Chinese women s 800 meters, can it shine again?

Mondo Sports Updated on 2024-02-29

2:03.43!This is the best result in the Chinese women's 800m in the 2023 season, which was created by Zhejiang star Rao Xinyu in the women's 800m final of the 2023 National Athletics Championships.

Anhui star Wang Chunyu, who made history in the women's 800m final of the Tokyo Olympics, won 2:03The score of 90 ranked second in the season, and Guangdong's Zhang Guiping won 2:0395 ranked third in the season.

It can be seen from the top 10 list of Chinese women's 800m in 2023 that only 5 people have reached 2:0600's women's 800m national athletes, the overall level of competition is not high.

Kratokhvilova.

On July 26, 1983, in the women's 800m final of the Munich Athletics Competition, Czech star Kratokhvilova won the championship with a time of 1:53.28 and set a new world record. The original world record was 1:53.43 set by Soviet star Olizarenko in Moscow in 1980. As of today, the women's 800m world record is the longest-held world record in athletics.

Compared with the women's 1500m, 3000m hurdles, 5000m, 10000m, marathon and other middle-distance running world records have been broken one after another, 41 years later, the women's 800m world level is still stagnant. In recent years, the results of 1:54 and 1:56 can basically get the "championship point" of the women's 800m in the world championships.

The world's best result in the women's 800m in two seasons is just 5497, created by the Tokyo Olympics champion of the event American star Asimu.

In the women's 1500m (3:49.)11) World record, starting infinitely close to the men's 1500m (3:48.)00) National Athlete Standard, as well as the Women's 5000m (29:01.)03), the marathon (2:11:53) world record, has been significantly higher than the men's 5000m (29:45).00), marathon (2:20:00) national athlete standard time.

The current women's 800m world record and the current women's 800m world high (1:54 1:56), distance 1:51There is still a long way to go in the men's 800m national athlete standard in 00.

The 80s were the stage when the Chinese women's 800m advanced by leaps and bounds. In 1989, in the women's 800-meter final of the Barcelona Track and Field World Cup, Shandong star Sun Sumei won the sixth place with a time of 1:58.56, creating a new Asian record in the women's 800-meter, which was not only the first time that the Chinese women's 800-meter entered the top eight in the world competition, but also the first Asian women's 800-meter athlete to run into the 2-point mark.

In the women's 800m final of the 7th National Games in 1993, the top eight all ran into "1 point 59". Liaoning girls Liu Dong, Qu Yunxia and Liu Li won the gold, silver and bronze medals with a time of 1:55.56.57.18 respectively, and all broke the women's 800m Asian record.

In the women's 800m final of the 9th National Games in 2001, Liaoning star Lin Na helped the Liaoning team achieve the "triple championship" of the women's 800m in the National Games with a time of 2:00.77.

In the women's 800m final of the 10th National Games in 2005, Tsinghua athletes**, representing Shanxi, won the championship with a time of 1:59.74.

After 2010, with the decline of veterans such as **. China's women's 800m welcomes two of the most talented athletes: Shanghai's Zhao Jing and Anhui's Wang Chunyu.

In the women's 800m final of the 2012 National Track and Field Championships, Shanghai star Zhao Jing won the championship for the first time with a time of 2:01.46. In the women's 800m final of the 12th National Games in 2013, Shanghai star Zhao Jing defeated Anhui star Wang Chunyu with a time of 2:02.36 to win the championship.

In addition, Zhao Jing also won the women's 1500m championship with a time of 4:12.32. In the women's 800m final of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Shanghai star Zhao Jing won the third place with a personal best time of 1:59.48.

In the women's 800m final of the 13th National Games in 2017, Anhui star Wang Chunyu defeated her old opponent Zhao Jing with a time of 2:03.49 to win the National Games championship for the first time. Zhao Jing won the second place with a time of 2:04.10 and won the women's 1500m championship with a time of 4:16.41, becoming the first person in China to defend the women's 1500m championship at the National Games.

In the women's 800m final of the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, Anhui star Wang Chunyu won the championship with a time of 2:01.80, helping China win the women's 800m gold medal in the Asian Games again after 24 years.

In the women's 800m final of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Wang Chunyu won the fifth place with a time of 1:57.00, creating the best result in the Chinese women's 800m Olympics.

