On August 3, in the men's 200m semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese athlete Xie Zhenye ran 20.45 seconds and ranked seventh in the group. Unfortunately, he missed the final.

The picture shows Xie Zhenye in the game.

Photo by Chinanews reporter Han Haidan

  China News Service, Tokyo, August 3, title:

(Tokyo Olympics) Stopped in the 200-meter semifinals, Xie Zhenye has already made history

  China News Agency reporter Xing Chong

  On the 3rd, after running the 200-meter semi-finals, Chinese men’s sprinter Xie Zhenye sat on the track of the New National Stadium in Tokyo. He was the last player to leave. After receiving interviews from sideline TV media, he continued to sit on the steps. After a while, he turned and left.

  Xie Zhenye ran 20.34 seconds in the preliminaries and successfully advanced to the semi-finals. He became the first Chinese athlete to stand on the Olympic men's 200-meter semi-final runway. However, he failed to advance to the final and his face was full of regrets.

  He is very nostalgic for the runway and enjoys the pleasure of running with all his strength and continuous breakthroughs.

At the 2019 Doha World Championships, Xie Zhenye broke into the men's 200m finals and was the first Chinese to stand on the men's 200m finals of the world's top competitions. He ran 20.14 seconds and finished seventh, creating a Chinese player in the World Championships. The best results on the previous year.

  This time, Xie Zhenye also hoped to be able to stand on the finals track again. In the end, he ran out of 20.45, ranking seventh in the group and missed the promotion.

  He was in such a good state in 2019. In addition to reaching the finals of the World Championships, he also staged the "Ninth Miracle" in the Diamond League London station that year, scoring a personal best of 19.88 seconds, refreshing Asia. With a 200-meter record, he became the first Asian player to break the 19-second 90 mark.

  However, the sudden epidemic caused the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, Xie Zhenye's preparation plan was also disrupted, and injuries and illnesses followed.

His best time before the Olympics this season was only 20.54.

Xie Zhenye, who overcame injuries and returned to the game, raised his best time of the season to 20.34 seconds in the Olympic preliminaries.

  After the semifinals, Xie Zhenye walked through the mixed mining area barefoot, with a thick bandage wrapped around his toes.

"Hello reporters, I didn't perform well, and I didn't make it to the finals as scheduled. I feel sorry."

  Every time Xie Zhenye came to the mixed mining area after the game, he always took the initiative to greet reporters.

The morning preliminaries and the semi-finals in the evening were less than 9 hours apart. The reporter asked him if he didn't have time to make adjustments. Xie Zhenye denied.

  "I don't think it's a physical problem either, but I still haven't done a good job." He still blames himself very much.

After the resumption of the game, Xie Zhenye said that he may have focused too much attention on how to deal with the problem of the second pass.

  "Will it be related to your injuries and the reduction in games during the epidemic?" the reporter asked.

Xie Zhenye just said lightly: "There are some."

  In his words, Xie Zhenye was still full of regrets.

He said that he was in such a good state in 2019, but it is a pity that he has not been able to maintain it well in the past two years.

"I lost some things, mainly because I didn't handle it well."

  This time in the mixed mining area, Xie Zhenye did not stay for long.

Finally, a reporter asked him how he wanted to improve in the future. Xie Zhenye thought for a while and said five words: "Keep working hard!" (End)