At the just-concluded Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese athletics women's sprint relay team won the sixth place in the 4*100m relay, creating a new history. This honor belongs not only to the 4 amazing girls on the field, but also to everyone on the women's sprint relay team. The reporter learned that on this trip to the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese Athletics Women's Sprint Relay Team sent a 5+1 lineup, including Li Yuting of the athletics team of Yangzi Middle School affiliated to Nanjing Normal University.
Li Yuting (first from right) in the national team training
Born in 2002, Li Yuting, who just turned 19 this year, was discovered by Mao Zijian, the coach of the Athletics Team of Yangzi Middle School, with excellent results in a competition in junior high school, and then entered Yangzi Middle School as a sports student to study and train. In the three years of high school, under the careful guidance of Coach Mao, Li Yuting's achievements improved by leaps and bounds, and she successfully entered Nanjing University as a high-level athlete.
Li Yuting (back row middle)
"Li Yuting is a very talented athlete." Speaking of his love general, Teacher Mao Zijian was full of praise. He commented that Li Yuting's running posture is relaxed and her ability to maintain high speed is very strong. It is reported that in 2017, only half a year after following Mao Zijian's teacher for systematic training, Li Yuting reached the level of a national first-class athlete. In 2019, she was successfully selected for the national team. In 2021, at the National Championships, Li Yuting won the third place in the women's 100 meters (11.44 seconds) and the 4*100 meters championship, and then was successfully selected for the main team of the 4*100 meters relay at the Tokyo Olympic Games. "Li Yuting is a very simple child, and in training, she always pays attention to the improvement of her grades, and will not be bothered by the immediate gains and losses, which is very rare." Coach Mao told reporters that although Li Yuting failed to leave a galloping figure on the field at the Tokyo Olympic Games, as the youngest member of the relay team, coming to the stage of the Olympic Games has a different meaning for her. "She told me on the phone that being able to get up close and personal with the world's top athletes is a great motivator for her. I believe that this experience will also lay a persistent foundation for her career development. ”
The reporter learned that as the first batch of sunshine sports schools in Nanjing, Yangzi Middle School has been committed to promoting the development of the school's sports career, under the hard work of the school's athletics coachEs Wang Daoqin and Mao Zijian, a large number of athletics students have been admitted to Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, Southeast University, Fudan University, Tongji University and other well-known universities. At present, the school's sports work is carried out in an orderly manner, in addition to athletics, basketball, football, volleyball, table tennis and aerobics and many other sports have achieved good results in provincial and municipal competitions, and won many individual and collective honors.
Correspondent Sun Xu Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Wang Xuerui
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