Xie Zhenye personally announced on his personal social media that he would withdraw from the men's 200m competition in the Paris Olympics and focus on the relay.
"Thank you for your continued companionship and concern. Regarding the 200-meter event, the team and the association finally decided to abandon the individual 200-meter event schedule. Due to the tight overlap between the 200-meter event schedule and the relay event schedule, in order to fully guarantee the sprint In the men's 4x100m event, although it is a pity that I can't compete in the individual event in the Olympics, there is no best of both worlds. I will try my best to fight for the relay team and hope to sprint for the Chinese relay in the following schedule! Come on!" Xie Zhenye wrote on his personal social media.
Many fans don’t understand Xie Zhenye’s choice. “The only Asian record holder for the 200 meters was the 200-meter sprint in Doha in 2019.” “I believe that most track and field viewers don’t care about medals at all. Everyone wants to What I’m looking at is Xie Shen’s 200-meter run. “There’s no hope for the relay this year. It’s not as good as the 200-meter race.”…
Xie Zhenye previously participated in the men’s 100-meter race and finally ran a time of 10.16 seconds, ranking in the group. The fourth place missed the semi-finals. After the game, Xie Zhenye said, "The bitter result is the reality. Accept the hard work to digest, actively adjust yourself, and continue to fight in the future! Finally, I'm sorry everyone!"
Xie Zhenye is the Asian record holder in the men's 200 meters in 2019 Xie Zhenye won the men's 200 meters at the IAAF Diamond League London Station with a time of 19.88 seconds, breaking his own national record of 20.16 seconds and the Asian record of 19.97 seconds held by Qatari naturalized athlete Ogunode, becoming the first A yellow man who broke the 20-second mark.
