On May 13-14, the two-day 2024 National Track and Field Grand Prix (fourth stop) Qingdao Station came to an end. The relatively cool weather in Qingdao saved the middle and long distance runners from the sweltering heat of the previous races.
However, the performance of the middle-distance running event can only be described as average. Except for Wendu Rihu, who performed well in the men's 3000m steeplechase final, the overall level of other events was not high.
This year, among the most popular post-05 athletes in Chinese track and field, two 15-year-old players, Chen Yujie and Yan Ziyi, both came to Qingdao, and coincidentally both of them are from Ningbo Sports School.
In this competition, Chen Yujie signed up for the 100m and 200m events, and in the women's 100m preliminaries on the morning of the 13th, she advanced to the final with 11.62 seconds (+0.2). On the afternoon of the 13th, in the 200m heats, he once again won the first place overall, with a time of 24.26 seconds (-2.2).
In the women's 100m final in the last competition unit, Chen Yujie, who ran four shots in two days, was slightly tired and won the third place with a score of 11.76 (-0.9), Shaanxi Feng Lulu won the championship with a PB score of 11.49 (-0.9), and Shanghai Ding Chao won the second place with a score of 11.75 (-0.9).
Starting from the 2023 season, Yan Ziyi has maintained an undefeated record. If the scientific and systematic training mode can be maintained, I believe that the 15-year-old will shoulder the hope of the Chinese women's javelin to reach the top of the world again.
In the men's javelin final, Henan star Hu Haoran is the Chinese male javelin player with the highest Olympic points ranking. In this competition, Hu Haoran won the championship with the third throw of 79.28 meters. Although Hu Haoran's world ranking is not yet in the top 32, he still retains the hope of qualifying for the Paris Olympics.
Although the Hangzhou Asian Games champion Xiong Shiqi did not participate in this competition, Jiangsu player Tan Mengyi won the championship with a good score of 6.62 meters in the sixth jump, which allowed her to rank first in China and third in Asia this season.
On May 12, Liu Dezhu ran a good time of 3:37.93 at the International Track and Field Championships in Japan, not only refreshing his personal PB, but also creating the best result in the Chinese men's 1500m in the past 21 years. On the evening of the 13th, in the men's 1500m preliminaries, a total of 73 people participated, competing for 12 finals according to their results. In addition to Liu Dezhu, Tsinghua Li Junlin and Ma Zhongqiang did not appear in Qingdao.
However, the good weather conditions did not translate into a large number of good results, and no one ran 3:50 in the preliminaries. In addition to Yang Guobin, including Xi Xiaoheng, Tao Peilin, Wang Shaojie and other celebrities successfully advanced, and Xie Dongsheng, who interrupted systematic training for a long time because of a foot injury, also advanced to the finals, which is admirable.
The final was scheduled to be held on the evening of the 14th, and the weather was cool, which was also conducive to the athletes' results. After the start, Wang Shaojie rushed out of the big group, followed by Zhejiang Lu Liang, and looked back from time to time, but the others did not follow them.
In the last 400 meters, Wang Shaojie's physical strength declined, and Lu Liang continued to maintain the lead, but the speed decreased significantly. At the final sprint moment, Xi Xiaoheng, Tao Peilin, and Xu Ziang overtook Lu Liang and won the top three.
The trio scored 3:47.93, 3:48.43 and 3:48.61. In the men's 1500m of this station, the scale of 73 participants, only Xi Xiaoheng reached the athlete standard of 3:48.00, and the overall level was not outstanding.
In recent years, the overall level of the women's 1500m is not high, and only Wang Chunyu has reached the 4:18.00 standard in the 2023 season.
In the women's 1500m race, a total of 33 people participated, and the focus players Xu Hui (4:25.91), Wu Hongjiao (4:24.71), Zhang Nan (4:27.36), Zhang Xinyan (4:27.84) and other famous players all successfully advanced to the finals on the evening of the 14th.
