At the Hangzhou Asian Games, he won the gold medal in the men's track and field 100 meters, completing the second "breaking 10" move in five years, and led the post-00 teenagers to defend the honor of the Chinese team in the 4x100 meter relay.
He was the first yellow man to run 20 seconds in the men's 200m event, making Chinese track and field shine on the world stage and becoming the leader of Chinese track and field sprints.
He perseveres in order to realize his dreams, dares to take responsibility for adding glory to the country, as long as he stands on the runway, there is only one belief in his heart - rushing. Author |Qu Lulu.
Edit |In 2023, Xie Zhenye ushered in his own year, and he used the words "find himself again" to make a footnote for this year. Five years ago, in 2018, Xie Zhenye completed an astonishing time of 9.97 seconds in the track and field 100m event, becoming the third yellow person to run in 10 seconds; In 2019, in the 200m event, he ran 19.88 seconds, setting an Asian record and ushering in the peak of his career. However, no one expected that the outside world would change rapidly, and almost everyone would be involved, and Xie Zhenye would inevitably be affected. During that blank period, he couldn't find the right direction for himself. This year's 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou is a competition he has been waiting for too long, he not only won the championship in the men's track and field 100m event, completed the second "breaking 10" in five years, but also led the post-00 teenagers to defend the honor of the Chinese team in the 4x100m relay, adding confidence to the preparation for the Paris Olympics. Xie Zhenye has become a well-deserved flag-bearer of Chinese track and field. Xie Zhenye said that he has always had three dreams since he started engaging in professional sports: winning medals in the Olympic Games and World Championships; Individual events into the Olympic Games, World Championships finals; The first yellow man to break 20 seconds in 200 meters. Now he's done 2Of the 5 goals, there is only 0. standing on the track of the Olympic individual finals5 pcs. In him, there is a kind of ideals and beliefs, which is a youthful enthusiasm to fulfill his dreams, and a responsibility and responsibility to add glory to the country. He hopes that in 2024, he will continue to seek breakthroughs and fight for youth.
On September 30, 2023, at the scene of the men's 100m final of the track and field competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Xie Zhenye stood on the 6th road, next to Thai teenager Bripong Boon Song, Xie Zhenye's biggest opponent in the final that night. The latter's qualification time was 10.06 seconds, which was only 0.0 seconds away from Xie Zhenye's 10.03 seconds03 seconds (the time required for the second hand of the clock to move once). Xie Zhenye was like a leopard ready to attack, his hands on the ground, and the muscles of his whole body were tense. He, like everyone else, nervously waited for the starting gun. Run! The people around him moved, and there was no time to react, so Xie Zhenye rushed into the runway ......But then, the referee's whistle pulled him back. There was an accident on the field, and someone rushed to run. 3 runner Dabang was sent off for the run, Xie Zhenye returned to the starting point, at this time he had been disturbed rhythm, and the pressure followed. He's got to get his mentality right away and get his body back to the best of his game. "Bang! The gunshot rang out, and the mood of the spectators was instantly ignited. Outside the court, Su Bingtian's eyes were locked and he was engrossed in staring at his old teammates' games. He believes in Xie Zhenye's strength, and in the semifinals, he vaguely felt that Xie Zhenye could create a limit. Even so, his mood was not easy, and he knew what this match meant to Xie Zhenye. In this battle, the outside world is concerned about whether Xie Zhenye can defend the title of "Asian Flyer". And for Xie Zhenye, there is another reason why he must go all out: as he gets older, this may be his last Asian Games. In the previous two Asian Games, Xie Zhenye did not win a single gold medal. Before participating in the Hangzhou Asian Games, he set himself the goal of "only competing for gold, not winning silver". 
