She is the first Chinese athlete to win the gold label event title, and she is the leader of the Chinese women's short span event.
She is a lightning bolt on the track and field, breaking the silence of the night sky. She is the flamboyant winner and the vanquished. She is the stubborn and high-profile hurdle princess - Wu Yanni .
Wu Yanni was born in Zigong City, Sichuan Province on July 28, 1997. She has practiced dancing since she was in elementary school and won the first prize in the Children's Style Collection Competition. Her mother once hoped that she would successfully pursue a career in dance in the future, but she did not expect that Wu Yanni She has more potential in sprinting, and since then Wu Yanni has started her own track and field path.
In 2009, due to the need for professional training and knowledge and skills, Wu Yanni was naturalized in Neijiang Zizhong. At the same time, she was spotted by Yang Hui, the hurdles coach of Beijing Sport University, and began to provide her with comprehensive and systematic professional training and guidance.
Wu Yanni entered the Sichuan Provincial Excellent Athletes Team in 2014, won the first national Youth Games championship in 2015, won the third place at the National Games in 2017, and won the National Track and Field Championship in 2018.
successfully won the championship in the women's 100-meter hurdles finals in the 2023 Track and Field Championships, World Championships and Asian Games Trials with an excellent time of 12.93 seconds. After the game, she said: "Success is only at this stage, and this is just the beginning for me." From then on, This Sichuan girl named Wu Yanni became popular all over the Internet.
Behind her "beautiful and sassy" and "confident and beautiful" is her ten years of self-discipline and dedication, from a second-level and first-level athlete to an athlete, an international athlete, and now she has become one of the best athletes in the country. , Wu Yanni uses her actions to constantly refresh and challenge her limits.
On the evening of August 4, 2023, in the women's 100-meter hurdles final of the Chengdu Universiade track and field, Chinese player Wu Yanni won the runner-up with a new personal record of 12.76 seconds, and also qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
From the moment she stepped off the podium, she thought she would "start from scratch" again. Even though she did not win the competition, she met the Olympic standards and received cheers and support from the audience. .
Wu Yanni’s biggest characteristic is that she never has stage fright in competitions and can become stronger when she is strong. She once mentioned in an interview that she has formed the habit of not admitting defeat since she was a child. The stronger the competitors and the bigger the competition scene, the more confident and relaxed she becomes.
However, even such a stubborn and flamboyant person has also personally experienced mistakes, setbacks and blows to his self-confidence.
On July 13, 2023, in the women's 100-meter hurdles final of the 2023 Asian Track and Field Championships held in Thailand, it rained heavily, and Wu Yanni was sent off for jumping the gun. After the game, she freely admitted that the rainy weather amplified her impatience and went out without holding down her gun.
In this regard, there is no doubt that there are overwhelming doubts on the Internet. Faced with the heated discussions among netizens and the development direction of public opinion, Wu Yanni also calmly mentioned her mistakes, and even revealed the beginning of another false start this year. On reflection, she always regards setbacks as a good thing and constantly learns lessons from them to explore her talents, thereby improving her true strength.
In addition, there are always people who put aside Wu Yanni's excellent performance and dazzling results on the court, and instead focus on some "special things" about her. Plastic surgery, having tattoos on her body, and wearing makeup on the field have all become attacks on her. Reasons, and even her signature moves before the game became one of the choices to discredit her, but in the end, her outstanding performance and extraordinary results made these doubts self-defeating.
Compared with most female athletes who are modest and reserved, Wu Yanni is full of madness. Her bold and flamboyant character fully demonstrates the domineering power of a strong person. The ambition revealed in her eyes is even more important for her as a hurdler. The princess’s confidence and confidence.
In an interview, Wu Yanni also said that Liu Xiang is her belief, and she aspires to be a heroic existence like Liu Xiang. Perhaps it is her own perseverance and extraordinary dedication, or perhaps it is the same endless passion for hurdles as Liu Xiang. Love and following allowed Wu Yanni to inherit Liu Xiang's spirit and create her own unique world in the field of hurdles.
Results have always been the only hard and fast rule for judging the quality of competitive sports. Wu Yanni, the hurdle princess who combines strength and beauty, takes off the secular colored glasses, has a stubborn and high-profile character, and has her own way of doing things. It is her most flawless "makeup" in the competitive arena.
After leaps and bounds, the controversial Wu Yanni put on the five-star red flag in the most dazzling arena in full view of the public. She only responded to the accidental appearance and hoped that everyone would continue to support Chinese track and field. This is Wu Yanni.
