On July 23, Beijing time, the 2022 Oregon Athletics World Championships entered the 8th day in Eugene, USA, and Liu Shiying regretted that she did not win the medal. In the second place in the first five rounds, Liu Shiying was overtaken by two opponents in the last round, and she was fourth with 63 meters 25 and missed the medal. Australia's Babel successfully defended his title with 66m 91.
In recent years, the women's javelin has become a highly competitive event for the Chinese team, and Liu Shiying successfully won the gold medal in the event at the Tokyo Olympic Games. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Liu Shiying and Lu Huihui won silver and bronze medals respectively, which are enough to prove the strength of the Chinese women's javelin.
The Chinese team sent Liu Shiying and Lu Huihui to participate in this World Championship. Due to the impact of the epidemic, most of the domestic athletics events have been postponed or cancelled, which has had a certain impact on Liu Shiying and Lu Huihui to find the status of the competition. In the preliminaries of the World Championships, Lu Huihui only threw a score of 57 meters 59, and she did not qualify for the final in 16th place. Liu Shiying played steadily, she threw a personal season best of 63 meters and 86 meters, easily locking in the final qualification. Japan's Hazel Kitaguchi and the defending champion Australia's Babel and others have successfully reached the final.
Although the number of competitions this year is not much, after the baptism of the Olympic Games, Liu Shiying has become more mature, and she is a strong contender for women's javelin medals and even gold medals. Liu Shiying's best time in her career is 67 meters 29, and I don't know if she can make a breakthrough at the World Championships. In addition to Liu Shiying, Babel and the Czech Republic's O'Gronikova both had a best time of more than 67 meters, but they were in average form this season, and their best time in the season before the World Championships did not exceed 63 meters, which also indicated that the competition for the women's javelin final would be very fierce.
In the first round, Liu Shiying slowed down a bit in the last moments of the run, the shooting speed was good, the javelin flew over the 60-meter line, and the final result was 61 meters 67. Australia's Little threw 63m22 in the first round, and she ranked first after the first round, Babbel was 2nd with 62m 67, Hakuguchi Hazel was 3rd with 62m 07, and Liu Shiying was temporarily 4th. In the second round, Liu Shiying fouled without results, the United States Wenger threw 61 meters 96, she surpassed Liu Shiying to rise to 4th, Liu Shiying fell to 5th after two rounds. Babel improved his personal best to 62 metres 92 in the second round.
In the third round, Liu Shiying's shooting speed was average, the javelin had just crossed 60 meters, and her result was 60 meters 22. Babel continued to improve his form, assisted the run, shot very powerfully, the javelin shot speed and angle are very good, crossed the 65m line, the final result is 66m 91, she surpassed her compatriot Little to rise to the first place. After the first three rounds, Babel led the way, Liu Shiying continued to rank 5th, and she successfully entered the final three rounds.
Liu Shiying played well in the fourth round, running, shooting very coherently, the speed and angle of the shot were good, the javelin was stuck near the 65m line, the measurement was 63m 25, and she surpassed Little to rise to 2nd place. After that, several players did not surpass Liu Shiying, and after four rounds, Babel continued to lead, with Liu Shiying and Little ranking second and third. In the fifth round, Liu Shiying's result was still valid, throwing 61 meters 75. None of the other runners crossed the 63 meters, and Liu Shiying was still in second place after five rounds.
In the last round, North Mouth Hazelnut struggled to get a score of 63 meters 27, surpassing Liu Shiying in second place. Wenger also performed well, throwing a javelin close to the 65m line, the result was 64m 05, she squeezed out the North Mouth Hazel second place, Liu Shiying was squeezed to fourth place. Liu Shiying's last throw angle is not good, the result is not good, she chose to foul, so Liu Shiying won the 4th, regrettably missed the medal, Babbel successfully defended the title.