Xie Zhenye led in the first domestic race this year, won the 100m in 10.05 seconds_Zhejiang Online

On June 2, the 2023 National Athletics Grand Prix (4th stop) kicked off its first day of competition at the Jiangjin District Stadium in Chongqing. Zhejiang flyer Xie Zhenye won the men’s 100m final with a time of 10.05 seconds. This is also his domestic debut this year.

The National Athletics Grand Prix is ​​one of the national high-level track and field events held by the Chinese Athletics Association, and is also a high-level national event held in China before the Hangzhou Asian Games. This time at Chongqing station, Xie Zhenye competed not only with his teammates Wu Zhiqiang and Tang Xingqiang, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100m relay race at the Tokyo Olympics, but also Chen Guanfeng, a young athlete from Guangdong was born. in 2000.

After the game, Xie Zhenye told reporters that he felt quite good and met many old friends and opponents. I hope to find a feel through the game and make adjustments in training and the subsequent competition.

Before this grand prix, Xie Zhenye has been training and competing in the United States. In mid-May, Xie Zhenye returned to Beijing and transferred to Wuhan for a week of training. “During the time in the United States, Xiao Xie performed very well in all aspects, be it grades or physical condition.” Head coach Tao Jianrong said that judging from the performance on the first day, Xie Zhenye performed as usual. However, due to the three-shot schedule on the first day, the coaching staff decided not to participate in the 200 meter preliminaries of this Grand Prix due to various considerations. Next, I will make every effort to prepare for the Asian Games and World Championship trials held in Shenyang at the end of June.

Since the beginning of this year, Xie Zhenye has shown a good competitive condition. In the 100-meter event, he ran 10.10 seconds on April 16 and 10.05 seconds on March 19. These are Xie Zhenye’s consecutive outstanding results since the 2020 season.

In addition, Xie Zhenye, who holds the Asian record of 19.88 seconds in the men’s 200 metres, ran 20.30 seconds on April 29 this year and 20.49 seconds on April 23. Although there is still some distance from his personal best results, these two results in first place in Asia this year.