Guangxi Wei Yongli may have "drama"

In the women's 100m final of the athletics event of the 13th National Games held in Tianjin, Wei Yongli won the championship with a time of 11.31 seconds. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bo/Photo

Tokyo Olympics Special Report

◆ Olympic laureates

Reporter Yu Zhiwei

On July 30, the Tokyo Olympic Gold Medal Oto Athletics Competition will kick off, and China's 100-meter "first sister", Wei Yongli of Guangxi, will appear in the 100-meter preliminaries.

"Wei Yongli is in good shape, she flew to Tokyo on the evening of the 28th." Relevant people from the Guangxi Athletics Center told reporters. Judging from the time of Wei Yongli's departure, she arrived in Tokyo after only one day off to play, which seems to be unconventional. Wei Yongli's coach Tian Yumei has said many times: "Over the years, Wei Yongli has been training according to the requirements of the national team to pay attention to relay. "From this, it can be judged that in the 100-meter preliminaries of the Tokyo Olympic Athletics Competition, Wei Yongli may just warm up and shoot a shot in the relay race, or even give up the individual race." How Wei Yongli runs depends on how the national team coach arranges, after all, the national team currently hopes to make a breakthrough in the relay race. A relevant person from the Guangxi Athletics Center said.

In the past decade, China's athletics sprinting has ushered in an era of collective acceleration, with Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye running into the 10-second mark in the men's side, and Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi and Liang Xiaojing in the women's side, which have frequently achieved good results, bringing The Chinese women's sprint into a golden period of development, ranking first in Asia and moving towards world-class standards.

Born in 1991 in Liuzhou, Wei Yongli has grown from a migrant girl to a "sister" in China's 100 meters, participated in four World Championships in Athletics, and has ushered in her third Olympic Games so far. Wei Yongli's best time in the 100 meters exceeded the 11-second mark, ran out of the best time in Asia in 20 years, 10.99 seconds, ran 22.97 seconds in the 200 meters, won two gold, two silver and two bronze at the Asian Games, and long guarded the second baton of the Chinese women's relay.

In the Olympic Games, Chinese track and field athletes do not have many gold points, but they are still full of points. In the men's and women's 100 meters and men's and women's 4× 100 meters relay events, the Chinese team does not have the strength to win gold, but Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Ge Manqi, Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli and other athletes are the focus of attention of the majority of track and field enthusiasts. At the last Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese team in the women's 4×100m relay almost reached the final, and the Chinese team in the men's 4×100m relay almost finished on the podium.

However, Wei Yongli suffered a serious injury in winter training last year. At the beginning of this year, when the reporter visited the camp of the Guangxi Athletics Team, he saw that coach Tian Yumei gave Wei Yongli a concerned explanation when he gave Wei Yongli the training content: "Don't worry, take your time, we still have time." ”

At present, Wei Yongli is slowly recovering, and not long ago she set a new personal season best in 11.52 seconds, which is good news for her personally and the Chinese relay team. Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi and Liang Xiaojing all got tickets to the Tokyo Olympics and are all core members of the Chinese relay team. The steady recovery of Wei Yongli's state strength has helped the Chinese team to reach the Olympic final and impact a better ranking.

At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team also arranged for 19-year-old Li Yuting and 20-year-old Li He to accompany the team, and the two had full ability and possibility to play the role of substitute Wei Yongli. Li He's personal best time of 11.54 seconds in the 100 meters has run 11.56 seconds this year; Li Yuting ran a personal best of 11.44 seconds in Chongqing last month, and in the 4×100 meters relay race, she ran the Best time of the season with Liang Xiaojing, Ge Manqi and Huang Guifen in the 4.80 seconds season.

In the women's 4×100m relay race of the last Olympic Games, the Chinese team qualified for the final through the preliminary round, but the American team's own foul performance was not satisfactory, and the application for a separate replay after the game squeezed out the chinese team's final qualification. If the Chinese team plays well this time, it is expected to impact the final.

Source: Guangxi Daily