On the afternoon of August 5, Xie Zhenye, a member of the Chinese track and field team, the Asian 200-meter record holder, and a track and field star, announced that he had decided to give up the men's 200-meter event in the track and field competition at the Paris Olympics.
Xie Zhenye said in the article that due to the overlap between the schedule of the 200 event and the relay event, and the time is tight, in order to fully guarantee the sprint men's 4X100m event, the team and the association as a whole decided to abandon the schedule of the individual 200m.
"Although I regret not being able to impact the main event in the Olympics, I will try my best to fight for the relay team with my last strength, and I hope to sprint with all my strength in the later races! China relay refueling! Xie Zhenye wrote in the article.
The list of participants in the track and field event was announced, and Xie Zhenye was absent from the men's 200m
Previously, at 19:55 Beijing time on August 5, the first round of the men's 200m track and field event of the 2024 Paris Olympics was about to start, and the name of Chinese player Xie Zhenye was not seen in the list of participants given on the official website of the Olympic Games.
According to the official website of the Olympic Games, a total of 51 athletes participated in the first round of the men's 200m in 6 groups, but Xie Zhenye's name was not listed.
Looking at Xie Zhenye's personal information page, it is shown that there are only two events in the sub-category: men's 100m and men's 4x100m, and there is no men's 200m event.
On the official website of the Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese sports delegation is also displayed as "0 results" on the track and field men's 200m report query page.
In the first round of the men's 100m, Xie Zhenye ranked fourth in the group and missed the promotion
On August 3, the first round of the men's 100m track and field competition at the Paris Olympics was held at the Stade de France, and the Chinese player Xie Zhenye who appeared in the third group won the fourth place in the group, and finally missed the semifinals by a thousandth of a second.
Later, Xie Zhenye issued a response saying that the bitter result is realistic. Accept, work hard to digest, actively adjust yourself, and continue to fight later! "Finally, I'm sorry everybody......
Many netizens left messages of comfort: You are still great!
The men's 4x100m relay took place on Thursday after China had won a bronze medal
The first round of the men's 4×100m relay will be held at 17:35 Beijing time on August 8. The registered players of the Chinese team are: Xie Zhenye, Chen Jiapeng, Wu Zhiqiang, Yan Haibin, Deng Zhijian, Chen Jinfeng (substitute).
Previously, Chinese track and field team members Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Wu Zhiqiang and Tang Xingqiang won a bronze medal in the men's 4X100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics and won a supplementary medal at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games.
Chinese team members Wu Zhiqiang, Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye and Tang Xingqiang (from left to right) after the men's 4x100m relay final at the Tokyo Olympics on August 6, 2021. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Lili
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