1:57.The result of 00 is not only the fastest speed of the Chinese women's 800m on the Olympic stage, but also the closest distance to the Olympic medal for the Chinese women's 800m.

At the 2021 Shaanxi National Games after the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Chunyu took on the women's 400m, 800m, and 1500m events, becoming the first Chinese athlete to compete in both sprint and long-distance running events in the National Games.

In the end, Wang Chunyu easily won the women's 800m gold medal in the National Games, won the women's 1500m gold medal in the National Games for the first time, and also won a silver medal in the women's 400m final.

After the Shaanxi National Games, Wang Chunyu, who has been competing in domestic and foreign arenas for many years, stayed away from the training ground for a period of time and completely gave himself a long vacation.

In the 2023 season, Wang Chunyu began to restart training, although 2:03The best result of the season in '90 was nowhere near the Tokyo Olympic cycle, but the veteran is still seeing that he is adjusting his form step by step and continues to make bold strides towards his dream of the Paris Olympics.

After making history in the women's 800m at the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Chunyu once said: "The final was originally running for an Olympic medal, but the strength was still a little worse. ”

When it comes to future goals, Wang Chunyu wants to impact the 1:55 maintained by his predecessor Liu Dong54 Asian records, and I also want to have a bigger breakthrough in the Paris Olympics. Now, it is expected that Wang Chunyu, who has fully returned to the training ground, can regain his best form in the 2024 season.

Zhao Jing's guidance profile - a famous Chinese middle-distance runner, personal PB: 1:5948. International-level athlete, 800m Asian champion, former women's 1000m Asian record holder, more than 20 times won the women's 800m and 1500m national championship, 3 gold medalists in the middle and long distance running National Games.

The 800m is a middle running event, with a short race distance, high competition intensity, and high technical and tactical requirements. To become a good 800m athlete, you need to have athletic abilities [core, speed, endurance].

First of all, the core strength should be strong and comprehensive. When I was in elementary school, I practiced swimming, and almost every training session would add some core strength training on top of swimming.

The core strength foundation I built from a young age allowed me to work more than my teammates when I became a sprinter and middle-distance runner, which also helped me improve my speed ability. I've had very few injuries in my athletic career, which has a lot to do with a strong core strength base.

Secondly, the importance of speed in the middle run. The distance of the middle run race is short, the speed is fast, and the difference between victory and defeat is small. Therefore, the level of speed, especially the absolute sprint ability, is especially important in training and competitions. When I entered junior high school, I started sprinting instead.

In the end, he was admitted to Fudan University as an athlete in the main 400 meters (test score of 57 seconds). Although I changed my sport to a middle-distance runner after entering college, the speed advantage I gained in high school became my most advantageous victory in the sprint stage of the middle running competition**.

Third, the significance of improving endurance quality. If the foundation of core strength I built as a child and the speed level I developed in high school were my strengths, my endurance level was my biggest weakness.

I remember when I first changed to a middle-distance runner, I could only hold on to 2 endurance training at a speed of 44 km (6 laps). The first time I ran 10 kilometers, the speed of 4 minutes and 35 seconds, I actually vomited myself. But I also know that if I don't raise my stamina level, I won't be able to play at any speed, because my future will be ruined by my opponents.

So, for me, who came from a sprint background, although the endurance training was very hard, I still gritted my teeth and did it. The results also proved to strengthen the shortcomings in endurance, not only did I improve my 800m performance, but I also dared to participate in the longer 1500m event, and became the only person in China to win the women's 1500m championship at the National Games so far.

In short, for young athletes who are engaged in professional training in the 800 meters, as well as for public runners. The 800m is a spectatory, experiential event with a lot of skills and tactics. Training advice for everyone:In the training, the principle of synchronous development of core strength, speed training and endurance training should be implemented, and the relationship between the three is very close and mutually reinforcing.

The core strength level is the cornerstone of the development of absolute speed, and it is also the athlete's body to bear a greater load (reducing the risk of injury) guarantee, speed training is the key to improve the athlete's maximum cardiopulmonary capacity, maximum acid tolerance and strengthen the ability to sprint, endurance training is the most important and critical training content to comprehensively promote the athlete's special ability (speed endurance).

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