Image source: Chinese Athletics Team
Chinanews.com, July 14th. The 2023 Athletics Asian Championships kicked off in Bangkok, Thailand on the 12th. After two days of competition, the Chinese team currently ranks second in the medal table with 3 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze. On the first day of competition, the Chinese team won the team’s first gold medal in the 4×100 women’s relay event.
In the preliminaries that morning, the Chinese women’s relay team composed of Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Yuan Qiqi and Ge Manqi played in the second group. They ran 43.86 seconds and won the first place in the group and successfully advanced to the final.
The final was held in the evening of the same day, and the lineup of the Chinese team remained unchanged, with Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Yuan Qiqi and Ge Manqi still playing together.
The Chinese team in the fourth lane did not show a clear advantage after the start. After the first handover between Liang Xiaojing and Wei Yongli, the Chinese team was in the fourth position. At the time of the second handover, the Chinese team was still ranked in the middle.
After Wei Yongli and Yuan Qiqi handed over smoothly, the latter played strongly in the third leg. After going out of the corner, the Chinese team has strongly surpassed the Japanese team, which was originally in the leading position, and came to the first place. The fourth game of Ge Manqi did not give the opponent any chance in the straight sprint, and crossed the line first without any suspense.
In the end, they won the first place with a time of 43.35 seconds, which is also the first gold medal won by the Chinese track and field team in this Asian Championships.
Although the game was won, the players were not satisfied with the result. Wei Yongli said that in addition to winning gold in this competition, she originally hoped to strive for good results to improve her chances of participating in the World Championships, but it failed.
Image source: Chinese Athletics Team
In the men’s 4×100m relay final later that day, the Chinese men’s relay team composed of Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye, Chen Jiapeng, and Chen Guanfeng ran 38.87 seconds and won the runner-up. The host Thailand team won the championship with a time of 38.55 seconds and broke the Thai national record.
The 25th Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 12th to 16th Beijing time. As the highest level individual track and field event in Asia, the Asian Athletics Championships is a good opportunity for many athletes to compete for places in the Budapest World Athletics Championships and the Paris Olympics. According to the list, the Chinese track and field team sent a total of 48 athletes to participate in multiple events.
Wang Qi won the men’s hammer throw.Image source: Chinese Athletics Team
In addition to the women’s 4×100m relay gold medal on the first day, the Chinese track and field team also won the gold medal in the hammer throw field on the second match day: in the men’s hammer throw competition, Wang Qi won the championship with a 72-meter-13 fourth throw; in the women’s hammer throw final, Zhao Jie won the championship with a second throw of 69.39 meters.
Feng Jie won gold in women’s hammer throw.Image source: Chinese Athletics Team
In addition, in other competitions that have ended, Tokyo Olympic champion Liu Shiying won the women’s javelin runner-up with a score of 61.51 meters; in the women’s triple jump final, Zeng Rui won the silver medal with a final jump of 14.01 meters; in the men’s 1,500-meter final, Liu Dezhu had a fierce competition with Indian and Japanese players in the last 200 meters, but unfortunately he failed to hold the lead after surpassing the first place, and finally won the third place with a time of 3:42.30. (over)
Original title: The women’s relay overtook the Japanese team to win the Asian Athletics Championships, and the Chinese team won three gold medals in two days
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2023-07-14 03:17:48
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