The final started in the turtle speed, everyone was reluctant to lead, until the last 400 meters, the real competition began, Xu Hui was the first to rush out, and only the main event 800 meters Yunnan star Wu Hongjiao could follow.
Xu Hui, who was full of firepower, failed to maintain the finish line, and was overtaken by Wu Hongjiao in the last few tens of meters, and Wu Hongjiao won the championship with a time of 4:32.52, and the last lap took 58 seconds. Xu Hui won the second place in 4:33.41, and Gansu Ji Xinyue won the third place in 4:34.07.
In the men's 3000m steeplechase final, 43 people were divided into three groups, and the competition was scheduled to be held in the morning, the temperature was not high, but more than half of the track had strong sunshine.
In the second group, Luo Chun, Wang Shaojie and Yunnan Fu Youqian alternately lead, but they did not let go of the momentum until the last 400 meters, Fu Youqian got rid of other opponents, the first to cross the line, creating 8:52.66 personal PB, Luo Chun (8:54.45) ranked second, Hebei Chi Baojiang (9:01.02) ranked third.
In the third group, the focus is Tashi Tsering, as the runner-up of the Shaanxi National Games, Tashi Tsering ran 8:36 twice last year, and also participated in the Asian Championships and Asian Games. This year's Grand Prix Hangzhou also won the championship with 8:42.54, but in the last two Grand Prix, Tashi Tsering's form is not very good.
At the beginning of the game, Tashi Tsering adopted the leading tactics as usual, and halfway through the race, Tashi Tsering, Chen Wenjie, and veterans Xu Pengcheng and Yu Shuiqing continued to alternate leading positions.
Entering the last lap, Chen Wenjie took the lead, but was soon surpassed by Yu Shuiqing. In the end, Yu Shuiqing ranked first in the group with a score of 8:49.63, and ranked second overall in the final, also creating a personal best.
Chen Wenjie finished third overall with a time of 8:51.22 in the final. Tashi Tsering, who finished 14th overall with a score of 9:05.72, said after the race that he was not comfortable with training in Chengdu, and that he hoped to return to the plateau to train.
The women's 3000m hurdles are scheduled to start after 10 a.m., when the temperature is much warmer. Although the famous Xu Shuangshuang competed in Japan, he was absent from this competition. But it still gathered famous generals such as Zhang Xinyan, Luo Xia and Bai Li.
In the first group, Yang Yiting began to lead after the start, and Zhang Xinyan, the national record holder of the project, adopted the tactics of following the run, but soon overtook and led all the way to the finish line, because he did not encounter the challenge of other runners, and the results were not good, only 10:04.71, and did not open the 10-point mark.
In the second group, after the start, Bai Li, who had already qualified for the marathon of the Paris Olympics, ran at the front, and after more than 1,000 meters, Luo Xia accelerated and began to lead.
In the end, Luo Xia ranked first in the group with a score of 10:05.15 and ranked second overall, and Gansu player Wang Panpan ranked third overall with 10:15.77.
As the women's 3000m hurdle that has appeared in the Olympic Games, World Championships and other international competitions for many times, except for Xu Shuangshuang, who has run in 9 minutes and 40 seconds this season, the overall level is still very low.
In the 2023 season, many people should have not forgotten the National Track and Field Grand Prix held in Rizhao, when in the men's 10,000-meter final, with less than 50 participants, 15 people reached the athlete standard, and Zong Qinghua and Tashi Tsering both ran PB times of 28:45.
The conditions of the men's 10,000-meter race in this station are not worse than last year's sunshine, but the results of the race are not as good as expected, and none of the 71 people in the final scored 29 points.
In the first group, the speed of the first 400 meters was not slow, and Xu Wenhao, Yang Kegu, Ma Wenliang and Feng Peiyou and others led alternately. In the last 400 meters, Feng Peiyou always maintained the lead and won the first place in the group with a time of 29:16.93, Xu Wenhao won the second place in the group with a time of 29:19.25, Ma Wenliang won the third place in the group with a time of 29:19.46, and Wang Congzheng won the fourth place with a score of 29:27.81, and the top four all created PB.
