Controversy Surrounding Chinese Female Track and Field Athletes Liao Mengxue and Tong Zenghuan: Speculation and Disappearance

2023-08-15 01:46:18

Chinese female track and field athletes Liao Mengxue and Tong Zenghuan. (Picture / Taken from “Sohu”)

Recently, according to the latest world ranking released by the World Athletics Federation (World Athletics, referred to as IAAF), the 400-meter performance and global ranking of two female track and field athletes from China, Liao Mengxue and Tong Zenghuan, are on the list The sudden disappearance triggered speculation and heated discussions from the outside world. It is reported that Liao Mengxue and Tong Zenghuan are both from Hunan. Liao focuses on 200 meters and 400 meters, while Tong is in 400 meters.

according to“Sohu”Liao Mengxue ran a time of 11.78 seconds in the women’s 100-meter race at the 19th National University Athletics Championships in 2019, but everyone paid more attention to Liao Mengxue’s appearance than the seconds, because whether it is at first glance After looking at it, or taking a closer look, she has the facial features and face shape of a boy.

Then in the subsequent national track and field championship competition, Liao Mengxue and Tong Zenghuan won the women’s 400-meter gold and silver medals in 53.25 seconds and 53.35 seconds respectively. Their results were even more than 2 seconds faster than the third place. However, the focus of discussion among netizens is still the appearance and well-developed muscles of the two. Especially when CCTV reporter Dong Rina interviewed the two following the game, their deep voices also made everyone exclaim, they really don’t look like girls.

In the National Athletics Championships held in Shaoxing, Zhejiang in 2020, Liao Mengxue won the second place in the women’s 100 meters with a time of 11.53 seconds. The Hunan team where Liao Hemeng belongs to won the women’s 4x400m relay with an absolute advantage.

As the discussion intensified, in addition to the people in mainland China, many foreign sports media also joined this public opinion war. South Korean media even directly pointed out that the two are “intersex people”, and even criticized “Chinese competitive sports have no gender distinction”.

In June of this year, the Chinese Athletic Association issued file No. 462, requiring sports centers in all provinces to strictly conduct blood testosterone tests, and athletes who exceed the standard are not allowed to participate in national competitions. Since then, Liao and Tong have never appeared in any arena once more.

With the end of the Asian Athletics Championships and the World Universiade in Chengdu, the World Championships in Budapest is regarding to start. Now in the critical period of the season, two female athletes with excellent results were removed from the World Athletics Federation at the same time. Netizens also speculated that the main reason may be the two The gender of a person is a source of great controversy. But so far, neither the World Athletics Federation nor the Chinese Athletic Association has made any response to this.

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