Zheng Nina helped her grandmother Zheng Fengrong realize her dream of participating in the Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (Special Tokyo reporter Xu Bangyin) On the evening of August 5, after two fierce competition days, the women's heptathlon competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games ended at the New National Stadium, and China's Zheng Ninali won the 10th place with 6318 points, helping her grandmother Zheng Fengrong realize her dream of participating in the Olympic Games.
Zheng Ninali's grandmother was the first athlete in New China to break the world record in athletics, and the first female athlete in New China to break the world record, Zheng Fengrong.
Nina Cheng was born in Canada. On her 20th birthday on November 12, 2018, she submitted a statement to the World Athletics Federation, expressing her willingness to represent China in the Tokyo Olympics, "My grandmother never participated in the Olympic Games when she was an athlete, and I want to help my grandmother realize her dream." ”
According to the rules of the World Athletics Federation, Zheng Ninali failed to represent China in the World Series for three years, until the eve of the Tokyo Olympics, she scored 6358 points in a challenge event held in Spain, creating a personal best, and finally became one of the 24 athletes participating in the women's heptathlon competition at the Tokyo Olympics with the points ranking.
Finally with her grandmother's dream on the stage of the Tokyo Olympic Games, although there is still a gap with the world's top athletes, but in the Olympic stage with the highest level of competition, as the only women's heptathlon in Asia, Zheng Ninali still did her best to create the history of Chinese athletics.
In the 100m hurdles, Nina Zheng ran a personal best of 13.27 seconds. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
In the first race was the 100m hurdles, and Zheng Nina ran 13.27 seconds to create a personal best, ranking 7th among all the runners. In the subsequent high jump, shot put and long jump events, Zheng Ninali's individual ranking was all around 10. With her sharply breaking the PB in tonight's 800m race, winning 6th place in a single event, Zheng Ninali finally finished 10th with 6318 points.
Although she did not win the medal and did not win the top 8, in the women's heptathlon event, the appearance of Zheng Ninali made up for the gap in Chinese athletics, and for the first time, Chinese athletes competed with the world's top athletes. Zheng Ninali is only 22 years old this year, and she still has a lot of time to make more breakthroughs in Chinese athletics.
Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin
Edited by Han Shuangming Proofreader Liu Baoqing