43.03 seconds! Wei Yongli, the third in the Chinese women's 4X100m relay group, was not 0.05 seconds away from the final

On May 5, Beijing time, the 2024 World Athletics Relay World Championships will start in Nassau, Bahamas. In the just-concluded women's 4X100m relay preliminaries, the Chinese team played by Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi and Li Yuting ranked third in the second group in 43.03 seconds, only 0.05 seconds away from the second Canadian team. The rules of this competition are that the top two in the group advance to the finals, and the Chinese women's team unfortunately missed the finals. The Chinese women's team failed to get a direct ticket to the Paris Olympics and will participate in the second round of the Olympic qualifying tournament tomorrow.

During last month's training camp in the United States, the Chinese women's relay team competed twice. On April 27, the whole team ran 43.63 seconds (Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi, Li Yuting), and on April 30, they ran 43.91 seconds (Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Wei Yongli, Yuan Qiqi). In today's relay World Championships preliminaries, the Chinese team chose the lineup on April 27, and the 32-year-old veteran Wei Yongli failed to play.

Liang Xiaojing, the first baton, reacted well, and the baton between her and the second club Ge Manqi went smoothly. Then Ge Manqi completed the second baton and handed the baton to Yuan Qiqi. When Yuan Qiqi handed over the baton to Li Yuting, the Chinese team was about in third place. Poland's fourth runner was Svoboda, who crossed the finish line first, finishing first in 42.81 seconds.

Li Yuting was narrowly defeated in the final match with Canada's fourth baseman, with Canada finishing second in 42.98 seconds and China third in 43.03 seconds. In the same group, the Jamaican team played erratically, finishing fifth in 43.33 seconds.

Before this race, the best time in this event in Asia this season was 43.63 seconds run by the Chinese team, and the Chinese team improved the best time of the Asian season by 0.6 seconds. If the Chinese team is replaced by Chen Yujie, it should be possible to catch up with the Canadian team and even the Polish team.