A total of three Chinese athletes qualified for the women's 20km race walk at the World Championships, namely Yang Jiayu, Ma Zhenxia and Liu Hong, and the women's 20km race walk world record is Yang Jiayu 1 hour, 23 minutes and 49 seconds, (2021).
The race has begun, the first kilometer, Yang Jiayu walked in the first place, in the second kilometer was overtaken by Peruvian García Leon, but Yang Jiayu was not thrown off and remained in second place.
The race has been almost 6 kilometers, Yang Jiayu has walked very steadily, always remaining in second place, and another Chinese athlete, Ma Zhenxia, is also in the first group, closely following Peru's García León.
The race has been 10 kilometers, Yang Jiayu has walked very steadily, and is now in fourth place, another Chinese athlete, Ma Zhenxia, is in seventh place, both in the first group, and veteran Liu Hong is in 17th place. At the top of the list is Peru's García León. It was a very tough race, at the beginning, the speed was very fast, but when it came to 10 kilometers, the speed was slowly decreasing. It takes 43 minutes and 43 seconds to finish 10km, and the expected finish time is more than 1 hour and 25 minutes.
The race has already been 13 kilometers, with Italy's Palmisano in first place, and China's two runners, Yang Jiayu and Ma Zhenxia, are always in the first group. There is not much difference between each athlete in the first group, there are eight in total.
The race went to 15 kilometers, Palmisano was still in the first place, the two Chinese athletes were still in the first group, Ma Zhenxia was sixth, Yang Jiayu was eighth, Yang Jiayu fell at the end of the first group, looking at the current state, there are some physical problems.
After 15 kilometers, Spain's Perez rushed out of the leading group, increasing his pace by more than 20 seconds to reach 4:07, walking in the first place, the first group has been opened the gap, Ma Zhenxia is now in fifth, Yang Jiayu fell to eighth, and the gap between first place has formed.
By the 17km, Perez had a large lead, with Australia's Montag, Ma Zhenxia in seventh place, 39 seconds behind, and Yang Jiayu in 11th place, 58 seconds behind.
In the 19km race, Spain's Perez firmly occupied first place, Australia's Montag was second, and China's was to see if he could enter the top eight.
In the end, Spain's Perez won the women's 20km race walk, Australia's Montag was runner-up, Italy's Palmisano was third, China's Ma Zhenxia was seventh, Yang Jiayu was 12th, and veteran Liu Hong finished 17th.
Ma Zhenxia
Yang Jiayu