The future of China's jumping project can be expected [Eugene Athletics World Championships ended with the Chinese team winning 2 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes]
Guangzhou Daily All Media Reporter Bai Zhibiao
The 10-day 2022 Eugene World Athletics Championships ended yesterday. The Chinese track and field team won a total of 2 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes, ranking 5th in the medals list and 6th in the standings, ranking first in Asia.
The U.S. team won 13 golds, 9 silvers, and 11 bronzes. The Ethiopian team ranked second with 4 golds, 4 silvers, and 2 bronzes. Jamaica ranked second with 2 golds, 7 silvers, and 1 bronze. 3rd place in the Gold and Medal standings.
Surprise Chinese field events with many highlights
Since the first match day of the World Championships, there has been good news for the Chinese team almost every day.
Among the 6 medals won by the Chinese team, except for 2 from race walking, the rest are all from track events. This may be the trend of medals in Chinese track and field in the Budapest World Championships one year later and even the Paris Olympics in two years.
Due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the training and competition of most of China's track and field events have been affected.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Apart from the fact that the gold medals and medals are less than the previous one, the most interesting men's and women's sprints are basically the whole class of the Tokyo Olympics, but their overall performance and achievements have dropped significantly. Therefore, it will be difficult for the Chinese team to seek breakthroughs in track competition in the future.
The only one that can be relied on is the Chinese women's race walking. The only two bronze medals in the non-field races at the World Championships were won by sister Qieyang Shi from women's race walking.
Women's race walking has always been the ace in Chinese track and field. What is worrying is that the "three-way" situation of Liu Hong, Yang Jiayu, and Sister Cheyang Shi in the past is gradually disappearing, which will undoubtedly increase the international popularity of Chinese women's race walking in the future. The difficulty of winning the championship.
At this World Championships, the biggest highlight of China's track and field is the field event. The Chinese team's players have shown great strength in the women's shot put, discus and javelin. Harvest" face.
Veteran Gong Lijiao's silver medal weight is no less than the gold medal. Although she lost her title defense, she still won a medal after a year of lack of competition and training, indicating that she is still a top player in the international women's shot put field.
Feng Bin's victory in the women's discus event can be said to be an accident. Facing opponents who have participated in multiple diamond tournaments, especially those who have pitched the longest distance of more than 70 meters this season, Feng Bin can still decide the world with one shot. Raising his personal best by more than 3 meters signifies that the 28-year-old has completed his transformation.
The women's javelin is the gold-winning event in the Tokyo Olympics in China's track and field. The Olympic champion Liu Shiying was squeezed out of the top three at the last moment. It does not mean that her competitive ability has a problem in her current year, it is just because of the training and competition in the past year. The rhythm was disrupted, and she was still a favorite for gold when she returned to normal.
Chinese track and field has always been "strong women and weak men", and the strong performances of Wang Jianan and Zhu Yaming at the World Championships added a lot of points to the men's event.
Wang Jianan's victory can be said to be a combination of strength and luck. He previously won the third place in the World Championships. In the past two years, his best result was around 8.20 meters. He did not expect the last jump to reach 8.36 meters. In order to avoid the shackles that have restricted him from stagnant in the past few years, it shows that he is physically and mentally ready to become a new growth point for Chinese track and field medals and even gold medals in next year's World Championships and even the next year's Olympic Games.
In the triple jump event, whether Zhu Yaming won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics or the bronze medal at the World Championships, it shows that he has the ability to rank in the top three.
Situation U.S. Athletics Still Strong
In this World Championships, only four teams have achieved double-digit medals, namely the US team with 33, and the Ethiopian team, Jamaica team and Kenya team with 10 medals.
From the point of view of medal distribution, the US team has achieved comprehensive results in the field and track competitions, while the Ethiopian, Jamaica and Kenyan teams are obviously "biased".
U.S. Athletics once again showed its strong strength, not only won medals in track events such as 100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter, 110-meter hurdles, and 400-meter hurdles, but also in field events such as shot put, hammer, javelin, discus, pole Jumping, triple jumping and other events are also competing for gold and silver, which can be described as all-round dominance.
The United States has won a total of 33 medals, including 13 golds, 9 silvers, and 11 bronzes, from as many as 15 events for men and women, far away from other opponents. 1/3.
For a long time, the US team's biggest opponent in the men's and women's 100-meter and 200-meter events is the Jamaica team. This year's World Championships, this pair of "enemies" staged an interesting scene.
In the men's 100-meter final, none of the Jamaican team ranked in the top three, and the U.S. team swept the first, second, and third runners-up; the women's 100-meter was just the opposite. All Jamaicans stood on the podium. Veteran Fraser also created 10.67 seconds. The new world championship record; also, the top three men's 200 meters are still the United States team, and there are no American players in the women's 200 meters. The Jamaica team swept the top two, and Jamaica's Jackson set a new world championship record of 21.45 seconds. .
Middle and long-distance running is still the strength of African athletes. Of the four gold medals of the Ethiopian team, two came from the marathon, and the other two belonged to the women's 5,000m and 10,000m.
In addition, the Ethiopian team earned medals in the 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter obstacles.
The Kenyan team's 10 medals are also from the middle and long-distance running events, 2 golds are from the men's 800m and women's 1500m, and the rest of the medals are distributed in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m obstacle, 5000m, 10000m and marathon.
It can be seen that African athletes have dropped from the past 1,500-meter distance events to the 800-meter events.
In this World Championships, the distribution of gold medals and medals is more scattered. A total of 29 teams have won gold medals, 45 teams have earned medals, and the winning, especially the gold medal project, has a solid advantage, which is directly related to the performance of the Chinese team.
For example, the Peruvian team's two gold medals all came from women's race walking, 20km and 35km respectively. Two of Poland's three silver medals were also from women's race walks of 20km and 35km. These two events are also Chinese track and field events. The strengths of these two teams will inevitably form a fierce competition with the Chinese team in next year's World Championships and even the Paris Olympics.
In addition, American women's shot put, Australia's women's javelin, Portugal's men's triple jump, etc. will all be important opponents for Chinese players on the way to gold.
In addition, only two events broke the world record in this World Championships, the women's 400-meter hurdles, the American player McLaughlin broke the world record with 50.58 seconds; another world record was set by Sweden's Duplantis, who set a new world record in the men's hurdles. In the case of winning the pole jump of 6 meters, he successfully challenged the world record of 6.21 meters.