A few days ago, in the 2023 World Race Walking Tour Dutince in Slovakia, Chinese athlete and Olympic champion Liu Hong broke the Asian record in the women's 35km race walk with a time of 2 hours, 40 minutes and 06 seconds, and set a new personal best of the season. After the competition, the 35-year-old mother-level athlete attracted the attention of many netizens, everyone praised Liu Hong and encouraged her to strive for the gold medal in the Paris Olympics and create a new history of world athletics. As a four-time world champion and Olympic champion, Liu Hong, who is still active in the arena, has become a benchmark in Chinese athletics!
After Liu Hong broke the Asian record in the women's 25km race walk, the Chinese team also performed well in the men's 35km final. Cui Lihong won a valuable bronze medal with a time of 2 hours and 29 minutes, and set a personal best. Another Chinese player, Bian Tongda, recorded a time of 2 hours, 32 minutes and 12 seconds, also achieving a personal best of the season. This is the first time that the Chinese race walking team has competed with many experts in Slovakia in the 2023 season, and won one silver and one bronze in the men's and women's 35km race walking events, which greatly exceeded the pre-competition expectations.
Race walking is the traditional advantage of the Chinese track and field team, and it was once one of the team's most stable Olympic gold points. At the 2012 London Olympics, China's Chen Ding won the men's 20km race walk, while Cheyangshi was promoted to gold after testing positive for doping by Russian athletes in the women's race walk. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Liu Hong won the women's 20km race walk final by a landslide, helping the Chinese team successfully defend her title. During the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Liu Hong chose to bid farewell to the competition and became a mother athlete.
In order to be able to catch up with the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Hong made great efforts. In the end, in the Olympic women's 20km race walk final, Liu Hong did her best and successfully stood on the podium. The Paris Olympics are approaching, and as a veteran of the Chinese track and field team, Liu Hong is still looking forward to competing in the Olympics again. In this World Race Walking Tour Dutince race, 35-year-old Liu Hong once again brought a surprise to everyone. In the women's 35km final, she achieved a time of 2 hours, 40 minutes and 6 seconds, breaking the Asian record while also setting a personal best.
Liu Hong won four World Championships in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019, and holds the world record in the women's 50km race walk. Now, she has set a new Asian record in the women's 35km race walk. In this regard, netizens praised: "The sword is not old!" In the men's 35km race walk final, the Chinese Legion also had many new personal bests. Cui Lihong finished third with a time of 2 hours and 29 minutes, and although Bian Tongda was eighth, he also set a new personal best of the season.
(Luo Treasurer)