Original title: Members of the Chinese track and field team arrived in Eugene and Liu Shiying looking forward to new breakthroughs
The World Athletics Championships, which was postponed for one year due to the new crown epidemic, will open here on July 15. The Chinese team members have arrived one following another. Liu Shiying, the women’s javelin champion at the Tokyo Olympics, expressed the hope of making new breakthroughs in the World Championships.
The main venue for this year’s World Track and Field Championships is the newly built stadium of the University of Oregon located in the center of Eugene. All the participating athletes live in the dormitory of college students. Liu Shiying, who arrived in Eugene with the Chinese team the day before, told Xinhua News Agency that she was very impressed with the event. The accommodation conditions are relatively satisfactory, and the state before the game also feels good.
The Shandong girl won a silver medal at the last World Championships in Doha. She said that following winning the Olympic Games last year and winning the gold medal at the National Games, she was physically and mentally tired, but following the training in Yantai before the game, her body has basically recovered.
She said: “I am very excited following winning the Olympic Games, but I always feel that I have not achieved my goals, I have not fully realized my dreams, and I still want to make breakthroughs.” As for whether to win the championship, she said that there are many players with comparable results. The key is to play on the spot, following all, the biggest opponent is yourself.
Coach Guo Qingxian told reporters that following Liu Shiying won the Olympic Games last year, the training time was relatively short, but the master and apprentice made preparations for the World Championships. She thought Liu Shiying was recovering well.
Liu Shiying said that following winning the Olympic Games, she gave the gold medal to her mother to keep, and she never watched it once more. “I’m worried that I’ll be proud of winning the Olympic championship. The Olympic Games has already been turned over. Let’s watch the gold medal in the future following retirement.”
The Chinese team sent 53 athletes to participate this time. Another Olympic champion Gong Lijiao has also arrived. The famous sprinter Su Bingtian has been training in the United States and will arrive in Eugene in a few days. (Wang Zijiang)