Yangzi Evening News Network, September 22 (reporter Huang Qiyuan) On September 22, the 14th National Games Athletics Men's Long Jump Final was held at the Xi'an Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Jiangsu athlete Wang Jiannan won the championship with a score of 8 meters 26, adding another gold medal to the Jiangsu delegation.
Wang Jiannan, who has a dominant position in the domestic long jump, jumped 8 meters in the first jump of the final on the day, temporarily ranking first. In the second jump, he jumped a good result of 8 meters 26, Huang Changzhou from Sichuan jumped 8 meters 13, in the next few jumps, Wang Jianan jumped 8 meters 15, 8 meters 07, and Huang Changzhou jumped 8 meters 21, but failed to exceed Wang Jiannan's performance, and finally Wang Jiannan represented Jiangsu team with an advantage of 0.05 meters, won the men's long jump championship.
Wang Jianan, the 25-year-old fifth-placed man in the men's long jump at the Rio Olympics, dominates not only in China but also in Asia. In 2015, he finished third at the World Championships in Athletics and won the only medal in the event in 32 years since Chinese athletics. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he drew with the Chinese team in the best place in the Olympic Games. In 2018, Wang Jiannan won the men's long jump championship at the Jakarta Asian Games and broke the record of 12 years in one fell swoop. In 2019, he won the first place in the men's long jump of the Athletics World Championships Selection Competition, and won the men's long jump championship of the World Military Games in the same year. In 2020 he won the Men's Long Jump Championships at the National Athletics Championships. Selected for the 2021 Chinese sports delegation to the Tokyo Olympics and competing in the National Games shortly after the quarantine period ended, a gold medal also shows that he is still in good shape.
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Source: Purple Cow News