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On May 5, Beijing time, the 2024 World Athletics Relay World Championships ushered in the fierce competition of the women's 4X100m relay preliminaries in Nassau, Bahamas. The Chinese women's relay team composed of Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi and Li Yuting ranked third in the second group with a time of 43.03 seconds in the preliminaries, only 0.05 seconds away from the second-place Canadian team. This is undoubtedly a regret and a blow to the ambitious Chinese women's relay team.
Although the Chinese women's relay team competed twice during last month's training camp in the United States, showing their strength with a time of 43.63 seconds and 43.91 seconds respectively, they failed to perform at their best in this crucial preliminaries. In this game, the Chinese team chose the lineup that ran 43.63 seconds in the United States on April 27, but the 32-year-old veteran Wei Yongli failed to play, which may also be a reason why the Chinese team failed to advance to the finals.
At the beginning of the game, the first stick Liang Xiaojing's starting reaction was good, and the handover with the second stick Ge Manqi was also quite smooth. But as the game progressed, the Chinese team gradually fell behind their opponents. When Yuan Qiqi, the third baseman, handed the baton to Li Yuting, the Chinese team had fallen behind to the third position. In the end, in the final showdown with the Canadian team's fourth base, Li Yuting lost by a slight disadvantage, and the Chinese team ranked third in the group with a time of 43.03 seconds and missed the final.
It is worth mentioning that the Polish team performed exceptionally well, with a time of 42.81 seconds comfortably topping the group, thanks to the excellent performance of the fourth baseman Svoboda. Jamaica, on the other hand, was out of sorts, finishing fifth in 43.33 seconds and failing to qualify for the final.
Although the Chinese women's relay team improved the Asian season best by 0.6 seconds in this race, this result was far from enough. If the Chinese team can replace Chen Yujie, a rookie who has created many good results in college competitions, it may not be impossible to catch up with the Canadian team or even the Polish team.
However, defeat is a foregone conclusion, and the Chinese women's relay team can only set its sights on the second round of the Olympic qualifying tournament tomorrow. This will be their last chance, and it remains to be seen whether they will be able to unleash their potential at the crucial moment and earn themselves a ticket to the Paris Olympics.
As a team with many outstanding players such as Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi, Wei Yongli, etc., the Chinese women's relay team has achieved good results in international competitions many times before. At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, the Chinese women's team won the silver medal with a time of 42.36 seconds, and at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, they broke the Asian record with 42.12 seconds and ranked fourth. However, injuries and ups and downs in form have made the team less effective since the Tokyo Olympic cycle. Missing the final of the World Championships this time will undoubtedly sound the alarm for the players.
For the Chinese women's relay team, tomorrow's Olympic qualifying tournament will be a tough battle that must be won. They need to adjust their mentality, forget about today's defeat and give it their all to get the last chance. No matter what the result is, we all believe that as long as the Chinese women's relay team continues to work hard, it will definitely return to the top and create more glory in the future. Let's look forward to this team showing high morale and tenacious fighting spirit in tomorrow's game, and winning its own glory with strength and sweat!
The Chinese women's relay team missed the final of the World Championships, reflecting that their competitive form after the Tokyo Olympic cycle still needs to be improved. As a strong relay team in Asia, the Chinese women's team has achieved remarkable results in many World Championships and Olympic Games, and has cultivated a number of outstanding players such as Liang Xiaojing and Wei Yongli. However, with the gradual retirement of the veterans and the replacement of the old and the new, there has been some fluctuation and instability in this team.
At the World Championships, the 32-year-old Wei Yongli did not get the opportunity to play, which sparked some discussion about the selection mechanism of the Chinese women's team. On the one hand, Wei Yongli, as the absolute core of the team, has rich experience in the competition and excellent on-the-spot performance ability, and her absence will undoubtedly affect the overall strength of the team. On the other hand, as she gets older, Wei Yongli's form has also seen some ups and downs, and how to find the best balance between veterans and newcomers is a difficult problem for the coaching staff.
In fact, the Chinese women's relay team has made a positive attempt to cultivate newcomers. As a dazzling new star in the college competition, Chen Yujie has attracted everyone's attention with her excellent speed and explosiveness. At this year's National Collegiate Athletics Championships, Chen Yujie won the women's 100-meter championship with a personal best of 10.45 seconds, showing great potential. If she can integrate into the national team system as soon as possible, she may be able to inject new vitality into the Chinese women's team.
Tomorrow's Olympic qualifying tournament, the Chinese women's team will once again face a severe test. They need to quickly adjust their state, put aside today's regrets, and face the challenges with full fighting spirit and high spirit. No matter what the result is, I believe that this team will do its best, interpret China's speed with strength, and show sportsmanship with hard work.
From a longer-term perspective, the Chinese women's relay team still has a lot of room for improvement. With the end of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, the Paris Olympics are getting closer. How to complete self-innovation in the new Olympic cycle and build a team with a more reasonable structure and a fuller echelon will be the direction that the Chinese women's team needs to think about and practice.
Whether it is a veteran or a rookie, whether it is a player or a coach, everyone shoulders the mission of winning glory for the country and contributing to the cause of the Chinese women's relay. I believe that after the baptism of this World Championships, the Chinese women's team will be able to learn lessons, sum up experience, show more outstanding performance in the future arena, and bring more honor and pride to the motherland and the people!