Chinese Athletics Team Shines at Chengdu World Universiade: Gold, Silver, and Bronze in Men’s Long Jump

2023-08-06 12:12:06
2023-08-06 20:12 United Daily News reporter Zeng Siru / real-time report

The Chinese Athletics Team delivered another good news at the Chengdu World Universiade. In the men’s long jump, Wen Huayou and Lin Jiaxing jumped 7 meters 83 in the final jump, and they reached the podium together. The results came to 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.

Wen Huayou jumped a career-best 7 meters 92 in the Universiade last May, and then jumped 7 meters 93 in the qualifying round of the World Universiade debut, and advanced to the second place in the overall ranking. In the final tonight, Wen Huayou’s first jump was 7 meters 65, only behind the landlord Shu Heng’s 7 meters 67, temporarily ranking second; the second jump failed to cross the take-off line, and the third and fourth jumps were only 7 meters 54 and 7 meters 55, the fifth jump failed once more, and the ranking once fell outside the top 3, but the sixth jump of 7 meters 83 jumped to the podium in one fell swoop.

Lin Jiaxing, who played the finale among the 12 contestants, failed in the first jump, followed by a 7-meter-40 jump in the second, failed once more in the third jump, 7-meter-48 in the fourth jump, failed in the fifth jump, but also flew in the sixth jump. 7 meters 83, and Wen Huayou on the podium together.

The gold medal was held by landlord Zhang Jingqiang with 7 meters 93, Wen Huayou silver medal, Lin Jiaxing bronze medal, copying the “silver-clad bronze” achievement of men’s high jump Fu Zhaoxuan and Cai Weizhi.

China’s women’s high jump record holder Li Qingqing also appeared today. She started her trial jump from 1.75 meters. After the second jump, her height rose to 1.80 meters. She succeeded in the third jump, but the third height was 1.84 meters. He failed all the jumps, and finally left a score of 1m80, ranking second from the bottom among the 12 contestants.

In the women’s 400-meter relay final, the Chinese team composed of Zheng Xinying, Zhang Ziling, Liu Lilin, and Zhang Boya ranked fifth, and finally ranked seventh with a time of 45.14 seconds.

In the men’s 400 relay final, the Chinese team Song Yujun, Chen Wenpu, Wei Taisheng and Lin Youxian appeared on the stage. Unfortunately, they ranked fourth in 38.86 seconds and missed the opportunity to stand on the podium by 0.03 seconds.

Landlord China kept the gold medal in 38.80 seconds, Thailand won the silver medal in 38.80 seconds, and the South African team won the bronze medal in 38.83 seconds.

Wen Huayou (left) and Lin Jiaxing. Photo/provided by the general manager of the junior college Wen Huayou (left) and Lin Jiaxing (right). Photo/provided by the general college, Wen Huayou ranked second with the last jump. Photo/provided by the general manager of the junior college Lin Jiaxing won the bronze medal in the long jump at the Chengdu World Universiade.Photo/provided by the general manager of the university, the Universiade in Chengdu

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