On July 30, Beijing time, the Athletics Competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games kicked off, and Ge Manqi ran 11.20 seconds in the first round of the women's 100 meters to rank 4th in the group, and she qualified for the semi-finals by entering the top 3 of the remaining players with her results. Liang Xiaojing and Wei Yongli were both regrettably out. Wang Yu also stopped the men's high jump preliminaries.
This is the first competition day of the track and field competition, and a big news broke before the start of the track and field, two-time world champion, the American pole vault star Kendricks did not qualify for the new crown.
The most high-profile event in the morning of this match was the first round of the women's 100 meters, and Ge Manqi played in group 1, with daniels from the United States, Smith from the United Kingdom, and Ahor from Côte d'Ivoire. After the start, Daniels quickly took the lead, German kept the rhythm and tried to follow, after entering the run she was firmly in 4th place, and finally sprinted German to 11.20 seconds to hit the line, she won the 4th place in the group. Daniels finished first in 11.04 seconds, with Smith and Ahor in second and third place.
According to the rules, the top three in each group can directly advance, and the remaining three athletes with the best results can also advance to the semi-finals. In the second group, defending champion Jamaica's Thompson easily ran 10.82 seconds, she was clearly relieved in the sprint, and she was able to run this result, which is evident in her strength. The 4th place in this group was 11.21 seconds, which was slower than German.com.
Liang Xiaojing appeared in the 3rd group, Liang Xiaojing's starting reaction was somewhat slow, and she did not rush out in the first 30 meters. When running on the way in, although Liang Xiaojing tried to catch up, she still did not enter the top three, and she finished 5th in 11.40 seconds. Germany's Boghardt took first place in the group in 11.08 seconds, and the fourth place in this group was Njob of Zambia, with a time of 11.40 seconds, compared to Liang Xiaojing in the thousand seconds.
Wei Yongli appeared in group 7 and the last group, Wei Yongli was in the second lane, and her best time this year was only 11.52 seconds. Wei Yongli's starting response was good, she ran very hard when she accelerated her start, but felt that she did not have enough strength to run, and she was left behind on the way in, and she finished 6th in the group in 11.48 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago's Ahe was first in 11.06 seconds.
Combining the results of each group, Tarau, who ran 10.78 seconds in group 4, ranked first. Ge Manqi ranked 20th and reached the semi-finals as the remaining 3 best performers. Liang Xiaojing ranked 32nd and Wei Yongli ranked 38th, and they were both unfortunately out.
In the men's high jump preliminaries, Wang Yu appeared in Group B. The starting height is 2 meters 17, and Wang Yu once crossed the pole. Next, the crossbar rose to 2 meters 21, and Wang Yu also crossed the pole once. Unfortunately, at a height of 2 meters 25, Wang Yu was stuck, and after three attempts, he ranked 10th in the group with 2 meters 21. Qatar's Bassimu crossed 2.28 metres and did not continue, and he finished first in Group B. In Group A, Akimenko, a representative of the Russian Olympic Committee, also crossed 2 meters 28.
Combining the results of the two groups, Agimenko, Basim and others all reached the final, and Japan's Naoto Tobe crossed 2 meters 28 to reach the final. Wang Yu is tied for 17th place, and he missed the final.