Preparing for the Paris Olympics: China’s men’s 4×100m relay still has a chance to pass through to the women’s relay
People’s Daily Online, Beijing, May 6 (Reporter Yang Lei) On May 6, Beijing time, the 2024 World Relays continued in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. The Chinese team successfully qualified for the men’s 4x100m relay Olympics. In the women’s 4x100m relay (second round), the Chinese team ran 43.13 seconds and ranked third in the group, failing to qualify directly for the Olympics qualifications.
In this World Relay Games, the Chinese track and field team sent a total of 6 male and 6 female athletes to compete in the men’s and women’s 4×100 meter relay events. According to the rules, this world relay event will produce 14 of the 16 tickets for each of the five relay events of track and field in the Paris Olympics. According to the competition regulations, in the Olympic qualifying round (first round) of the men’s and women’s 4×100 meter relay, all participating teams are divided into 4 groups. The top two teams in each group, a total of 8 teams, will advance to the finals and will directly win the championship. Qualification for the Paris Olympics. On the second competition day, the teams that failed to advance to the finals on the first day will be divided into 3 groups to enter the Olympic qualifying round (second round). The top two teams in each group, a total of 6 teams, will also qualify for the Paris Olympics admission ticket.
In the first round yesterday, the Chinese team consisting of Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin, and Chen Jiapeng won the second place in the men’s 4×100 meter relay team with a time of 38.25 seconds, successfully advancing to the finals and directly qualifying for the Paris Olympics qualifications.
In the women’s 4×100m relay (first round), the Chinese team consisting of Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi, and Li Yuting ran a time of 43.03 seconds and won third place in the group. Although it set the best time of the season, But failed to qualify directly for the Olympics.
This morning, the women’s 4×100m relay (second round) competition started. The Chinese team’s lineup was not adjusted. In the end, Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi, and Li Yuting ran 43.13 seconds and ranked third in the group, failing to win. Qualify directly for the Olympics. According to the rules, if within the target date, the Chinese women’s team ranks in the top two among the teams that have not qualified for the Olympics, the Chinese women’s team will still have a chance to enter the Olympics.
In the subsequent men’s 4×100m relay final, the Chinese team sent Wu Zhiqiang, Deng Zhijian, Yan Haibin, and Chen Jiapeng to compete, and finally ranked sixth with a time of 38.75 seconds. The American team won the championship in 37.40 seconds, setting a new world record this season. The Canadian team and the French team finished second and third respectively.