November 18 On the ninth competition day after the opening of the 15th National Games, eight gold medals were decided on the athletics field today. The men's and women's 5000m and the men's and women's 400m delivered speed and excitement. The men's javelin, men's long jump, men's hammer throw, and women's pole vault each found their champions. The men's and women's 200m semifinals were also very entertaining.Henan team took two gold medals, becoming the big winner.This morning the earliest athletics event to start was the men's javelin final. In the end, Henan's Hu Haoran recorded 81.60 meters to take the title，福建队的高龙宇staged a last-attempt turnaround,overtaking Xu Jiajie to take second，成绩为 80.71 meters。上海队的徐家杰拿到季军，成绩为 80.53 meters。In the women's 200m semifinals, Liu Yinglan, Chen Yuxie and Zhu Junying from the first heat, and Cai Yanting, Li Yuting and Xia Yu from the second heat advanced directly to the final by finishing in the top three of their heats, while He Liujing and Kong Lingyao moved up as alternates.
In the men's 200m semifinals, Lin Jianhao and Guan Xin from the first heat, Sun Qingchi and Liu Ke from the second heat, and Shi Junhao and Xie Zhenye from the third heat advanced directly to the final, with Li Mingcong and Zhu Chongtao advancing as alternates. Shi Junhao posted the fastest time at 20.22 seconds, while Lin Jianhao with 20. 72 seconds took first in his heat and set a personal best.
In the evening women's 5000m final, Ma Xiuzhen of Sichuan led from the start but relinquished the lead after six laps. Her teammate He Wuxia then moved into the lead and stayed there until the final 90 meters. She was overtaken before the home straight when Liang Tiantian of Henan accelerated, and was passed again 40 meters from the finish by Luo Xia of Yunnan, ultimately finishing third.Liang Tiantian took the title in 15:09.85, a new personal best. Luo Xia was second in 15:11.39, also a PB. She had just won the women's 3000m steeplechase yesterday.In the later-starting men's 5000 m final, Liaoning's Yu Shuiqing produced a powerful sprint in the closing moments, winning in 13:36.89 — less than one second off his PB.Yunnan's Jiang Fakun finished second in 13:38.60, while Sichuan's Yang Kegu took third in 13:44.26, with both athletes setting personal bests. Notably, in this men's 5000 m final, 12 athletes set PBs and 10 ran under the 14-minute barrier.In the women's 400m final, Sichuan's Liu Yinglan and Guangdong's Mo Jiadie battled to the finish before a winner was decided. Liu Yinglan ultimately took the title in 51.75 seconds, setting a personal best. Mo Jiadie claimed silver in 51.87 seconds; she had just won the women's 400m hurdles title yesterday. The bronze went to Li Fengdan of Guangxi with a time of 53.30 seconds.In the men's 400m final, Shandong team's national record holder Liu Kai produced a powerful finish in the closing stages to win in 45.77 seconds.Two Hebei athletes, Zhang Jingzong and Zhang Qining, finished second and third with times of 46.12 and 46.39 seconds, respectively.In the men's hammer throw final, Jiangsu swept first and second, and Wang Qi won the title with a throw of 73.28 m.Li Zixu took second place with 71.15 m, equaling his personal best. Jiang He finished third with 70.32 m. Notably, fourth place also came from Jiangsu, underscoring Jiangsu's strong overall strength.In the men's long jump final, Liaoning's Shu Heng claimed the title with his opening jump of 8.17 m. He was the only athlete to clear 8 meters.Hunan's Zhang Mingkun took second with 7.99 m, and Shandong's Gao Peiqi claimed third with 7.95 m.In the women's pole vault final, Jiangxi's Wei Lingxia won with 4.30 m, producing something of an upset. Sichuan's Du Rui also cleared 4.30 m but took second on countback.
Anhui's Zhang Zixuan, Zhejiang's Li Ling and Anhui's Niu Chunge all cleared 4.15 m, but Zhang Zixuan cleared it on her first attempt and ultimately took third.
In addition, in the men's triple jump qualifying round, Guangdong's Zhou Rongjia set a personal best of 16.56 m, ranking first overall. Wu Ruiting, Zhu Yaming and others — a total of 13 athletes advanced smoothly to the final. Having completed five events in the women's heptathlon, Zheng Ninali from the Shanxi team is currently in first place.
Which event did you watch today? Which moment impressed you the most?
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