Chinas home runners set a new nationwide record in the guyss 4x400m in 3:01.87 at the World Athletics Relays in rain in Guangzhou, south Chinas Guangdong Province on Saturday.The competition also serves as the primary credentials for relay events at this years World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September and features 6 occasions including maless, womens and combined 4x100m and 4x400m.
The leading 14 groups in each occasion (except for mixed 4x100m) will earn berths for Tokyo 2025.
According to the rules, the leading 14 teams in guyss and ladiess 4x100m, 4x400m and blended 4x400m consist of 8 spots reserved Saturday and 6 areas Sunday.
In each event, the top 2 teams in each of the four warms qualified for the finals and World Championships, with the staying groups contending for 6 other areas per occasion in the 2nd credentials round Sunday.The Chinese squad for the mens 4x400m, made up of novices Liang Baotang, Li Yiqing, Zhang Qining and Fu Haoran, completed second in Heat 1, breaking the nationwide record, reaching the final and qualifying for Tokyo 2025.
My mind was blank when I was running, just to do my best, said Fu, who caught up to 2nd location by surpassing Bernat Erta of Spain in the fourth leg.Mixed 4x100m is a newly-introduced occasion for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
In the events global launching, Canada ended up first in qualification with a time of 40.90 seconds.
The Chinese quartet of Huang Shuping, Kong Lingyao, Chen Jinfeng and Chen Guanfeng received the last by clocking 41.30 seconds.
Its fascinating to blend and socialize boys and ladies in 4X100m.
We are really ecstatic and happy for the introduction of the occasion, Chen said.Veteran Xie Zhenye led Team China in mens 4x100m, and they clocked 38.30 seconds to complete 3rd in Heat 4, just 0.005 second shy of Italy, who finished second in the heat.
South Africa and Japan set a brand-new world-leading mark with 37.84 seconds.Drama unfolded in the ladiess 4x100m as Chinas third-leg runner Liang Xiaojing and fourth-leg runner Ge Manqi made a mistake in passing the baton, completing sixth in the heat.Elsewhere, the USA made a world-leading mark of 3:11.37 in the combined 4x400m.
Spain set a brand-new ladiess 4x100m nationwide record of 42.18 seconds.