2023-08-06 07:30 China News Team / Beijing, 6th
China’s “Goddess of Athletics” Wu Yanni won the silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Chengdu World Universiade on the 4th, and her time of 12.76 seconds qualified for both the World Championships and the Paris Olympics. Becoming the first in Sichuan to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games, she used her strength to support her appearance in this World Universiade. After the game, Wu Yanni admitted that she was a little anxious, “Otherwise I can fight for the championship”, but she then announced in a high-pitched voice, “I have reached the Olympic standard, so we will see you at the Paris Olympics.”
In the women’s 100m hurdles final at the 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu, Wu Yanni of China won the runner-up with a time of 12.76. (From The Paper/Visual China Map) In the women’s 100m hurdles final of the 31st Summer Universiade held in Chengdu, Chinese player Wu Yanni won the runner-up with a time of 12.76 seconds. (Xinhua News Agency)
The Paper reported that before the Universiade, Wu Yanni was the one who received the most attention. The newly promoted “Goddess of Track and Field” is one of the 31 main torchbearers for the opening ceremony, the representative of the athletes at the pre-match press conference, and also the subject of interviews by various media.
Wu Yanni, who is from Sichuan, also understands that this competition at home is of great significance, “This time I return to Chengdu to participate in the World Universiade. A dream come true.”
Fortunately, Wu Yanni is in a good competitive state. In the National Athletics Championships at the end of June this year, she ran a season-best time of 12.93 seconds. hot search.
In the women’s 100m hurdles final at the 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu, Wu Yanni (left) of China won the runner-up with a time of 12.76. (Xinhua News Agency)
When she came to the Universiade, Wu Yanni also used her strength to support the sudden traffic around her.
Wu Yanni ran a time of 12.98 seconds in the preliminaries. She is the only athlete who opened 13 seconds in the women’s 100 hurdles preliminaries of this Universiade.
At 12.86 seconds in the semi-final, Wu Yanni set a new personal best time without pressing the line. At 12.76 seconds in the final, the best score was set again and the Olympic qualification was won.
In every interview after the game, Wu Yanni would mention the three words of the Olympic Games, “See you in Paris has almost become her mantra in post-match interviews.” Regarding the second place in the final, Wu Yanni said with a smile, “People can’t be too greedy, the second place is already very satisfying.”
Before the game, Wu Yanni will do her signature moves, first move her waist, then raise her index finger to point to the sky, and then touch her nose. When asked about the meaning of this iconic gesture, Wu Yanni said: “This gesture is very handsome and sassy, and it suits me very well.” The finger is used as a sword, which just symbolizes the sword pointing to Paris.
Wu Yanni with a sweet smile. (From The Paper/Visual China Map) Paris Olympic Athletes
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