On the evening of June 30, in the just-concluded 2024 National Track and Field Championships and National Track and Field Grand Prix Finals women's 100m hurdles final, Sichuan player Wu Yanni won the championship with a time of 12.74 seconds.
This may be Wu Yanni's "last race" before the Paris Olympics. Half a month ago, Wu Yanni said in an interview with reporters that she would take this game as a "training" and would go to Beijing to participate in the preparation training before the Paris Olympics after the game.
Just a few days ago, on June 26, Wu Yanni also updated her personal Weibo, expressing her expectations for the Paris Olympics: "Think about a year ago, and look at the present, I am happy!" What was once out of reach is now in front of us. I'm looking forward to it, I'm super excited, I'm not nervous, I can't wait!"
Wu Yanni posted "Looking forward to the Olympics". Screenshot of Weibo
Win again:
Ran 12.74 seconds, the best record in Asia this year!
Wu Yanni won the "important battle" before the Paris Olympics
The National Track and Field Championship is one of the most comprehensive events in domestic track and field projects, the competition was held in Rizhao, Shandong Province from June 28 to 30, with more than 800 athletes participating, Zhu Yaming, Wang Zheng, Wu Yanni and other domestic track and field celebrities gathered here to compete wonderfully. This event is not only an opportunity for athletes to participate in the Paris Olympics, but also a number of track and field "new stars".
In the women's 100m hurdles event, Wu Yanni, Lin Yuwei and Xia Sining, who were called "three golden flowers" by netizens, all participated in the competition. In the preliminaries on June 29, the three of them all lived up to expectations and advanced to the finals, of which Wu Yanni advanced with the first place in the preliminaries in 13.06 seconds, and Lin Yuwei and Xia Sining advanced with second and seventh respectively.
At about 18 o'clock on June 30, the women's 100-meter hurdles final was held. In this competition, Wu Yanni in lane 6 finally won the championship with a time of 12.74 seconds. This is not only a personal best, but also the best result in Asia this year.
Wu Yanni in the game. Screenshot of the video
Life in Athletics:
Won silver at the Chengdu Universiade
Ran 12.76 seconds." Reaching the "Paris Olympics."
Wu Yanni, born in 1997 in Fushun County, Zigong City, Sichuan Province, studied dance as a child. Due to work reasons, her mother transferred her to Zizhong County, Neijiang City, where she performed well in the county games and was selected by the Zizhong Sports School and embarked on the road of track and field.
In 2016 and 2017, Wu Yanni represented Sichuan in the National Track and Field Championships and the National Games respectively, and won the third place in the women's 100m hurdles. In 2018, at the National Track and Field Championships, she won the championship with a time of 13.17 seconds, surpassing the championship in the Asian Games in the same year.
On September 15, 2020, in the women's 100-meter hurdles final of the National Track and Field Championships, Wu Yanni won the championship with a time of 13.09 seconds, setting a new best result in the Asian women's 100-meter hurdles event since 2018 and becoming a new generation of "female flyer".
In 2021, after winning the women's 100m hurdles final, she won the National Athletics Championships in 12.87 seconds, setting the best domestic time in the event since 2015.
On August 4, 2023, at the 31st Summer Universiade held in Chengdu, Wu Yanni won the silver medal in the women's 100m hurdles with a personal best of 12.76 seconds. After the race, she was very excited, because this result has reached the standard of participation in the Paris Olympics, and she will represent the mainland in Paris.
Wu Yanni (left) previous game data map. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
Dialogue with me:
Looking forward to the Paris Olympics
Compete with the top players with a fighting attitude
Since the beginning of this year, Wu Yanni has maintained a good competitive state, and has successively run 8.12 seconds, 8.11 seconds, 8.10 seconds and 8.06 seconds in the women's 60-meter hurdles preliminaries of the World Indoor Track and Field Championships, the women's 60-meter hurdles final of the Jinan Station of the National Indoor Track and Field Grand Prix, and the women's 60-meter hurdles preliminaries and finals of the National Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Subsequently, she competed in Japan, running 12.86 seconds in the women's 100m hurdles final of the World Athletics Continental Tour Osaka and 12.80 seconds in the women's 100m hurdles final in Tokyo.
After returning to China, in order to avoid repeated injuries, Wu Yanni chose to give up the Chongqing station of the National Track and Field Grand Prix. At that time, she posted on her personal Weibo to explain the reason for her absence: "Considering that there have been many games this year, to avoid the recurrence of injuries, for the sake of safety, I, my coach and my team have decided to give up this game." I feel very embarrassed for my friends who want to watch me play, so I can only comfort myself by saying that this is also a rare opportunity to enjoy the game with everyone. Let's keep up the good work together!"
In early June, Wu Yanni has been conducting closed training in Chengdu. Because of a series of games in the early stage, injuries to the waist, knees, ankles and other parts were triggered, so it was mainly based on rehabilitation training. During that time, her training requirements for herself were: to make steady progress and not let the injury recur.
Wu Yanni and coach Yang Hui took a group photo. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
Talking about the Paris Olympics, in mid-June, Wu Yanni said in an interview with reporters that this was her first Olympic Games, and on the whole, she was in a calm mood. Wu Yanni still has some expectations for this Olympics, but because she is not sure what will happen when the time comes, she feels that she will work hard to do her best first.
Wu Yanni also admitted that compared with top foreign athletes, her current situation is at a disadvantage in most places, whether it is competition experience or personal strength. Therefore, this time I participated in the Olympics with a fighting attitude and learned from them. "I'll be happy if it's better; If the comparison is not good, find the reason from it and make up for the shortcomings. ”
Source: Red Star News