China News Service, Lanzhou, February 11th (Liu Yanxin) "I will participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Budapest World Athletics Championships this year. The next 2023 Nagoya Women's Marathon Online Race will mainly run out of results and meet the Asian Games and World Championships. Qualified for the competition." Gansu track and field athlete Zhang Xinyan, who is participating in training, said in an interview on the 11th.

　　Zhang Xinyan "runs" all the way from the depths of the mountains to the national and world arenas. She is the first track and field "double champion" winner in Gansu, and has successively won the "May 1st Labor Medal of Gansu Province", "May 4th Youth Medal of Gansu Province" and "Gansu Province Youth May 4th Medal". Provincial March 8 Red Banner Bearer" and other honorary titles.

　　Zhang Xinyan, who was born in a small mountain village in Longxi County, Gansu Province, went to school far away from the village when she was a child. In order to avoid going home at night, she and her classmates ran home after school.

Because of her unyielding character, she has to be the first every time she runs, thus laying a good sports foundation.

　　In 2010, Zhang Xinyan was selected into the women's middle-distance running team of the Gansu Provincial Track and Field Hockey Sports Management Center, and conducted special training for middle-distance running.

　　The middle and long-distance running events are boring and hard, but Zhang Xinyan still insists on training, running about 220 kilometers every week.

Years of high-intensity training has also had a certain impact on her body, but she has used practical actions and will to reach new highs one after another, and constantly improve her sports level.

　　In March 2015, Zhang Xinyan participated in the World Cross-Country Championships held in Guiyang and won the domestic 8000-meter championship, which also means that Chinese athletes have made a historic breakthrough in the world cross-country competition.

　　In 2016, she represented the Chinese team in the 3,000-meter obstacle course of the Rio Olympics in Brazil. Although she failed to advance to the final, her performance ranked first among domestic athletes in this event.

　　On April 8, 2021, Zhang Xinyan participated in the first Yangtze River Delta Classic held in Shangyu, Shaoxing, Zhejiang. In the women's 3,000-meter obstacle race, she ran a good result of 9:20.32 and broke the national record. Qualified for the 32nd Tokyo Olympics in Japan, but failed to participate due to a foot injury recurrence.

In August 2016, Chinese athlete Zhang Xinyan participated in the preliminaries of the women's 3000-meter obstacle course in the Rio Olympic Games.

(Data map) Photo provided by the interviewee

　　Missing the Tokyo Olympics is Zhang Xinyan's biggest regret, "Because in the preparation stage of the Tokyo Olympics, my physical condition and special level were much better than before. Guan, and hope to make up for this regret at the Paris Olympics."

　　Zhang Xinyan, who was full of strength, then participated in the 14th National Games held in Xi'an in September 2021, and won two gold medals in the women's 5,000-meter and 3,000-meter obstacles, becoming the first in the history of Gansu track and field in this event. Double Crown".

In April of the following year, Zhang Xinyan won her first full marathon (42.195 kilometers) championship in the Hangzhou Asian Games track and field trials held in Hangzhou.

　　"I will strive for a breakthrough in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and I will go all out in the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao National Games to attack the gold medal." Speaking of the next goal, Zhang Xinyan said confidently.

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