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In the entire 2007, a total of just three track and field events’ Chinese national records were re-written. At the very first meet of Chinese track and field this year, the National Indoor Track and Field Championship Shanghai stop that just drew the curtain a few days ago, two events’ national indoor records have already become history, including men’s 60 meter dash and pole vault.
Yongyi Wen Broke Men’s 60m National Record The Third Time
National Indoor Meet Shanghai stop took place from January 26th to January 27th. Altogether more than 600 athletes participating in 12 events for men and women respectively. Due to the limits of events, many Beijing Olympic A standard athletes didn’t show up in this meet, good performances still took place.
Among 80 runners in men’s 60 meter dash, Yongyi Wen from Guangdong was the top contender. He ran 6.62 seconds in the preliminary and ranked no. 1. In final heat, he further improved his time to 6.58 seconds, leading the second place, Ke Jin from Beijing, by a good 0.08 second. The time was good enough for a new national record.
Wen first ran under 6.60 seconds in last March’s Beijing Indoor Meet, a time of 6.59 seconds, breaking national record held by himself. This time in Shanghai, he furthered the national record again by 0.01 second.
In the entire 2007, a total of just three track and field events’ Chinese national records were re-written. At the very first meet of Chinese track and field this year, the National Indoor Track and Field Championship Shanghai stop that just drew the curtain a few days ago, two events’ national indoor records have already become history, including men’s 60 meter dash and pole vault.
Yongyi Wen Broke Men’s 60m National Record The Third Time
National Indoor Meet Shanghai stop took place from January 26th to January 27th. Altogether more than 600 athletes participating in 12 events for men and women respectively. Due to the limits of events, many Beijing Olympic A standard athletes didn’t show up in this meet, good performances still took place.
Among 80 runners in men’s 60 meter dash, Yongyi Wen from Guangdong was the top contender. He ran 6.62 seconds in the preliminary and ranked no. 1. In final heat, he further improved his time to 6.58 seconds, leading the second place, Ke Jin from Beijing, by a good 0.08 second. The time was good enough for a new national record.
Wen first ran under 6.60 seconds in last March’s Beijing Indoor Meet, a time of 6.59 seconds, breaking national record held by himself. This time in Shanghai, he furthered the national record again by 0.01 second.
21-year-old Wen is the new rising star in men’s sprinting in China. In 2006, his 100 meter best was 10.30 seconds, ranking third in the nation. Last year, he won gold medals in grand prix a few times in China and Asia and ran a 10’28 seconds in the National Collegiate Track and Field Meet, meeting Beijing Olympic B standard.
Picture: Yongyi Wen (right), winner of the men's 100m, at 2006 Asian Grand PrixSo far, no athlete in China has qualified for the 100 meter men’s Beijing Olympic A standard, 10.21 seconds. Only two athletes qualified for B standard, 10.28 seconds. In addition to Wen, Peiyin Zhang from Beijing ran 10.27 seconds last year in Shanghai Grand Prix the end of last September.
Feiliang Liu “Flew” Over New Heights
The other new indoor national record at this meet was set by Feiliang Liu from Shandong in Men’s pole vault. He leaped over a bar (equivalent to 18 feet 5 and 1/4 inches) 5.62 meter high, bettering national indoor record by one centimeter.
In February 2006, Feiliang Liu leaped over 5.60 meters at the national indoor series Beijing stop, setting a new national indoor record. Last year at Shanghai stop, pole vaulter Quan Yang from the hosting Shanghai team first broke this record with 5.61 meters. This time in Shanghai, Liu virtually got back the national record that had originally belonged to himself.
In recent two years, men’s pole vault in Shandong has improved rapidly and became a bright spot in China’s field circuit. In 2006, three of the nation’s top five were from Shandong, Feiliang Liu and Yansheng Yang ranked first and second respectively. This time in Shanghai, Feiliang Liu, Yansheng Yang and another teammate Kang Li swept the top three in men’s pole vault.
23-year-old Liu made big progress in recent years. In 2005, his outdoor best reached 5.70m and competed in world championship in 2005 and 2007. Although Liu was not able to get in top 12 to advance to final in 2007’s world championship, he passed 5.65 meters in preliminary, good enough for ranking 13th.
At 2007 national college students’ track and field game, Feiliang Li set new national outdoor men’s pole vault record with a height of 5.71 meters.
The Beijing Olympic men’s pole vault A standard is 5.70 meters. Liu thus became China’s sole A standard qualifier for this event. If nothing goes wrong, he will contend at Beijing Olympic Games this coming August.
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