Women’s Javelin Liu Shiying wins the Chinese Women’s Javelin Achieves “Zero Breakthrough”
2021-08-06 22:39:15Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News NetworkOn the evening of August 6, Chinese athlete Liu Shiying won the championship with a score of 66.34 meters in the Olympic women’s javelin finals at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, thus realizing China’s Olympic gold medal “zero breakthrough” in this event! She also won the 36th gold medal of the Olympic Games for the Chinese delegation.
Liu Shiying, who was born on September 24, 1993 in Yantai, Shandong, discussed the less famous veteran Lu Huihui, who went with her on the expedition, because the latter set the Asian record five times and was hailed as the “Asian sister”. However, Liu Shiying, who won the silver medal at the Doha World Championships in 2019, has made rapid progress in the past two years. Last year, she gained a foothold in the Chinese track and field team with her personal best time of 67.29 meters and won the participation with Lu Huihui. Qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. Before the Olympics, the 27-year-old Shandong girl said with confidence: “In the competition field, I just want to do my best with my energy and skills, and not leave any regrets for myself. I want to improve my performance to the next level. At another height!”
She did not break her promise. In the preliminaries of the Olympic Women’s Javelin, she and Lu Hui will throw 61.95 meters and 61.99 meters respectively, and the two will join hands to enter the finals. In the final, Lu Hui will take the lead and throw 62.83 meters in the first round, which is quite satisfactory. Winning favorite, Polish player Andrechik scored 62.56 meters in the first throw, while the brave Liu Shiying threw the javelin to 66.34 meters in the first throw, beating the crowd and ranking first. In the subsequent competition, although all the contestants tried their best, none of them could surpass the 66.34 meters, including Liu Shiying herself. In the end, Liu Shiying won the gold medal by virtue of her excellent performance in the first shot. Andrei Chik and Australian player Babel won the silver and bronze medals. The 32-year-old Chinese veteran Lu Huihui ranked fifth with a score of 63.41 meters. Because Liu Shiying locked the gold medal on her first shot in the final, Chinese netizens gave her the title of “the fastest person to get off work in the Tokyo Olympics”.
Text/Jin Peng, All-Media Reporter of Xi’an Newspaper
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