Athletics World Championships: Sister Qieyang Shi wins the bronze “Su Shen” men’s 100-meter race walk for 20 kilometers and enters the semi-finals
2022-07-16 13:07:05Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News Network News In the early morning of July 16th, Beijing time, the 2022 World Track and Field Championships started the first competition day in Eugene, Oregon, USA. For the first time in history, the women’s 20-kilometer race walking event, which took on the “first gold” task of the World Championships, was fiercely competitive. In the end, veteran Qieyang Shi won a bronze medal for the Chinese delegation with a time of 1 hour, 27 minutes and 56 seconds. “Won by the Peruvian star Garcia Leon, Poland’s Zejboro won the silver medal. In the men’s 100-meter preliminaries that followed, “Asian Flying Man” Su Bingtian, who made his official debut this season, ranked fifth in the group with a time of 10.15 seconds and advanced to the semifinals.
Due to the 15-hour time difference between China and Eugene, the United States, where the event was held, many Chinese sports fans did not pay attention to the women’s 20-kilometer race walking final, which was arranged in the “morning field”. In this game, the Chinese team sent two famous players Liu Hong and Qiyang Shi who had won the Olympic gold medal to play together with two rookies Ma Zhenxia and Wu Quanming, and the teenager Wu Quanming was also a potential player from Shaanxi Athletics for the national team. “Post-00” contestants.
After the game started, Sister Cheyang Shi, Liu Hong and Wu Quanming were in the leading group at first, until after 3 kilometers, Garcia Leon began to rush to the position of the “vanguard”, she and Sister Cheyang Shi were neck and neck . Since then, the two have remained in the leading position. The advantage over the third place at 10 kilometers has reached 20 seconds. At this time, Ma Zhenxia, Liu Hong, and Wu Quanming are ranked fifth, eighth and tenth respectively. After 15 kilometers, Leon started to get rid of Sister Cheyangshi. The Peruvian star became more and more brave in the sprint stage, and finally won the gold medal with a personal best time of 1 hour, 26 minutes and 58 seconds. She won the silver medal in hours 27 minutes and 31 seconds, which also broke Poland’s national record. Sister Qieyang Shi won a bronze medal with a time of 1 hour, 27 minutes and 56 seconds, opening the medal account of this World Championships for the Chinese delegation. The previous world champion Liu Hong finished fifth in 1 hour 29 minutes, Ma Zhenxia finished 10th in 1 hour 30 minutes 39 seconds, and Shaanxi teenager Wu Quanming finished 13th in 1 hour 31 minutes and 44 seconds. Next, veteran sister Cheyang Shi will also play in the women’s 35km race walking final on the evening of July 22, Beijing time.
In the “evening” match on the first match day, what attracted the most attention from Chinese sports fans was undoubtedly the preliminaries of the men’s 100m “Flying Man”. He said before the game that due to the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games, he had to change his schedule for the season and added participation in the World Championships to the plan. However, due to insufficient training and the impact of injuries, it is not currently a priority. in the best competitive condition. The men’s 100m preliminaries also seemed to confirm Su Bingtian’s statement that he finished fifth in the group with a time of 10.15 seconds after a good start. Advance to the semi-finals on the morning of the 17th.
Among the three gold medals produced on the first day of competition, in addition to the women’s 20-kilometer walk, the gold medal for the men’s 20-kilometer walk was won by the defending champion, Japan’s Lihe Shanxi in 1 hour, 19 minutes and 07 seconds. Three players from the Chinese team won the gold medal. Wang Kaihua, Cui Lihong and Zhang Jun all failed to make the top ten. In the final battle of the day, the 4×400-meter mixed relay final, the Dominican team reversed to win gold, the Netherlands won the runner-up, and the host American team failed to defend their title and only won the third runner-up. In addition, Gong Lijiao and Song Jiayuan of the Chinese team successfully advanced to the women’s shot put final, while another Chinese player Zhang Linru failed to advance. In the women’s pole vault preliminaries, Xu Huiqin and Li Ling entered the final, but Niu Chunge failed to advance.
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