On July 25, the 2022 World Championships in Athletics came to an end in Eugene, USA, with the host team USA topping the medal table with 13 gold, 9 silver and 11 bronze. The Chinese athletics team won a total of 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze, ranking fifth in the medal table after the United States, Ethiopia, Jamaica and Kenya, and at least 6 medals were recorded in the 6 consecutive World Championships.
Feng Bin and Wang Jianan stood on the highest podium in the women's discus and men's long jump events, and in the traditional advantages of women's shot put, women's race walking, women's javelin, Gong Lijiao, Qi Yangshijie, Liu Shiying, Liu Hong and other Olympic champions played well, and Zhu Yaming, Li Ling and other famous players also made breakthroughs in their respective projects. A total of 13 people broke into the top eight in 10 small events, the first world competition in the Paris Olympic cycle, and the Chinese track and field team delivered a perfect answer.
Wang Jianan leapt to history. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Xiaoling
Answer
Fifth in the medal table, with 13 people breaking into the top eight
In the long history of the Athletics World Championships, the United States team is the absolute hegemon, after a total of 170 gold, 117 silver and 94 bronze, and the second-place German team won 62 gold, 61 silver and 66 bronze. Since entering the 21st century, with their respective sprint and middle-distance running advantages, Jamaica and Kenya have threatened the dominance of the American team at several World Championships, but the overall strength of the latter is better.
The Chinese athletics team also has its own traditional advantages in sports, ranking at the forefront in women's race walking, women's throwing and other events. Since the 2007 World Championships, gold medals have been recorded at every World Championship, and since the 2011 World Championships, at least 6 medals have been won at each World Championship, gradually occupying a place on the highly competitive World Championship stage.
Three years ago, at the World Championships in Doha, the Chinese team won 3 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze, ranking fourth in the medal table, 3 gold medals second only to the 1993 World Championships, and 9 medals equaling the record of the 2015 World Championships, which can be described as a big harvest. Transferred to the Eugene World Championships, the Chinese team won 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze, although the number of medals has decreased, but the distribution of good results is more comprehensive.
At the 2019 World Championships, the 9 medals of the Chinese team all came from the women's race walk and women's throwing events, of which the women's race walk won 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze, and the women's shot put, javelin and chain ball won 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze and 1 bronze respectively. Three years later, in Eugene, the medals of the Chinese team came from the women's discus, men's long jump, women's shot put, women's race walk, men's triple jump and other events.
The Chinese team sent a total of 53 athletes to the Eugene World Championships to participate in 23 sub-events, of which 10 sub-events totaled 13 people to break into the top eight. Regardless of the number of medals and the number of finalists, the performance of the Chinese team is outstanding, and it is in the second group with Ethiopia, Jamaica, Kenya and The United Kingdom.
Feng Bin won the gold medal at the World Championships for the Chinese women's discus after 11 years. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Xiaoling
surprise
Women's discus Feng Bin won the gold, and the men's long jump Wang Jia Nan won the first crown
Since Min Chunfeng won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships, Chinese players have been regulars in the finals of the World Championships, and have won the top eight of the World Championships 16 times, and at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, famous Li Yanfeng won the first gold medal at the Chinese women's discus.
After Li Yanfeng and other famous players faded out of the professional arena, the replacement of Chinese women's discus was very successful. Su Xinyue, Chen Yang, Feng Bin and other newcomers stepped forward, since the 2015 World Championships, Chinese female discus players have never missed the world series final, although they failed to stand on the podium again, but always chased the footsteps of their predecessors.
Until the Eugene World Championships, Feng Bin, who competed alone, brought surprises. In the women's discus final on July 21, Feng Bin's first shot was a significant personal best with 69 meters 12, and finally pushed Perkovic and Arman, two Olympic champions, to win the championship, and at the age of 28, she won the second gold in the history of the Chinese women's discus in the history of the World Championships.
The breakthrough in the men's long jump was even more shocking. In the final on July 17, Wang Jiannan jumped 8 meters 36 in the last jump, and won the championship against Olympic champion Tentoglo, which not only won the first gold medal at the Eugene World Championships for the Chinese athletics team, but also became the first men's athletics world championships champion in the history of Chinese athletics.
Prior to that, China's men's long jump world championship best record was bronze medal, created by Wang Jiannan in 2015, and now he has successfully broken the record he holds. In addition, after Liu Xiang, Wang Hao and Chen Ding won the championship, Wang Jiannan also became the fourth men's world champion in the history of Chinese athletics, helping China to achieve a historic breakthrough in men's athletics and men's long jump.
