Athletics World Championships: Xie Zhenye advanced to the semi-finals of the 200-meter women’s marathon, setting a new competition record
China News Agency, Beijing, July 19th. Eugene, USA: The 2022 World Athletics Championships will compete on the fourth match day in Eugene, Oregon, USA on the 18th local time. Chinese sprinter Xie Zhenye finished third in the men’s 200m preliminaries in 20.30 seconds and directly advanced to the semifinals. Following the men’s marathon record, the women’s marathon record was also broken, with Ethiopia’s Gebres Raser winning the championship with a time of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 11 seconds.
The men’s 200-meter preliminaries were divided into 7 groups. Chinese player Xie Zhenye was on the seventh track in the last group, along with defending champion and American star Lyles. After the gunshot, Xie Zhenye reacted at the start in 0.159 seconds. He handled the corner well. After entering the corner, he started to speed up, sprinted on the straights to withstand the pressure, and finally crossed the finish line in the third place with a score of 20.30 seconds. Lyles ranked first with 19.98 seconds and was the only player to break the 20-second mark in the preliminaries.
Xie Zhenye is the Asian record holder with a personal best of 19.88. He entered the final of the last World Championships in Doha, becoming the first Chinese athlete to enter the men’s 200m final at the World Championships. His personal best this season is 20.13.
In the women’s marathon, Ethiopia’s Gebreth Rasser won the championship with a personal best of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 11 seconds. Like the men’s marathon the previous day, the race record was also refreshed. In fact, among the top 10 women’s players, many have refreshed their personal bests, and the top four have surpassed the world championship record of 2 hours, 20 minutes and 57 seconds set by British player Radcliffe in Helsinki in 2005.
China’s Zhang Deshun finished 11th with a time of 2 hours, 28 minutes and 11 seconds, and created his second best result at the same time. Another Chinese player, Li Zhixuan, placed 22nd with a time of 2 hours, 31 minutes and 20 seconds.
In the Women’s Discus Qualifying Tournament, Chinese player Feng Bin surpassed the 64-meter cut-off line with his first throw of 64 meters and 01, and was directly qualified for the final. He was also the first player to advance among all the preliminaries.
In the men’s high jump final, Qatar’s Barhim won the championship with a 2.37 meter. Italian star Tanberg, who shared the gold medal with him at the Tokyo Olympics, ranked fourth with 2.33 meters, but unfortunately missed the medal. South Korean player Yu Sang-hee failed to challenge the height of 2.37 meters and failed to directly challenge the height of 2.39 meters. In the end, he ranked second at 2.35 meters, but this is also the national record of the Korean men’s high jump.
Compared with the “fairy fight” in the men’s high jump, the Venezuelan star Rojas is “outstanding” in the women’s triple jump. The Tokyo Olympic champion and world record holder constantly challenged himself, and finally won this event with a score of 15.47 meters. Three consecutive World Championships. The Jamaican player who won the silver medal achieved a score of 14.89 meters, which is still a long way from Rojas.
In the men’s 3000-meter obstacle course, Tokyo Olympic champion and Morocco’s Bakali won the gold medal with a time of 8:25.13. The women’s 1500m champion was also the champion of last year’s Tokyo Olympics – Kenya’s Kipu Yegan won the championship with a time of 3:52.96. This is the second time she has won the gold medal at the World Championships in this event after 2017.
After four game days, the U.S. team continued to rank first with 6 golds, 4 silvers and 6 bronzes. The Chinese team has no medals in the fourth game day, and currently ranks sixth with 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze.