China News Service, Beijing, July 9th. The World Athletics Federation announced on the 9th Beijing time the list of entries for the 2022 World Athletics Championships. The Chinese team sent a delegation of about 100 people to participate, including 53 athletes (23 male athletes and 23 female athletes). 30 athletes), participating in a total of 23 events.

　　The 2022 Athletics World Championships will be held in Eugene, Oregon, USA from July 15th to 24th local time.

This World Championship was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but was postponed to this year due to the impact of the epidemic. It is the first world-class outdoor comprehensive track and field event in the Paris Olympic cycle.

　　The World Championships is the highest-profile international event that the Chinese track and field team has participated in since the Tokyo Olympics.

Compared with the Tokyo Olympics, the number of Chinese teams participating in this World Championships has decreased by 3.

However, Gong Lijiao and Liu Shiying, two Tokyo Olympic gold medallists, will both compete.

　　In addition, as the defending champion of the World Championships, Liu Hong will participate in the women's 20km race walk.

Athletes such as Xie Zhenye and Zhu Yaming, who performed well in the Tokyo Olympics, will also participate in the World Championships.

　　In addition to participating in the men's 100m individual event, Asian record holder Su Bingtian will also lead the Chinese relay team to continue to achieve good results.

The Chinese men's relay team won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Wang Zheng, Yang Jiayu, Liang Rui and Wang Chunyu were unable to participate in the World Championships due to their own reasons.

　　Compared with the roster for the Tokyo Olympics, the average age of the Chinese track and field team participating in the World Championships dropped by two years. Wu Quanming, who participated in the women's 20-kilometer race walk, and Zhao Jie, who participated in the women's hammer throw, were all "post-00s" teenagers.

　　In the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships, the Chinese Athletics Team ranked fourth in the medal table with 3 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes. The 9 medals created the best record of the Chinese team since the 1993 World Championships.

To train the team and reserve talents for the Paris Olympic Games is one of the goals of the Chinese track and field team in this World Championships.

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