Sprinting is an instantaneous war. At the moment when the gunshot rang out, Xie Zhenye was not affected by the runner's rush just now. He got off to a very smooth start, sprinting off the track with almost minimal reaction time, taking the lead in the first half and finishing with sheer strength. In the beautiful battle, the commentator couldn't suppress his emotions, and Su Bingtian was even more excited with tears. 9.97 seconds, this result lived up to expectations, Xie Zhenye won the Asian Games and reappeared the glory of the king. This is also his 5-year silence and "breaking 10" again in the men's 100m event. The crowd cheered, as if they had returned to 2018 and relived the miracle he had created in Montreuil. Xie Zhenye was 25 years old that year, and he was in the peak age of an athlete. In the men's 100m final of the track and field championships in Montreuil, France, he ran an excellent time of 9.97 seconds, surpassing the national record of 9.99 seconds held by Su Bingtian and the 9.98 seconds record of Japanese genius Shohide Kiryu, becoming the first yellow man in the 100 meters. The eyes of the outside world turned to this low-key athletic genius, and the overwhelming attention swept in. After the race, Xie Zhenye couldn't hide his excitement, he said: "I am also very surprised by this result, and I will continue to work hard to bring more excitement to everyone." After that, he set the goal of the men's 100m event to continue to make breakthroughs and push the results forward. However, no one would have thought that Xie Zhenye would go so bumpy on the road of "breaking 10" in the 100-meter event. A month later, in the men's 100m final of the IAAF Diamond League in London, Xie Zhenye ran 10.01 seconds and finished 8th, almost breaking 10 seconds. In the past 5 years, Xie Zhenye's state has been up and down, he regretted that he stopped in the finals, won the runner-up, and repeatedly stood on the podium of the champion, but failed to break the 10-second mark. In the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, fate gave back to the unyielding, and the result of 9.97 seconds finally unraveled the obsession of "breaking 10", Xie Zhenye said to "Blog World": "This result makes me see that I am working hard in the right direction. "Many times, the more you want to prove yourself, the more you are under pressure, and after your mentality is calm, this achievement comes naturally. 
In fact, Xie Zhenye's "Breaking 10" battle in Montreuil, France in 2018 was not easy to win. Before the match, few people paid attention to the athlete from China. People focused on the French star Lemaître and the South African flyer Himbin, and Xie Zhenye was divided into one lane on the edge. After the gunshot, his starting speed was 0160 seconds, ranked second to last, no one could know what Xie Zhenye was thinking at that time. It was a split-second battle against a strong opponent, and Xie didn't take the lead until the second half of the race, and finally sprinted across the line with an unpredictable result. 9.97 seconds, shocking, at that time, there was a ** comment that the Xie Zhenye era of Chinese track and field has come. While the opportunities are favored, Xie Zhenye is also facing challenges, on the one hand, it is the tempering of mentality, and on the other hand, it is the physical test of athletes. At the Jakarta Asian Games in the same year, Xie Zhenye suffered from a torn deltoid ligament injury in his right ankle, and multiple small bone marrow edema in his right talus, and regrettably withdrew from the event. He said with regret: "There will always be ups and downs on the road of life, and it seems that I am not the lucky one this time." Xie rarely talks about his injuries and the difficulties he has encountered in training, and he feels that there is nothing to talk about. In fact, before the Hangzhou Asian Games, Xie Zhenye's condition was not good, and everyone sweated for him. Xie Zhenye didn't care too much, "Injuries are common for athletes." As the start of the tournament draws closer, he also has a vague fear that the root of this worry lies in his desire to win: "I really want to make up for the regret in Jakarta and get a good result in this Asian Games." Fortunately, on the night of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Xie Zhenye crossed the line beautifully, and the regret of the Jakarta Asian Games five years ago was finally gently smoothed by time.
