On August 3, Beijing time, the women's chain ball final of the Tokyo Olympic Games was held at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. China's Wang Zheng won a silver medal with a new season best of 77 meters 03. It is worth mentioning that this is the fourth consecutive Olympic Games of the Chinese track and field team to win medals in the event, after the famous Zhang Wenxiu won two silver and one bronze at the Beijing, London and Rio Olympic Games.
With the retirement of Zhang Wenxiu, Wang Zheng became the leader in the women's chain ball event. Born in 1987, Wang Zheng, belongs to the late bloomer, she began to practice chain ball in 2002, because of the instability of technical action and psychological quality, the competition results have been up and down, once she had the idea of retiring.
The love and reluctance of the chain ball project made Wang Zheng persist. At the 2014 National Open Athletics Throwing Championships in Chengdu, Wang Zheng broke the Asian record with a time of 77.68 meters and won the championship. At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, London, she won the silver medal with a time of 75.98 meters, winning her first world championship medal. At the 2019 World Championships in Athletics doha, Wang Zheng won a bronze medal with a time of 74.76 meters.
As the oldest member of the Chinese athletics team's tokyo roster, Wang Zheng has stepped onto the Olympic games for the third time. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Wang Zheng, who debuted on the Olympic stage, stopped at the qualifiers because of his lack of technology and experience. After missing the London 2012 Olympics, Wang Zheng played poorly in the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing only 12th.
In the case of an unsatisfactory Olympic experience, Wang Zheng played a beautiful turnaround battle at the Tokyo Olympics. In the qualifying round, she scored 74 meters 29 meters in the second test shot, second only to the world record holder, Poland's Vodalchik, "Winning a medal at the Olympics is my dream, I was worried that I would miss this Olympic Games with a knee injury, but I didn't expect that the Tokyo Olympics were postponed for a year due to the epidemic, which gave me the opportunity." At this Olympic Games, I released all the strength I had accumulated over the years. ”
In the final, Wang Zheng, who ranked third in the first five shots, scored a score of 77 meters 03 in the last shot, surpassing Poland's Copron and getting a valuable silver medal, "I think this silver medal is an affirmation of myself." I have not disgraced the Chinese women's chain ball, although there may be ups and downs in the process, but there will definitely be a place for the Chinese women's chain ball in the competition, I am honored and excited. ”