Aiming at the competition to revise the selection method, China Athletics creates a talent "excellent plan"

　　Aiming at the competition to revise the selection method, select the best from the best to improve the overall strength——

　　China Athletics builds talent "excellent plan"

　　Our reporter Liu Bing

　　Recently, in the 2023 National Race Walking Grand Prix, World Championships and Asian Games Trials held in Huangshan, Anhui, good results continued. He Xianghong broke the Asian record for men's 35 km race walking with a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. Yang Jiayu was strong in the women's 20 km race Win the championship and create the best results in the world this season.

　　Earlier this month, the Chinese Athletics Association announced the selection criteria for the World Championships and the Asian Games.

The reporter learned that as the Chinese Athletics Association has revised the selection method for the world competitions many times in the past two years, the selection mechanism of the Chinese track and field competitions has become more perfect than before, which is not only more fair, but also conducive to the emergence of talented newcomers.

　　World Championships Asian Games Selection Criteria Announced

　　For the Chinese track and field team, the Budapest World Championships in August this year and the Hangzhou Asian Games in September are the two most important competitions, and they are also two important warm-ups before the Paris Olympics next year.

To this end, the Chinese Athletics Association announced the notice on the selection methods for the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Budapest World Championships in early March. The selection criteria include designated selection events and physical fitness tests.

　　According to the reporter's understanding, athletes participating in the Budapest World Championships need to meet the entry standards within the time limit stipulated in the "2023 Budapest World Championships in Athletics Qualification System and Participation Standards" issued by the World Athletics Federation.

　　In terms of designated selection events, the in-venue events (including all-around events) are the Asian Games and World Championship trials for in-venue events held in Shenyang from June 27 to 29.

The race walking events are the trials held in Huangshan this time, and the World Athletics Race Walking Tournament (35 kilometers for men and women) held in Slovakia on March 25.

Marathon events include the Marathon Asian Games and World Championships trials held in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province on March 19, the Nagoya Women's Marathon held in Japan on March 12, and the Seoul Marathon held in South Korea on March 19.

　　In addition, there will be no trials for the relay event, and 6 athletes will be selected to participate in the World Championships and Asian Games based on the individual results of the trials.

Physical fitness test scores must reach 80 points or more.

　　Competition selection is more open and fair

　　According to the reporter's understanding, the selection criteria for the World Championships and Asian Games announced by the Chinese Athletics Association this time were formulated in addition to the "Methods for the Selection of Coaches and Athletes Participating in World Championships in Athletics" revised in October 2020.

The relevant person in charge of the Chinese Athletics Association stated that the World Championships and the Asian Games will adhere to the principle of "open conditions, fair competition, and fair selection" and adhere to the principle of selecting the best based on performance.

　　According to the revised selection method, when the Chinese track and field team selects athletes to participate in the World Series, it only looks at sports performance and does not attach any other conditions.

At the same time, the principle of priority in selecting athletes for international competitions and world competitions will be cancelled, and the selection will be uniformly selected by designated trials.

　　In this regard, Tian Xiaojun, vice chairman of the Chinese Athletics Association, said that the revised selection method clarified the principle of insisting on competing in the same field and insisting on merit-based admissions.

"In the past, some athletes did not have the opportunity to participate in international or domestic competitions, so they may have suffered a disadvantage in the selection. According to the new selection mechanism, all athletes are treated equally, and young players also have the opportunity to stand with famous players and compete for the qualifications for competitions."

　　Regarding the continuous revision and improvement of track and field selection methods, many people in the industry believe that the previous standard of "athletes with good international competition performance and stable performance are given priority to selection" actually has no precise scale, which may cause unfairness.

　　Li Weibin, the head coach of the throwing event of the Chinese track and field team, believes that the performance of an athlete has become the only criterion for whether he is selected. "This embodies the principle of fairness, especially for newcomers with potential but lack of experience in international competitions, there is a more level playing field. "

　　In recent years, Chinese track and field has performed well in the international arena.

For example, in the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team made historic breakthroughs in field events and sprint events; at last year's World Championships, Wang Jianan won the first Chinese men's field event world championship in the long jump... The reason is that Although it is the result of the Chinese team's long-term efforts to improve its own strength, the change in talent selection methods and the improvement of the talent training mechanism are also factors that cannot be ignored.

　　The threshold of the Olympic Games is raised to meet the challenge

　　The Chinese Athletics Association continues to optimize the talent selection mechanism. In addition to the consideration of strengthening the construction of the talent team, there is also a practical need to meet the new challenges of the Paris Olympic track and field events.

　　According to the performance standards for the various track and field events of the Paris Olympics previously announced by the World Athletics Federation, compared with the Tokyo Olympics, the entry standards for each event have mostly been improved.

For example, the men's 100 meters, 200 meters, and 110 hurdles in the Paris Olympic Games are 10 seconds, 20 seconds 16, and 13 seconds 27 respectively. In the Tokyo Olympics, the standards for these three events were 10 seconds 05, 20 seconds 24 and 13 seconds. Second 32.

In the men's 100-meter event, only Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye have run under 10 seconds among the active Chinese players. Xie Zhenye has only run the 200-meter standard once in the past three years.

　　In the women's events, the Paris Olympic standards for shot put, discus, hammer throw and javelin are 18 meters 80, 64 meters 50, 74 meters and 64 meters respectively.

Except for the javelin, the standards for the other three throwing events are all higher than those of the Tokyo Olympics.

In addition, the marathon standard for the Paris Olympic Games is also increasing. The men's standard time is 2 hours, 08 minutes and 10 seconds, and the women's time is 2 hours, 26 minutes and 50 seconds.

The men's marathon standard line even surpassed our country's national record.

　　Although the track and field events of the Paris Olympic Games still adopt the "double-line" shortlisting method, that is, 50% of the athletes can qualify by meeting the performance standards, and the other 50% can qualify through the world rankings, but the improvement of the standard line will definitely make China The difficulty for the track and field team to compete for Olympic qualification has further increased.

　　For this reason, while the Chinese Athletics Association has continuously improved the overall strength of athletes in recent years, it has continued to optimize the talent selection mechanism for competitions, which also lays the foundation for realizing the goal of participating in the Paris Olympics.

Tian Xiaojun, vice chairman of the Chinese Athletic Association, said: "After the selection mechanism is optimized and adjusted, more athletes will have the opportunity to hit the gate of the Paris Olympics. We will select the best from the best and strive to achieve greater breakthroughs." (Worker's Daily)