In addition to the 100m event and the men's 4x100m relay, he is also good at the 200m, and is still the Asian record holder in the event. Xie Zhenye doesn't think of himself as a genius athlete. His childhood was a silhouette of an ordinary village child, playing unrestrainedly, and in the eyes of others, he was the child who "couldn't stop". His first sport was not sprinting, but table tennis, but he gradually realized that he had no talent in this area. Later, because he was taller than others, the physical education teacher asked Xie Zhenye to go running, but he didn't expect to get good results. When he was in the second grade, he was the first place in the school's 50 meters, so there were more and more awards stored at home, and Xie Zhenye's interest in running also grew. When he was 13 years old, Shaoxing Sports School found his family, and Xie Zhenye had no concept of becoming an athlete. His father told Xie Zhenye that if he likes to run, he will stick to it, and his family will support him. In this way, Xie Zhenye started his career as an athlete. When he first entered the sports school, Xie Zhenye was still very vague about the future, but a voice in his heart told him: "The grades can be better, the speed can be faster, and the wins will be more." His enlightenment coach Wang Shunfa commented on Xie Zhenye with such a sentence: "His psychological quality is very good, and his good grades have not made him swell." Seeing that the muffled sound was silent, in fact, he had already identified the goal of catching up in his heart. In 2008, Usain Bolt became the superstar of the Beijing Olympics, completing the astonishing feat of winning gold medals in the 100m and 200m and breaking two world records at the same time. Bolt's name spread all over the streets and alleys, and it also inspired Xie Zhenye's enthusiasm for track and field. 
However, the reality gave him a blow to the head, because of overtraining, Xie Zhenye suffered an avulsion fracture of the hip joint, and the diagnosis given by the doctor was that the strength of the muscles was too great, and the bones that had not yet developed were torn off. This is a fatal blow to a new athlete. At that time, the coach advised Xie Zhenye to give up track and field and go home to continue studying. But Xie Zhenye is very strong, he thinks, "Others say I can't do it, I want to try." He lay on the hospital bed for a long time, and during that time Xie Zhenye's thighs were thinner than his calves. Unable to get out of bed, he held on a stretcher and trained slowly in the strength room. In the end, Xie Zhenye impressed the coaching staff with his actions and was able to continue to stay in the competitive sports arena. In the first comeback race in 2019, Xie Zhenye won the first place in both the 100 meters and 200 meters, and ran to the national level. Xie Zhenye's first world title came at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, where the Chinese track and field team was not favored by the outside world, but Xie Zhenye, the face of China, surprised everyone to win the gold medal in the 200m. The name Xie Zhenye entered the public eye for the first time. Immediately afterward, the youngster continued to push his limits and create more and more legends in the field. In the 2017 Tianjin National Games, Xie Zhenye won the men's 100m and 200m double championships. In that 200m event, he ran a time of 20.20 seconds, not only winning the championship, but also improving his national record by 02 seconds. So far, Xie Zhenye's much-talked about competition is his performance in the men's 200m final of the IAAF Diamond League London Station in 2019, and he is called the person who created the "9th miracle". 
An hour and a half before that race, Xie Zhenye had just finished the 4x100m relay event, and he only adjusted his condition before returning to the 200m race. He was relegated to the marginal ninth lane, where he was joined by Qatar's Ogunod, Britain's Francis, Panama's Edward and Japan's sprint superstar Yuki Koike. In the starting stage, Xie Zhenye did not react quickly, but the corner into the straight cut was very smooth, he bit his opponent tightly, jumped directly in the second half, and ran the first to cross the finish line with strong explosive power. The number of 19.88 seconds made it difficult for Yang Jian, the commentator of the event at that time, to suppress his excitement, and he said with emotion: "Xie Zhenye has created a super result. Xie Zhenye not only broke the Asian record and became the first yellow person to run 20 seconds in the 200m event, but also made Chinese track and field shine on the world stage. After that, he took one step at a time, and together with Su Bingtian, he gradually became the leader of Chinese track and field sprinting. Many years later, when talking about this game, Xie Zhenye said that he had no distractions, and he didn't care if it was the 9th way, and he only had one idea in his heart, that is, "rushing", to show the outside world the demeanor of an athlete named "Xie Zhenye". Xie Zhenye revealed his heart to "Blog World", he has persisted in sprinting for 19 years, in the past, sprinting gave a rural child more choices and opportunities to climb, and now, "I hope it will become my 'meaning of life', this meaning is a historical story that I have been here in my life, is well-known, and remembered."
