"I want to show the audience the most beautiful, sassy, coolest and most confident Wu Yanni! I hope everyone will not be too harsh on athletes. Please look forward to my performance in the Paris Olympics!" In the 2024 National Track and Field Championship Women's 100 After running a personal best time of 12.74 seconds in the meter hurdles final, Wu Yanni was reluctant to leave the field and showed her confidence to the media as always.
html On June 30, the women's 100-meter hurdles final of the 2024 National Track and Field Championship and National Track and Field Grand Prix finals came to an end. Wu Yanni won the championship with a time of 12.74 seconds, breaking her personal best and setting the best time in Asia this year. Lin Yuwei finished second in 13.00 seconds, while Chen Jiamin and Xia Sining finished third and fourth respectively.This women's 100-meter hurdles event is particularly interesting because it is the first head-to-head confrontation between Wu Yanni and Lin Yuwei after last year's Asian Games final. . In the preliminaries on June 29, Wu Yanni, Lin Yuwei and Xia Sining all lived up to expectations and advanced to the finals. Wu Yanni ran 13.06 seconds and ranked first in the preliminaries. Lin Yuwei and Xia Sining advanced in second and seventh respectively. In the
finals, Wu Yanni's start was still not ideal, with a starting reaction time of 0.184 seconds, the lowest among all contestants. However, Wu Yanni’s sprinting ability and acceleration ability allowed her to take the lead after half the race and crossed the finish line first. In the end, Wu Yanni won the championship in 12.74 seconds and set a new personal best.
Wu Yanni’s previous best time was 12.76 seconds at the Chengdu Universiade last year. She said: “It was exciting to see the results on the big screen! Although I suffered some injuries to my knees today, I was still able to break through my personal best time. "Completing this test with flying colors also instilled confidence in her preparations for the Olympics."
Regarding the conservative start problem, Wu Yanni said: "I have been working hard at the starting stage. Sometimes my performance is quite satisfactory, and sometimes it is a bit disappointing." Frustrated. Indeed, my opponent’s start was much better than mine. This is worth learning from.”
Although Wu Yanni ran a personal best, her time of 12.74 seconds ranked only tied for 41st in the world. She admitted that whether it was competition experience or personal strength, she was at a disadvantage compared to the world's top athletes, but narrowing the gap with them was an improvement. "Relying on my own ability to reach the Olympic standards and participate in the Paris Olympics, I think it is enough for me. Previously, our women's 100-meter hurdles level was indeed far behind that of European and American athletes, but now the level of Chinese and even Asian athletes is slowly improving. With world-class players getting closer, the progress is obvious," Wu Yanni said.
"The arena that was once out of reach is now right in front of us." Not long ago, Wu Yanni wrote on her personal social media. Next month, Wu Yanni will compete in the Olympics for the first time. She likened the Battle of Paris to a "final exam": "The runway of the Paris Olympics is purple, and purple is my lucky color, so I am looking forward to performing the Olympics in this romantic city of Paris. First show. "
Author: Wu Yulun
Text: Reporter of this newspaper/Wu Yulun Photo: Visual China Editor: Gu Miao Editor: Shen Lei
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