June 30 is the deadline for the track and field events of the Paris Olympic Games, and finally, the Chinese women's 4X100m relay event Paris dream was shattered.
At the 2024 World Relay Championships in early May, the Chinese 4X100m relay women's team composed of Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi and Li Yuting failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
According to the rules, of the 16 quota places for the 4x100m relay, 14 will be awarded at the World Relay Championships, while the remaining two will be awarded according to the World Athletics Relay Rankings from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024.
With a time of 43.03 seconds in the World Relay Championships, the Chinese women's relay team once ranked second among the teams that did not qualify for the Olympic Games.
However, on June 11, at the European Athletics Championships, the Belgian team ran 42.85 seconds. As a result, the Chinese team was squeezed out of the Olympic qualifying line. Although the Chinese girl also participated in some international competitions, she tried to break 42.85 seconds, but failed.
The 2024 National Track and Field Championships and National Track and Field Grand Prix Finals will be held in Rizhao, Shandong Province from June 28 to 30, and many sports fans believe that this is the last chance for the Chinese women's team to impact the Paris Olympics. But in fact, according to the relevant rules, the Chinese team must run 42.85 seconds to complete the reversal with at least three overseas teams participating, so the national championship does not meet the rules.
In the end, the relay main force of the national team did not participate in the relay race together, focusing on individual events.
After the game, the 32-year-old veteran Wei Yongli posted on social platforms, saying that he wanted to rest for a while: "Yes, it's time for me to rest, so give yourself a vacation." ”
From the three cycles of Rio, Tokyo and Paris, Wei Yongli, Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Kong Lingwei, Yuan Qiqi, Huang Guifen and other female flyers formed the "golden generation" of Chinese women's sprinting. At the Rio Olympics, the Chinese women's 4×100m relay team (Yuan Qiqi, Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi, Liang Xiaojing) ranked eighth among all teams in the preliminaries, but the United States team made a mistake and appealed for a replay, and finally squeezed out the final position of the Chinese team, which also became one of the most controversial penalties of that Olympics.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's team (Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi, Huang Guifen, Wei Yongli) entered the final and finished sixth, creating the best result in history.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, the Chinese team (Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Yuan Qiqi, Ge Manqi) won the gold medal.
As the veterans grow older and the rising stars represented by Chen Yujie, the "golden generation" of Chinese women's sprinting will gradually come to an end, but their shining moments will be cherished forever.
(Michau Sports)