"Track and Field World Championships" Gong Lizhen picked silver, missed the three consecutive championships of women's shot

Text/Yangcheng Evening News All Media Reporter Chai Zhi

In the 2022 World Track and Field Championships held in Eugene, the women's shot finals in the World Track and Field Championships, Gong Lizhen, a Chinese star and the Tokyo Olympic champion, won the silver medal with a fifth shot of 20.39 meters, and missed the three consecutive championships in the World Championships. 57 achieved sixth place, and American athlete Ily won the championship with a score of 20.49 meters.

Gong Lizhen is in the game

After winning the championship with a 20.58 -meter individual with a 20.58 -meter individual, Gong Lizhen completed the "Gold Slam" of the Olympic, World Championships, World Cup, Diamond League Finals, and then in Shaanxi National Games The results became the first four consecutive players in the history of the National Games. Gong Lizhen had previously won the 2017 London World Championships and the 2019 Daha World Championship women's shot putting gold medal.

In the qualifying competition, Gong Lizhen was promoted with a score of 19.51 meters and ranked first in the qualification competition. Before the finals, Gong Lizhen's greatest opponent was himself, "fighting for himself, and defeating everything." She believes that the qualification competition is just warm -up, leaving the best state to the final. In a more than an hour of the shift final, testing the athlete's psychological compressive ability and the stability of technical movements, and whether the body can mobilize the body to be excited.

A total of 12 athletes participated in the women's shot finals and each completed six trials. American player Illi invested 20.49 meters of good results at the first shot, laying the foundation for the final winning championship.

The excellent performance of the opponent put a certain pressure on Gong Lizhen. After a hundred competitions and experience, Gong Lizhen relying on his own adjustment ability, technical movements are getting more and more relaxed, and pitching movements and rhythm are getting faster and faster. From the 19.58 meters of the first shot to 20.08 meters in the fourth shot, the six trials were getting better. Although there is a slight gap with the results of the Tokyo Olympic Games, it is the best result of Gong Lizhen this year. Unfortunately, it still defeats Yili with a weak disadvantage.

After continuously competing for the Tokyo Olympics and the Shaanxi National Games last year, Gong Lizhen has been recovering. She also regards this year as a adjustment year to improve and restore special capabilities.

Source | Yangcheng Evening News · Yangcheng School

Picture | Xinhua News Agency

Responsible editor | Zhong Wenyi

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