(Shaanxi National Games) Women's 20-kilometer walk Yang Jiayu defends Liu Hong in the rain
China News Service, Xi’an, September 24 (Reporter Xing Chong Hao Lingyu) The women’s 20-kilometer race walk at the National Games on the 24th is a world-class competition. Many athletes who have won World Championships, Olympic medals and even gold medals gathered in the end. In the pouring rain, he took the lead to cross the line in 1 hour, 27 minutes and 14 seconds and successfully defended the title.
On September 24, Xi'an, Shaanxi, the women's 20-kilometer race walking final of the 14th National Games of the National Games was held in the rain.
Yang Jiayu, a player of the Inner Mongolia team, won the championship and became the National Games for two consecutive championships.
The picture shows Yang Jiayu in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
The women's 20-kilometer race is the dominant event of the Chinese team.
In this National Games competition, Rio Olympic champion Liu Hong, London Olympic runner-up Qiyang Shijie, world record holder Yang Jiayu, and World Championship third runner-up Yang Liujing, Rio Olympic third runner-up Lu Xiuzhi and other famous players participated in the competition. One day later".
In the heavy rain that day, experienced celebrities quickly formed a leading group after the start of the race; after 7 kilometers, Yang Jiayu's leading advantage gradually became apparent, Qi Yangshi and Yang Liujing followed closely; after 10 kilometers, the gap between veteran Liu Hong and the three of them increased. The bigger, he gradually withdrew from the medal competition; in the sprint stage, the rain was getting stronger, and the gap between the leading group players was very weak. In the end, Yang Jiayu took the lead in crossing the line with 1 hour, 27 minutes and 14 seconds.
This is the second time that Yang Jiayu has won the championship of this event in the National Games.
Four years ago, she won the championship at the Tianjin National Games in 1 hour, 28 minutes and 29 seconds. Although affected by the rain, her winning result has improved a lot.
Yang Jiayu said after the game that he was basically satisfied with his performance that day.
"Although it rains during the race and the road is slippery, the athletes' sight will be blocked, especially when the rain is getting heavier when approaching the finish line, but the sprint strength is getting stronger and stronger." She said that she was able to win the gold medal because of it. It came down in the second half of the journey.
Last National Games runner-up Qi Yangshi won the runner-up again in 1 hour, 27 minutes and 31 seconds. The bronze medal was won by the local Shaanxi player Yang Liujing. The result was 1 hour, 27 minutes and 47 seconds.
It is worth mentioning that the results of the three surpassed the results of the Tokyo Olympic champion, when Palmisano won the championship in 1 hour, 29 minutes and 12 seconds.
On September 24, Xi'an, Shaanxi, the women's 20-kilometer race walking final of the 14th National Games of the National Games was held in the rain.
Inner Mongolia team player Yang Jiayu won the championship, Qinghai team player Qi Yangshi, and Shaanxi team player Yang Liujing won the runner-up and third runner-up.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
The successful defense of the National Games to a certain extent made up for Yang Jiayu's disappointment in the Olympics.
In the Olympic trials in March this year, Yang Jiayu won the world record in 1 hour, 23 minutes and 49 seconds. He is regarded as a strong contender for the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
However, in the Olympics, Yang Jiayu was fined for 2 minutes after receiving the third red card at the sprint, and directly withdrew from the medal competition, ranking 12th in only 1 hour, 31 minutes and 54 seconds.
At that time, veteran Liu Hong won a bronze medal when his teammates lost. In this National Games, she finished fourth in 1 hour, 29 minutes and 59 seconds.
Liu Hong has long been a champion of the Olympic Games, World Championships, and National Games, and has broken world records many times.
Liu Hong said after the game that this was her last game and hinted that she would retire.
Yang Jiayu said that Liu Hong is a role model for everyone.
"Women's race walking is China's dominant project, I hope we can maintain this advantage." (End)