If you talk about the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, Xie Zhenye once again "broke 10" in the men's 100-meter event and won a medal of glory belonging to the lonely. So a few days later, the reversal battle of the men's 4x100m relay final of the Hangzhou Asian Games was another heavy medal won by Xie Zhenye and the Chinese youngsters. For this important relay race, Xie Zhenye gave up his advantage project. Due to the tight schedule of the Asian Games, the 200m and relay events were staggered, and Xie Zhenye did not participate in the men's 200m, and he is the Asian record holder in this event. In an interview with "Face to Face", Xie Zhenye explained the reason for this choice: "The relay is already a banner thing in Chinese track and field, and I will not allow this flag to collapse." "The men's 4x100m relay race is one of the earliest breakthroughs in Chinese track and field, and has become the flagship event of Chinese track and field. However, in the past two years, the Chinese men's relay team has experienced the pain of handing over the old and the new. The 2022 World Championships in Eugene ended in the preliminary round, and the 2023 World Championships in Budapest did not participate. "If we haven't won the relay at the Asian Games and boosted morale, it will be very difficult for us to pick up this confidence next year. We've worked so a project for so many generations, how can we bear to watch it slowly decline? Before the Hangzhou Asian Games, the veteran Su Bingtian was unable to participate due to physical reasons, and at the critical moment, Xie Zhenye took over the burden and became the flag bearer of the Chinese track and field team. The situation is not encouraging. In this Hangzhou Asian Games, standing next to Xie Zhenye is no longer the old teammates who fought side by side in the past, but Chen Guanfeng, Yan Haibin, Chen Jiapeng, and other post-00 players. In less than half a year, Xie Zhenye re-ran in with them, cultivated tacit understanding, and tried to play a beautiful cooperation battle in the relay field. 
On the evening of October 3, 2023, at the scene of the men's 4 100-meter relay final of the Hangzhou Asian Games track and field, the Chinese team Chen Guanfeng, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin and Chen Jiapeng appeared, and Xie Zhenye was responsible for the second base. At the beginning of the game, there was a stalemate between the Chinese team and the Japanese team, and when Xie Zhenye came here, he clenched the baton in his hand, ran with all his might, took advantage of the straight, and handed the next baton to Yan Haibin. The situation is still grim, and the Chinese team and the Japanese team are still biting each other. Xie Zhenye nervously watched Chen Jiapeng, the fourth baseman, when the Chinese team was already behind the Japanese team, and the Japanese players even made a celebration gesture in advance. However, no one expected that in the last 10 meters, Chen Jiapeng sprinted with all his strength and crossed the finish line first, and the Chinese team achieved a shocking reversal and successfully won the championship, and the Asian dominance of Chinese track and field in the men's 4x100m event was once again proved. After the game, Chen Jiapeng expressed his admiration for Xie Zhenye: "I admire Brother Xie a lot, he set an example for us, so he let us play wherever we wanted." On the field that day, the song "Young Battlefield" ordered by Xie Zhenye sounded, and the lyrics wrote "Today I finally stand on this young battlefield, please applaud me proudly", but perhaps the most suitable for Xie Zhenye is the sentence: "My dream, every time I seize the opportunity, express my self-assertion." In the year of its establishment, this man who has persevered in his sprinting career for 19 years won two championships at the Hangzhou Asian Games and won a belated medal at the Tokyo Olympics. These are the rewards that dreams give to this pioneer. Time does not set a limit for the best athletes, but in the flow of day after day, year after year, it creates a mature medal in the name of experience for those who come forward. Therefore, Xie Zhenye pays attention to his feet and every step down, "I always thought that I was still in the process, and athletes were nothing more than training hard to improve their performance, to fight for gold, as long as they have not stood on the highest podium, they are still climbing on the road." It used to be like this, and it still is, to do a good job simply and repeatedly, it's as simple as that." The glory that belongs to Xie Zhenye continues. Blog World of the Year: What are your expectations for yourself before participating in the Asian Games in Hangzhou? Was there any stress at the time, and how did you adjust your physical and mental state? Xie Zhenye: I have one and only one goal for this Asian Games, which is to hit the championship, not only because I want to complete my dream of a single gold medal in the Asian Games, but if I can't defend the Asian Games, how can I say that I can go to the Olympics. What's more, it's still on my doorstep, and I believe I can do it. There will be pressure, in fact, no matter which game will be more or less stressful and nervous, at most there will be a