A few days ago, the Chinese track and field team ushered in another piece of good news, the former Chinese sprinting female flyer Kong Lingwei announced the news of her pregnancy on her personal social platform. Many netizens have left messages to send blessings to this former Chinese athletics female flyer. In the Chinese track and field team, everyone is familiar with famous players such as Su Bingtian, Gong Lijiao, Liu Hong and Liu Shiying, and Kong Lingwei's name is rarely mentioned by the outside world. She was one of the main players of the Chinese women's 4 by 100m relay team, the overall strength is not inferior to Wei Yongli, Liang Xiaojing and Ge Manqi, she has won the Asian Games women's 4×100 relay champion, and participated in the Rio Olympic Games and the Doha World Championships with the team.
Due to physical injuries and declining status, Kong Lingwei eventually regretted that he did not qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. After the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese track and field team began to alternate between the old and the new, and Kong Lingwei officially bid farewell to the national team. As one of China's 100-meter female flyers, Kong Lingwei has super explosive power, she won the women's 200m championship at the 2020 National Athletics Championships, which made everyone shine. In the women's 100m final, she staged a summit duel with Wei Yongli, Liang Xiaojing and others, and finally she won a valuable bronze medal.
This race is also considered to be the most classic battle of the Chinese women's 100-meter flyer, representing the highest level of the domestic women's 100-meter sprint. In 2020, due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games for a year due to the impact of the epidemic, Kong Lingwei and her boyfriend Shi Jiannan, who has been in love for many years, entered the marriage hall. She once revealed to everyone that her husband Shi Jianan is also a sprinter, but there is still a certain gap in strength compared with Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye and others, and it is difficult for everyone to see Shi Jianan's figure in the World Championships and olympic venues.
It is worth mentioning that Kong Lingwei is two years older than Shi Jiannan. Many netizens joked, "This is the sweetest pair of sister-brother love of the Chinese track and field team"! Kong Lingwei's career peak was from the 2017 season to the 2019 season. At that time, the Chinese women's 100 meters event had a number of strong players such as Wei Yongli, Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi and so on, and had the strength to impact the top eight of the World Championships. At the Rio Olympics, Kong Lingwei and his teammates failed to beat the best record in history, but in the series of subsequent competitions, several Chinese girls continued to surpass themselves, especially in the women's 4 by 100 meters relay event.
At the 2019 World Championships, Kong Lingwei and his teammates helped the Chinese women's relay team return to the final after 22 years. But unfortunately, in the final, she and Ge Manqi made mistakes in the handover of the baton, and the Chinese team was finally found guilty of fouls. After the game, Kong Lingwei was caught in huge public pressure, and she also blamed herself in an interview, believing that it was because of her mistakes that the team failed to achieve good results in the final, and the mood needed time to calm down. As teammates, Wei Yongli, Liang Xiaojing and Ge Manqi also gave Kong Lingwei the greatest encouragement and comfort. Today, although Kong Lingwei has faded out of the field, he has begun a happy journey.
(Luo Treasurer)