Olympians join forces Zhang Jun won the men's 20 km race walk

Xi'an, September 20 (China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Liang Xuan) The men's 20 km race walk event of the National Games was held today at the Xi'an Olympic Sports Center, yunnan zhang jun won the first gold medal in athletics in 1 hour, 20 minutes and 12 seconds, and Guangdong's Wang Kaihua and Sichuan's Sun Shuai won second and third places. The champions and runners-up were all participants in the Tokyo Olympics, while London Olympic champion Chen Ding was fifth.

Race walking is the traditional advantage of athletics in China, but the high temperature of the Tokyo Olympic Games and Sapporo has made China's race walking fold across the board. In the men's 20 km event, Wang Kaihua, Zhang Jun and Yunnan veteran Cai Zelin represented the Chinese team, but ultimately failed to help the Chinese team achieve the Olympic championship three times, and the three won the 7th, 8th and 26th places respectively.

"Today the weather is much better than Sapporo, it's easy to walk down, and my current opponent is myself." After the game, Zhang Jun did not show fatigue, he revealed that the overall race walking project in the Olympic Games suffered setbacks, and the atmosphere in the team was indeed a bit sluggish, but everyone quickly threw themselves into the preparation of a new cycle, "doing a good job of doing what they should do and going all out." ”

After 21 days of isolation, Zhang Jun returned to the Yunnan Plateau for a short recovery training, quickly adjusted his mentality and physical fitness, and then ushered in the National Games examination, whether from the final results of the Olympic games or the post-game state, he and Wang Kaihua have come out of the shadow of Olympic defeat. And another Tokyo Olympian, Rio Olympic runner-up Cai Zelin failed to finish the game, according to the reporter's understanding, after the Olympic Games, the 30-year-old has not yet adjusted to the best state, he may participate in the subsequent team events, play the advantages of veterans, leading young players to seek a breakthrough.

Source: China Youth Daily client