China News Service, Beijing, July 17th. In the women's shot put final of the 2022 Oregon Track and Field World Championships on the 17th, Olympic champion and Chinese player Gong Lijiao threw a personal season-best 20.39 meters and finally won the runner-up.
Chase Ely of the United States won the championship with a time of 20.49 meters.
This is the eighth time Gong Lijiao has participated in the World Championships. She has been the champion of the event in the past two World Championships.
Although Gong Lijiao has not had much competition experience so far this season, in yesterday's qualifying match, she threw 19 meters 51 for the second time and easily advanced.
The competition in the final on the 17th was fierce. Many players have opened the 20-meter mark this season, and Chase Yili is one of them.
Half a month ago, she had set a season-best 20 meters 51 on this field.
In the final, Chase Yili continued his recent excellent state, throwing 20 meters 49 in the first throw, taking the lead.
Gong Lijiao ranked second with 19.58 meters.
As the game deepened, Gong Lijiao became more and more in the state, and the score exceeded 20 meters in a row, of which the fifth throw was 20 meters 39.
In the end, Gong Lijiao won the runner-up and won her seventh World Championship medal.
Although she missed the three consecutive world championships in this project, she still showed strong competitiveness.
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