The Tokyo Olympics have entered the second half of the race, and in the fiercely competitive track and field field, the wonderful performances of Chinese athletes are remarkable. The race walking events of this Olympic Games will be held on August 5 and 6. At that time, the main players of the national race walking team, including Wang Kaihua, Luo Yadong, Liu Hong, Yang Jiayu, etc., will show their strength in the men's and women's 20 km and men's 50 km race walking competitions, and strive to make new breakthroughs in the Olympic Games for Chinese athletics. Among them, Wang Kaihua and Luo Yadong are from Gansu.
According to the schedule, at 15:30 on August 5, the men's 20 km race walk final will take the lead, and the players representing the country in the event are Wang Kaihua, Cai Zelin and Zhang Jun. Among them, Wang Kaihua's PB (personal best) is 1:16:54 (national record); Cai Zelin's PB is 1:17:39; Zhang Jun's PB is 1:17:39.
The men's 20 km race walk is one of the dominant events of the Chinese athletics team. At the London 2012 Olympics, Chen Ding won the gold medal in the event with a record-breaking result, and at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Wang Zhen and Cai Zelin won the top two places in the event. In this Olympic Games, the popular players in this project are Wang Kaihua, who is expected to continue to write brilliantly, and the other is veteran Cai Zelin.
A native of Qingyangning County, Gansu Province, Wang Kaihua began to emerge in 2010 after embarking on the sports path because of his thin body. In 2018, in the men's 20 km race walk at the Jakarta Asian Games, he won the championship in 1 hour, 22 minutes and 04 seconds, achieving the fourth consecutive Asian Games championship for Chinese athletes. At the 2021 National Race Walking Championships and Olympic Trials, Wang Kaihua won the championship with a time of 1 hour, 16 minutes and 54 seconds, and broke the national record held by Olympic champion Wang Zhen.
At 4:30 a.m. on August 6, the men's 50 km race walk final began. Luo Yadong, wearing the national team jersey, will play hand in hand with Wang Qin and Bian Tongda. Among them, Luo Yadong PB is 3:41:15; Wang Qin PB is 3:38:02; Bian Tongda PB is 3:43:06.
Among the three, Luo Yadong is the only male player in the Gansu Sports Brigade to represent the national team. On July 31, Luo Yadong went to the competition with the national track and field team to enter the pre-match adaptation training.
Luo Yadong, a native of Lintao, Gansu Province, entered the Gansu Provincial Sports Brigade in 2009 and was selected to the National Race Walking Team of the Chinese Athletics Team in 2013. At the National Race Walking Championships & Olympic Trials in March 2021, he won the men's 50 km race walk championship in 3 hours, 46 minutes and 51 seconds, and received a ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The men's 50 km race walk is one of the potential advantages of the Chinese athletics team, although there is still a certain gap between us and the world's top masters, but Luo Yadong, who has experienced the world championships in athletics in Doha, will go all out to create the best ranking of athletes in our province in the Olympic games.
At 15:30 on August 6, the women's 20 km race walk final began. In this project, the Chinese team achieved full participation, Rio Olympic gold medalist Liu Hong, World Championship gold medalist Yang Jiayu, London Olympic silver medalist Cheyang Shijie will work together to launch an impact on the championship podium. Among them, Yang Jiayu PB is 1:23:49 (world record); Liu Hong PB is 1:24:27; And Qieyang Shijie PB is 1:24:45.
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Source: Daily Gansu Net, Lanzhou Evening News
Source: Daily Gansu