Because the marathon event of the National Games needs to have a 10,000-meter race, the legendary veteran Dong Guojian made a comeback after three years and appeared in the 10,000-meter field again, which was also the final battle of his 10,000-meter field.
Looking back on his career of more than 20 years, 17 years ago in the men's 5000m final of the 2007 National Track and Field Championships, Dong Guojian won the championship strongly and won the first national championship in his life.
In the second group, Tashi Tsering made a comeback, and the cool weather made him a lot more comfortable as he was not heat-tolerant. Several people in the leading group tacitly took the lead alternately, and on the way, Tashi Tsering tried to speed up in advance, but was quickly chased back by Yu Shuiqing and others. Since then, Tashi Tsering, Yu Shuiqing, Tian Baoqiang and Rinqing Dongzhibu have alternately led the way.
Yu Shuiqing led the pace race heading into the final 400 meters, followed by Tashi Tsering. In the end, Yu Shuiqing, who was in good form, won the group with a time of 29:12.25, and the last 400m was 58.5 seconds. Wang Hongwei surpassed Tashi Tsering to finish second in the group with 29:14.09, and both also set new PBs.
Tashi Tsering 29:18.29 Group third. Nie Dengyu was sixth in the group at 29:40.64, and the famous Zong Qinghua was seventh in the group at 29:41.81.
After the race, Yu Shuiqing said: The state of the last few races is okay, the running is relatively easy, there is still room for energy, the goal is to fight the last 400 meters, and strive to improve the speed ability. He and Tashi Tsering's group of young players have the same idea, and they also hope to participate in high-level competitions abroad, just like Liu Dezhu. I look forward to the opportunity to go to Japan and fight with the 13:30 players.
In the third group, there were Sang Ji Dongzhi, Wang Qi and Chen Tianyu, who returned from injury, but after the start, the speed was not fast, and everyone ran very conservatively. In the final crossing stage, Wang Qi came back to win the first place in the group, with a score of 29:35.68, Yunnan Luo Xiao 29:35.81 second in the group, Sang Ji Dongzhi 29:38.38 third in the group, and Chen Tianyu 29:53.59 in the sixth group.
Unfortunately, no one could score 29 points in the race due to the weather, but 19 of them exceeded the 29:45.00 standard, more than the other five middle-distance running events combined.
The women's 10,000 meters were scheduled for the morning, and the girls had to enjoy this sunbathing.
In this year's domestic arena, Liang Tiantian, who has not tasted defeat, appeared in the second group of the finals, and the tactics are still the same, the eldest sister Lu Ying took the lead, and soon entered the solo mode, and also crossed the line first with a huge advantage.
Qingdao is the fourth stop of the 2024 National Track and Field Grand Prix, and the overall performance of the athletes in this station is not as good as the first three stations, of course, this has a certain relationship with the fact that many top masters did not come to Qingdao to compete.
But there are other reasons: First, the main members of the Chinese track and field team are training and competing overseas, continuing to compete for the Paris Olympics quota, and will not participate in domestic competitions in the short term.
For example, Xu Shuangshuang's current world ranking still has great hopes of participating in the Paris Olympics; Second, athletes who have already achieved good results in the previous stops will selectively give up the competition in this station and continue to strengthen the cycle training to prepare for the championship and championship in advance.
Especially for athletes who are behind in the rankings of each individual event, if they still do not perform well in the last two stops, they will also be at a disadvantage in terms of points in the National Games.
No one is sure that they can ensure that they will be in the top eight, or that they will successfully get enough points for the National Games.
I hope that the coaches and athletes can summarize the gains and losses in a timely manner, make every effort to do a good job in the next training and competitions, let us look forward to the fifth National Track and Field Grand Prix to be held in Chongqing on May 27, and look forward to the good performance of Chinese track and field athletes.