difference. If there's a way to adjust, I'm doing some daily idle things that distract me, such as origami, reading books, building Lego, studying cooking, etc. In addition, it is focus, focus on your own special skills, when you are not bored and free, there is no time to feel the unnecessary pressure. Because a lot of the pressure is self-inflicted. Blog World: In the men's 100m final, you ran a personal best of 9.97 seconds, and you broke 9 for the second time in five years, what does this result mean to you? Xie Zhenye: The significance of this achievement may be clearer for me, because in the past few years, for various reasons, I had a period of confusion that I didn't know which direction to work towards. It's not that you don't work hard, but you can't find the right direction to work hard. Sometimes it's much better to get on the right path than to run around with your head covered without a clue. This result has made me see that I am working in the right direction, which undoubtedly gives me a huge motivation, as if I am back to that time in 2019, and I feel very grounded. Blog World: After the Asian Games, you said that you wanted to be the first person to reach the Olympic final in the 200m. When did this idea exist? In order to achieve this wish, is there any new technical adjustment at present? Xie Zhenye: This idea has been coming to me for a long time, and it should be said that it has always been my dream. I started to engage in professional sports with three dreams: first, to win medals in the Olympic Games and World Championships; 2. Individual events will be on the road to the finals of the Olympic Games and World Championships; 3. The first yellow man to break 20 seconds in 200 meters. So far I've done 2There are 5 goals, and there is only 0. on the final track of the Olympic individual event5 of them. At present, in the 100-meter event, my coach and I are still stabilizing our skills in the starting and future acceleration stages, and I am still not stable enough; The 200m is a very competitive event for me, but this year, because I focus on the 100m, I will need to strengthen my 200m special physical training in the next preparation. Blogging World: This year is your first year and the 19th year of your sprinting career. Looking back now, what sustained you to keep running and keep going for so long? Xie Zhenye: 19 years is a long time, almost two-thirds of my current life journey, if you exclude the time when children are ignorant and don't remember, it will be even longer. In this long time, the so-called persistence is constantly updated and iterative, just like people are constantly growing. To this day, what I insist on is nothing more than an ideal and belief, wanting to fulfill my dreams, wanting to add glory to the country with youthful enthusiasm, and wanting to stick to the inheritance of the project with a sense of responsibility. That's all. 
BlogWorld: What was the state of your childhood life? When did you discover your athletic talent? Did you ever think you would become a champion? Xie Zhenye: Everyone knows that I come from an ordinary village, and my childhood is the silhouette of an ordinary village child, playing unrestrained and playing wantonly, no different. I can't talk about talent, and my physical condition was not bad when I was in elementary school, so I was pulled by the teacher to participate in school activities, and then I slowly won and was taken by the coach in the city. When I was a child, I didn't have so many ideas, and my vision was not so big at that time, I just liked it. Blogging World: For you, who is the most important opponent in your sprinting career? Is there an idol or a phrase that inspires you? Xie Zhenye: I think I'm lucky to have caught the boom of sprinting in China, and there are too many good opponents along the way to spur me to work harder, after all, everyone wants to win. A strong opponent is a challenge and an encouragement, telling you the truth of sailing against the current, of course, the most dazzling of them are Su Bingtian and Zhang Peimeng, who are also teachers and friends with me, motivating each other. Blogger: What do you think are the most important qualities of being a great athlete? Xie Zhenye: I'm not a great athlete yet, but I want to be a great athlete, and all I can do is be focused, professional and persistent. I don't know if that's the answer, but that's how I did it. Blog World: Have you thought about what you will do after retiring and will you continue your sports career? Xie Zhenye: As for retirement, to be honest, I don't have a particularly detailed plan now, but one thing is clear, I will definitely continue to pursue sports, after all, it has been with me for too long, and I am very familiar with it, so I can't do without it. Blogging World: How would you describe yourself in 2023? What to expect in 2024? Xie Zhenye: 2023 is the year for me to rediscover myself, the blank space in the previous years has made me more aware of my positioning and goals, and I also know how I should do it, and I know that I have to work hard to find the right direction. In 2024, I hope that it will be a year for me to seek breakthroughs, and I hope that I will go one step further, work hard for my goals, and fight for my youth.