Full eye fax | Three records in a year, the first time in history, the Chinese men's marathon is a god
In the past year, there has been a blowout in the Chinese men's marathon, and the national record has been broken three times, which is unprecedented. Once upon a time, it was difficult for the Chinese men's marathon to break the record, and it was even more difficult to break the 2 hours and 10 minutes mark, and on March 24, the famous He Jie raised the national record to a height of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 57 seconds, which is gratifying.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time He Jie has broken the national record, in the Wuxi Marathon held on March 19 last year, he broke the national record of 2 hours 08 minutes and 15 seconds with 2 hours 7 minutes 30 seconds, which was run by Ren Longyun in 2007 and was sealed for 16 years. Happily, He Jie's record has not existed for a year, more accurately more than 8 months, and the record breaker is Yang Shaohui, when he improved the national record to 2 hours, 7 minutes and 09 seconds. It should be noted that when He Jie broke the national record in the Wuxi Marathon, he was followed by Yang Shaohui, and his results also exceeded the national record held by Ren Longyun.
In 1993, Zhang Fukui and Hu Gangjun broke the national record, and Hu Gangjun later ran into the 2 hours and 10 minutes mark, becoming an iconic figure in the history of Chinese marathon.
The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves. Now He Jie has broken the national record for the second time, and he has also become the first Chinese athlete to run the 2 hours and 7 minutes mark, pushing the Chinese men's marathon level one step further, and he and Yang Shaohui have jointly staged three national records in 13 months, which is the first time in the history of Chinese men's marathon.
Many people know that China's women's marathon has run into the world's top level, Wang Junxia and Bai Xue won the World Cup Marathon and the World Track and Field Championships marathon champions respectively, and Sun Yingjie and others have reached the world's top level. In fact, the Chinese men's marathon level has also run into the world's first-class level, which was in the mid-to-late 50s of the 20th century.
At the 1958 National Marathon Championships held in Beijing, the top four athletes Zheng Zhaoxin, Zhang Yuncheng, Li Cunye and You Yunting were all faster than the 1956 Melbourne Olympic champions. In the 1965 National Marathon Test Race, Zhang Yuncheng ran a time of 2 hours, 16 minutes and 57 seconds 4 seconds, setting the best result in the country and ranking 10th in the world ranking list that year.
The men's marathon level of Japan and South Korea has reached or has reached the world-class level, as well as the feat of winning the Olympic Games, which shows that the Chinese men's marathon is fully capable of continuously narrowing the gap with the top level of the marathon, and is fully capable of launching an attack on a higher goal.
In the past 10 years, the marathon has been vigorously carried out in the land of China, and the mass foundation has become more and more solid, and the elite strength has been continuously improved. This phenomenon sends a signal: the Chinese men's marathon is worth looking forward to.