[D1 Academic Athletics]The first event on the first day has a record Xie Enxu Qing refreshes the dusty 13-year 100-meter record- 体路 Sportsroad

[Sports News]Group D1 of the “2022-2023 Hong Kong-Kowloon District Secondary School Athletics Competition” kicked off at the Wan Chai Sports Ground today (24th). The first track competition on the first day set a new school record. Xu Qing, a second-year student from Xie En Middle School, ran 12.47 seconds in the women’s C Grade 100-meter preliminary race, breaking the record by 0.01 seconds. She also beat her teammate Huang Yongtong who ran 12.49 seconds to enter the final first. Li Zitao, the 100-meter bronze medalist in the Asian and Junior Track and Field Competition, and Li Zitao from the College of the University of Hong Kong, advanced to the first place in the A Grade, but she shed tears because her performance did not meet expectations.

D1 School Athletics resumed its three-day competition again this year, which will be held today, next Tuesday (28th) and next Friday (March 3rd). A new school record appeared in the first track event on the first day, the women’s C Grade 100m. Huang Yongtong of Xie En first ran 12.49 seconds in the first group preliminary race, only 0.01 seconds slower than the old record. Her teammate Xu Qing played in the next group and crossed the line in 12.47 seconds, breaking the old record of 12.48 seconds set by Lu Jialin of Good Hope School in 2009-10.

Xu Qing didn’t see much reaction after crossing the line. Instead, a group of teammates beside the track were very excited and rushed to hug Xu Qing, “I was very nervous and stressed during the warm-up, and they kept comforting me and helping me Come on, I am very touched that they support me so much.”100Mead’s “Terrier Neck Four” has broken the record in this year’s preliminary race. He also admitted that he did not expect it before the race: “The coach asked me to run as hard as I could in the preliminary race. I wanted to create my personal best first. I really did my best just now. , because I was afraid that I would leave regrets if I didn’t try my best and lose, so I got good grades in the end.”

Teammate Huang Yongtong was also moved to tears after the match. Xu Qing hoped that the two could achieve good results in the final together, winning the championship, runner-up and even breaking the record together. She also hoped to make up for last year’s regrets in the relay: We were disqualified because of the side lanes, but it made us very determined to win it back this year.”

In the women’s A Grade preliminary competition, Li Zitao, the three-bronze winner of the Asian Junior Track and Field Competition, and Bai Kaiwen, the 100-meter hurdles champion, participated in the preliminary competition. Bai Kaiwen, who first appeared in the first group, advanced to the final with 12.30 seconds. Li Zitao clocked 12.04, 0.19 seconds slower than the academic record.

Although the first place was advanced, Li Zitao’s eyes were red immediately after the game, and she shed tears under the comfort of her friends. It was because she made a small mistake at the start, which made the final time not as expected. However, coach Zhang Jianxun also pointed out that it was only a problem with the performance of the game. I believe Li Zitao can adjust it. Li Zitao, who was in a calm mood, later admitted that after experiencing the Asian Junior Track and Field Competition, he had greater expectations and pressure. “I have seen people of the same age run much faster when I go out. I feel that I can be like them.” In the coming week, there will be a track and field series The competition and the two-day academic competition, she said that she would try not to think too much about the competition, and do what she wanted to do to relax.

Picture and text: Mai Jingzhi

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