Stopping at the 200m semi-finals, Xie Zhenye has already made history

Han Haidan, a reporter from China News Network, photographed the ">

On August 3, in the men's 200m semifinals of the Tokyo Olympic Games, China's Xie Zhenye ran a time of 20.45 seconds, ranking seventh in the group, unfortunately missing the final. The picture shows Xie Zhenye in the game. Photo by Han Haidan, a reporter from China News Network

China News Service Tokyo, August 3 Title: (Tokyo Olympics) stopped in the 200-meter semifinals, Xie Zhenye has already made history

China News Service reporter Xing Chong

On the 3rd, after running the 200-meter semi-final, Chinese men's sprinter Xie Zhenye sat on the track of the new National Stadium in Tokyo, he was the last runner to leave, after being interviewed by the sideline TV media, he continued to sit on the steps for a while before turning to leave.

Xie Zhenye ran 20.34 seconds in the preliminaries and successfully advanced to the semifinals, becoming the first Chinese runner in history to stand on the Olympic men's 200m semi-finals track, but he failed to qualify for the final, and his face was full of regret.

He is nostalgic for the runway and enjoys the thrill of running with all his might and constantly breaking through. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Xie Zhenye broke into the men's 200m final, the first Chinese to stand on the track of the men's 200m final of the world's top competition, and he ran 20.14 seconds to finish seventh, creating the best time for Chinese athletes in the World Championships.

This time, Xie Zhenye also hoped to be able to stand on the final track again, and finally he ran 20.45 seconds, ranking seventh in the group and failing to qualify.

He was in such good shape in 2019 that in addition to reaching the final at the World Championships, he also staged the "Ninth Miracle" at the Diamond League London that year, running a personal best of 19.88 seconds, breaking the Asian 200m record, becoming the first Asian athlete to break the 19.90 seconds mark.

However, the sudden outbreak of the epidemic led to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Xie Zhenye's preparation plans were also disrupted, followed by injuries and illnesses. His best time ahead of the Olympics this season was just 20.54 seconds. Xie Zhenye, who overcame injury and returned to the field, raised the season's best time to 20.34 seconds in the Olympic preliminary round.

After the semi-finals, Xie Zhenye walked barefoot through the mixed mining area, with thick bandages wrapped around his toes. "Hello reporters, I didn't do well, I didn't get to the final as scheduled, I feel sorry."

Every time Xie Zhenye came to the mixed mining area after the game, he would always take the initiative to say hello to the reporter. The morning preliminaries and the evening semi-finals were less than 9 hours apart, and when asked by reporters if he hadn't had time to make adjustments, Xie Zhenye denied it.

"I don't think it's a physical problem, it's just that I still haven't done a good job." He still blamed himself. After reviewing the game, Xie Zhenye said that he may be too focused on how to deal with the second stage, the future is too strong, and the feeling of the back course is not even as good as the preliminaries.

"Will it have to do with your injuries and the reduction of games during the pandemic?" The reporter asked. Xie Zhenye just said lightly, "There are some of them." ”

In his words, Xie Zhenye was still full of regrets. He said that he was in such good shape in 2019, but unfortunately he could not maintain it well in the past two years. "I lost some things, but I didn't deal with them myself."

This time in the mixed mining area, Xie Zhenye did not stay too long. Finally, a reporter asked him how he wanted to improve in the future, xie Zhenye thought for a while, and said five words: "Keep working hard!" (End)

Source: China News Network