.
Venezuelan female triple jump star Ulimar Rojas is another athlete who has dominated her sport. Rojas is the Olympic champion and triple world champion, also in her name there is also the world record in the women’s triple jump of 15.74 meters. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, she will undoubtedly become the biggest favorite for the gold medal.
In terms of marathon running, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya won the Olympic laurel at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Also, in the 2022 Berlin marathon, he broke his own men’s marathon world record with a time of 2:01.09.
The sprint event has always been the highlight of Olympic athletics. In the women’s 100m and 200m, Kenyan three-stars Elaine Thompson-Hera, Shirley-Ann Fraser-Price and Sherry Carl Jackson are the kings of the world. In the men’s sprint, keep an eye out for Fred Corley, Noah Lyles and a young Eliyan Knighton. Knighton is now achieving more than legendary superstar Usain Bolt has achieved at his age.
Hosts France are looking forward to great results with home court advantage. Decathlon star Kevin Meyer is the ace of the French track and field team and won the second World Championship gold medal of his career at the 2022 World Championships. He won gold medals at both the Rio Olympics 2016 and at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. At the Paris Olympics, he will stand on the highest Olympic podium under the testimony of his home crowd.
As for other events, Chinese women’s shot put star Gong Lijiao has competed in four Olympic Games so far in her career and after winning the long-awaited gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, she has collected all three Olympic medals. . She still has a small goal in mind to achieve: reaching the 21-meter threshold, which will also be her motivation to support her in the fight for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Jakob Ingebrigsen (Norway) in the men’s 1500m, Mumtaz Bashim (Qatar) in the men’s high jump, Asin Mu (USA) in the women’s 800m, Ryan Koe in the men’s shot put Luzer (USA) and Elisson dos Santos in the men’s 400m the hurdles should also win another gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
