On August 19, 2023, Beijing time, the Budapest Athletics World Championships officially began, this time the Chinese track and field team sent a total of 41 athletes to compete, among which, in the women's shot put, 34-year-old Gong Lijiao played again, which is also the ninth World Championships in her career, and still has the possibility of winning medals and even hitting gold medals!
At last year's Eugene World Championships, Gong Lijiao did not win the gold medal because of her condition, and she will compete again this year, and she herself is full of confidence and bluntly said that she will regain everything she lost last year.
Obviously, after nearly a year of training, the 34-year-old Gong Lijiao has also improved significantly in his personal condition, and his best throw this season is 20.06 seconds, which is also ranked second in the world among all the players this season, second only to the 20.45 meters thrown by the American Evan, but this athlete is not enough to make Gong Lijiao worry too much, after all, the 20.45 meters in the whole season is the only time she has broken through the 20 meters. Gong Lijiao's real opponent is still defending champion Yili, who also has a best time of 20.06 meters this season.
Two years ago the Tokyo Olympics should be Gong Lijiao's peak, when her championship time was 20.58 seconds, but after the Tokyo Olympics, due to injuries and age, Gong Lijiao's personal state did have a lot of ups and downs, and the results were not particularly ideal, fortunately, after entering 2023, Gong Lijiao's performance has improved again, and I hope that she can successfully win the third gold medal of her career in her ninth World Championships journey!