In the women's 20km race of the 2024 World Race Walking Team Championships in Antalya, Turkey, Peng Li, a 2021 undergraduate student of the School of Management of Lanzhou University and a member of the high-level track and field team who represented the Chinese team, finished the race in 1 hour 33 minutes 02 seconds, and helped the Chinese team win the team championship with teammates Ma Zhenxia, Shi Yuxia, Yin Lamei and Ji Haiying, which is also the first gold medal won by high-level athletes of Lanzhou University in the world competition of track and field events.
Standing on the stage of the World Championships, one of the world's three major athletics events (Olympic Games, World Championships, and World Cup), Peng Li has surpassed many times in the competition, but she is not satisfied with the time of 1 hour, 33 minutes and 02 seconds. She said: "After I was selected for the national team in September last year, I have been training hard, adjusting my condition, waiting for the opportunity to play for my country, this is my first time competing abroad, I was nervous, I didn't play my best. ”
Peng Li in the game
In March this year, in the 2024 World Athletics Federation Race Walking Tour National Race Walking Grand Prix (Leg 1) and Paris Olympic Trials held in Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, Peng Li dared to work hard and won the second place in the women's senior 20km race walk with a time of 1 hour, 27 minutes and 26 seconds, becoming the first athlete in the history of Lanzhou University to successfully meet the participation standard of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
As the first athlete from Lanzhou University to reach the Olympic standard, Peng Li said, "Whether I can represent the Chinese team in the Olympic Games depends on my competitive state and personal results, but I have always dreamed of standing on the world's highest podium and singing the national anthem to watch the five-star red flag rise." ”
Peng Li from Guoshi Village, Jingxing Town, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, was the main force of the class basketball team in junior high school, showing her athletic talent on the court. Later, with his outstanding performance, he was selected into Pu'er Sports Vocational High School and began to practice race walking. In May 2016, he successfully entered the Yunnan Provincial Team and began to train at a higher level.