On August 5, Paris time, the track and field event of the Paris Olympics entered its fifth day of competition, and the first round of the men's 200m was one of the highlights of the day. However, in the final list of participants announced by the organizing committee, Xie Zhenye's name was not seen in the 6 groups.
This also means that when Xie Zhenye finally chooses not to participate in this event, as the only Chinese sprinter who has qualified for the competition, the Chinese team will also miss the men's 200m event at the Paris Olympics.
On August 5, Xie Zhenye wrote on his personal Weibo: Thank you for your continued companionship and concern, about the 200-meter event. In the end, my team and the association decided to abandon the 200m race schedule. Due to the tight schedule of the 200 event and the relay event, the men's 4X100m event is fully guaranteed for the sprint event. Although I regret that I can't hit the main event in the Olympics, I will try my best to fight for the relay team with my last strength, hoping to sprint with all my strength in the following races! China relay refueling!
Screenshot of Xie Zhenye's Weibo
In fact, in the first round of the men's 100m just two days ago, Xie Zhenye ran 10.16 seconds, and finally missed the semifinals with a score of 1,000 percent. At that time, Xie Zhenye admitted that he was very disappointed with this result.
"It was a lot of pain waiting for the top three over there, and in the end it turned out that I was third behind the rest of the runners. So it was eliminated. Xie Zhenye said in an interview, "Anyway, look ahead, and compare it in the back." ”
Xie Zhenye is understandably dissatisfied with his 100-meter race. According to the reporter close to the Chinese track and field team, this season, Xie Zhenye, who trained with foreign coach Renault, has been in good shape, and he ran a time of 10.06 seconds in March this year. Coach Renault is also optimistic about Xie Zhenye's performance in the Olympics, and has said that he can show his training ability on the track in Paris.
It is a little regrettable that Xie Zhenye finally failed to advance to the semi-finals of the 100m, and he said after the race that he would not necessarily participate in the 200m competition, "I don't know for the time being, I have to wait for the team's arrangement." ”
On August 3, Xie Zhenye stopped in the first round of the men's 100m track and field at the Paris Olympics.
It is worth mentioning that in the three events that Xie Zhenye initially signed up for, he finally qualified for the 100m by relying on points, and he won the direct quota in the 200m. In the men's 200m Olympic group of the Tom Jones Track and Field Invitational in April this year, Xie Zhenye finished third and ran a time of 20.15 seconds, successfully reaching the Paris Olympics.
The 200m used to be Xie Zhenye's main event, but after focusing more on the 100m and the 4×100m relay in the past few years, Xie Zhenye has participated in the 200m less and less. After setting China's all-time best of 19.88 seconds in London in 2019, Xie Zhenye has rarely had a chance to run 20 seconds in a major event since. This year's 20.15 seconds is also the only official time he has run this season.
Giving up the 200m means that Xie Zhenye will put all his remaining time and energy on the 4×100m relay in Paris.
On May 4, Chinese players Yan Haibin, Chen Jiapeng, Xie Zhenye and Wu Zhiqiang (from left to right) pose for a group photo after the game. On the same day, at the 2024 World Athletics Relay Championships in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, the Chinese men's 4X100m relay team won the second place in the group in the preliminaries and qualified for the Paris Olympics in advance. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Randy)
At the 2024 World Relay Championships in May this year, the men's 4×100m relay team composed of Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin and Chen Jiapeng finished second in the group with a time of 38.25 seconds and won the direct qualification for the Paris Olympics.
When Su Bingtian decided to give up on the Paris Olympics due to age and injury, the 30-year-old Xie Zhenye took on the burden of leading the sprint. As the Chinese sprint men's and women's teams are experiencing "blood pains" in this Paris Olympic cycle, Xie Zhenye once revealed that he hopes to drive China's sprinting to continue to accelerate through good performance in the relay.
According to the schedule, the first round of the men's 4×100m relay is scheduled for the morning of August 8, Paris time, and the list of participants and the final group have not yet been announced.
Source: The Paper
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Editor: Chen Yan
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