Gong Lijiao won his seventh World Championship medal. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ying
Star
Sister Qieyang Shi won the third place twice, and Gong Lijiao 7 times on the podium
At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, The Chinese women's race walk showed strong dominance, Liu Hong, Qie Yangshijie and Yang Liujing won the top three places in the women's 20 km race walk, and Liang Rui and Li Maocuo won the gold and silver medals in the women's 50 km race walk. Compared with 3 years ago, the performance of Chinese women's races in Eugene is relatively flat, but considering the influence of many factors, this year's results have been particularly difficult.
In the women's 20 km race walk, the Chinese team sent a combination of old and new teams, Liu Hong, Qieyang Shijie, two Olympic champions, as well as Ma Zhenxia and Wu Quanming, Tou, Anderson won a valuable bronze medal, and Liu Hong won the fifth place. Since 2009, Chinese athletes have reached the podium of the project for seven consecutive world championships, while the number of medals has increased to 15, continuing to rank first among all participating teams.
The women's 35 km race walk is a new event at the Eugene World Championships, and in the absence of Liang Rui, the last women's 50 km race walk champion, Cheyang Shijie shouldered the heavy responsibility and did both, and finally won another bronze medal for the Chinese team. Although there are regrets, it points out the way for Chinese women to race in the Paris Olympic cycle.
As the Olympic champion of Xinke, this year is Gong Lijiao's eighth time to compete in the World Championships, in addition to the sixth place in the 2007 World Championships, since winning the bronze medal for the first time in 2009, Gong Lijiao has never fallen out of the top three, and in 2017 and 2019, he also achieved two consecutive world championships, and the previous 7 world championships won a total of 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze.
Judging from the play of this World Championship, Gong Lijiao's final result of 20 meters 39 is already outstanding enough, higher than the final result of the past 7 World Championships, but the American Player Chase Elie is at the peak of his career, and this year he has refreshed his personal best results, and Gong Lijiao finally lost his opponent. Even so, the 33-year-old Gong Lijiao still has a full harvest, and she won her seventh world championship medal on the eighth world championship trip of her career.
Zhu Yaming achieved a breakthrough of zero medals at the World Championships for the Chinese men's triple jump. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Xiaoling
breakthrough
Li Ling's world championship ranking reached a new high, and Zhu Yaming won a medal in the competition
In addition to the gold medalists and the new honors achieved by the Olympic champions, every breakthrough made by Chinese track and field athletes is also worthy of applause.
Song Jiayuan won the sixth place in women's shot put, He Xianghong won the fifth place in the men's 35 km race walk, Luo Na won the eighth place in women's chain ball, and Li Ling won the sixth place in the women's pole vault, although these athletes did not stand on the podium, but the improvement in performance or ranking is obvious to all, and will greatly promote the progress of their respective projects.
Taking the women's pole vault as an example, 3 players from the Chinese team achieved full participation, and two players reached the final, of which 33-year-old Li Ling participated in the World Championships for the fifth time, enduring injuries and won the sixth place, creating the best place in the World Championships and the second best result in the World Championships of the Chinese women's pole vault.
The men's triple jump is a historic breakthrough. After the runner-up at the Tokyo Olympics, Zhu Yaming jumped 17 meters 31 at the Eugene World Championships and won a valuable bronze medal, which is also the first medal in the history of the Chinese men's triple jump in the history of the World Championships, the project ushered in a new starting point, and the Paris Olympic cycle has a very bright future.
Attached: List of the top eight of the Chinese athletics team Eugene World Championships
Women's Discus: Feng Bin, Gold Medal
Men's long jump: Wang Jiannan, gold medal
Women's Shot Put: Gong Lijiao, Silver Medal; Song Jiayuan, sixth place
Women's 20km race walk: Cheyang Shijie, bronze medal; Liu Hong, fifth place
Women's 35km race walk: Cheyang Shijie, bronze medal; Li Maocuo, seventh place
Men's Triple Jump: Zhu Yaming, Bronze Medal
Women's Javelin: Liu Shiying, fourth place
Men's 35 km race walk: He Xianghong, fifth place
Women's pole vault: Li Ling, sixth place
Women's Chain Ball: Rhona, 8th place
Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin
Edited by Zhang Yunfeng
Proofread by Zhao Lin