Athletics World Championships Watching Guide China's popular games are in prime time
From July 16 to 25, Beijing time, the 2022 World Track and Field Championships will be held in Eugene, USA. The Chinese track and field team will send 23 male athletes and 30 female athletes to compete in 23 events. Su Bingtian, Liu Hong, Gong Lijiao, Liu Shiying and other famous generals led the team.
At the World Championships in Doha 3 years ago, the Chinese team won 3 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes, and went to the World Championships again. Chinese track and field athletes will be in women's walking, women's shot put, women's javelin, men's running, men's triple jump and other events. Shock, Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Ge Manqi and other famous sprinters will also strive for good results in their respective individual events and the 4×100-meter relay event.
There is a 15-hour time difference between China and Eugene, where the event is held. For the spectators who plan to watch the game, most of the focus events such as men's 100m, women's shot put, women's javelin, men's 200m, men's and women's 4x100m relay are not included. The start time is relatively friendly, and it is generally held in the morning of Beijing time.
According to the participation of Chinese players, this World Championships can be roughly divided into three stages. The popular competitions in each stage are as follows:
Phase 1: July 16-18
Liu Hong hits the first gold, Su Bingtian's first show of the season
For the Chinese track and field team, the first 3 game days of the Eugene World Championships are very important. Su Bingtian, Liu Hong, Qieyang Shijie, Gong Lijiao and other famous names will make a collective appearance, in the men's 100m, women's 20km walk, women's shot put and other projects to impact good results.
This year is the sixth time for Olympic champion Liu Hong to participate in the World Championships. She has won the World Championships four times before, and this time she is also playing as the defending champion.
At 4:10 on July 16th, Liu Hong will appear in the women's 20km race walking final together with three teammates: Sister Qieyang Shi, Ma Zhenxia and Wu Quanming. The Chinese players are expected to win the gold, silver and bronze medals again and win the Chinese team's current World Championships. first gold.
Su Bingtian is the most watched athlete of the Chinese team in this World Championships. At 9:50 on July 16, Su Bingtian will appear in the men's 100-meter preliminaries and stage his first show of the season.
If all goes well, on the morning of July 17, "Su Shen" will participate in the men's 100m semi-finals and finals within two hours.
In addition to the halo of the new Olympic champion, Gong Lijiao still participated in the Eugene World Championships as the defending champion. As the women's shot put champion of the past two World Championships, at 9:25 on July 17, she will guard the gold medal with her teammate Song Jiayuan. .
In addition, Wang Kaihua, Dong Guojian, Li Ling, Zhang Deshun and other famous players will also participate in the competition of their respective main events in the first 3 game days.
Popular matches
July 16 Women's 20km race walking final (4:10), men's 100m preliminaries (9:50)
July 17 Women's shot put final (9:25), men's 100m final (10:50)
July 18 Women's Pole Vault Final (8:25), Women's Marathon Final (21:15)
Phase 2: July 19-22
Xie Zhenye debuted in the 200m, and Sister Cheyang Shi competed for the first gold in the new event
Different from the first 3 game days, the Chinese track and field team has less attention in the middle 4 game days of the Eugene World Championships, but there are also focus athletes.
At the Doha World Championships three years ago, Xie Zhenye broke into the men's 200m final and finally won the seventh place, creating the best result in the history of Chinese athletes in this event.
In this year's World Championships, Xie Zhenye did not meet the standard in the men's 100m. He will focus on participating in his main event, the men's 200m.
At 9:50 on July 20, if he can successfully pass the semifinals, he will once again stand on the stage of the men's 200m final of the World Championships.
The Eugene World Championships restructured the race walking event, canceled the previous men's and women's 50-kilometer race walks, and established the men's and women's 35-kilometer race walks for the first time.
The defending champion of women's 50km race walking, Liang Rui, was not shortlisted. At 21:15 on July 22, Sister Qieyang Shi and Li Maocuo and other teammates will attack the first women's 35km race walking gold medal in the history of the World Championships.
Popular matches
July 20: Men's 200m semifinal (9:50)
July 22: Women's 35km walk final (21:15)
Phase 3: July 23-25
Liu Shiying rushes to the Grand Slam, men's and women's relay rushes to the final
At the Tokyo Olympics last summer, the Chinese track and field team created surprises in the women's javelin, men's and women's 4x100-meter relay and other events. Liu Shiying won the women's javelin gold medal, the Chinese relay men's team won the third place, and the relay women's team won the sixth place.
In the last 3 match days of the Eugene World Championships, the above items are also expected to achieve good results.
The women's javelin is the key gold-rushing event of the Chinese team in this World Championships.
At 9:20 on July 22, Liu Shiying and Lu Huihui will join hands to compete in the women's javelin final, especially the new Olympic champion Liu Shiying. If she wins the championship, she will achieve the National Games, Asian Games, World Championships and Olympic Games. Slam.
At the 2019 Doha World Championships in the 4×100-meter relay, the men’s team stopped in the semi-finals, and the women’s team’s final results were cancelled.
Three years later, the World Championships will be played. With the good results of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the main lineup is retained, the Chinese relay men's and women's teams are expected to join hands to enter the final on the morning of July 24.
Popular matches
July 23 Women's 4x100m relay preliminaries (8:40), men's 4x100 relay preliminaries (9:05), women's javelin final (9:20)
July 24 Women's 4x100m relay final (10:30), men's 4x100m relay final (10:50)
Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin
Edited by Han Shuangming