In the preliminaries of the women's 60-meter hurdles at the 2024 World Indoor Track and Field Championships, since Lin Yuwei did not participate, Wu Yanni became the only Chinese athlete in this event. In the end, Wu Yanni ran a time of 8.12 seconds, setting a personal best, but she still With a gap of 0.02 seconds, he missed the chance to advance to the semi-finals and was eliminated in the first round.
Wu Yanni was very popular last year, but the vast majority of it was negative news. Especially at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Wu Yanni attracted widespread attention from the outside world because of her series of actions. Her results were canceled due to a false start, and she even blamed her opponents. , and also caused a lot of controversy because of her domineering personality. However, in the eyes of sponsors, these shortcomings of Wu Yanni have turned into advantages, which can bring a steady stream of traffic. This World Indoor Track and Field Championships is Wu Yanni’s first competition of the season, and for her, the 60-meter hurdles event is definitely a very big test, because it is not her main event. Among all registered athletes, Wu Yanni’s registration results ranked second second last. According to the rules, the top three players in the six preliminary rounds will directly advance to the semi-finals, and then the remaining six players with the best results can also advance to the semi-finals. A total of 24 players can advance.
Wu Yanni was placed in the third lane in the fourth group in the preliminaries. The best registration result in the same group was Finnish player Husk, who reached 7 seconds and 79 minutes. On the other hand, Wu Yanni's best time was only 8 seconds and 15 seconds, ranking at the bottom of the group. Compared with the past, Wu Yanni was relatively low-key this time. Not only did she cover up the tattoos on her arms, she even stopped pointing her finger at the sky before the game. She also didn’t shake her head and think for a while, and just made a gesture before starting the race. In the end, Wu Yanni ran 8 seconds and 12 seconds and ranked fourth in the group, creating a personal best time. Before the start of the sixth group, Wu Yanni was still one of the six runners with the best results, but as the sixth After the group run, Wu Yanni failed to advance to the knockout rounds with a gap of 0.02 seconds, ranking only 26th in the preliminaries.
Wu Yanni previously stated in an interview that her goal is to enter the women's 100-meter hurdles final at the Paris Olympics. Judging from the situation of this competition, Wu Yanni can still improve on some techniques, especially the starting and front running. The problem with the third column is obvious. If Wu Yanni cannot make changes, it will still be difficult to achieve the goals she has set. After this competition, Wu Yanni was on the hot search again, and the vast majority of netizens believed that Wu Yanni's current strength is not enough to support her current fame. She became popular solely through hype, because she is now You haven't won a convincing championship yet, what do you think about this? This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or redistribute it.
