Great results today in Huangshan (CHN) is in the 20km men in the 20km women.
Cool day (8 ° degrees at the start) and rainy.
Only one medalist in Rio attended to this competition: the bronze medal on the 20 km. female, Lu Xuizhi born in Huangshan. The other medals, for various reasons, are still stuck in the pits.
Despite the absence of so many star the races demonstrated in any case the remarkable ability of China to propose new athletes every year.
20km men
Rewrote the season list in 2017 on the 20km.
Resounding victory of Kaihua Wang (CHN) who last year in Rome 2016 arrived 13th.
China has emerged Iin the chinese morning he won with new personal best of 1:17:54 that oust Eiki Takahashi from world leader.
Second place went to Xiangqian Jin (CHN) in 1:19:12, the previous year as Junior he opted for the 30km ended in 2:12.05. This result puts him currently in 5th place in the world list.
He was the big surprise of the day since his first experience on 20 km. he walker in 1:19:12 demonstrating considerable potential for the future.
Third place went to Wang Rui (CHN) in 1:19:23. Also for him new personal best (1:21:23 broken the previous obtained in Taicang on April 23, 2016.
What's more impressive series of four more performances under the wall of 1:21:00
They were obtained by:
- Sun Song (CHN - 4th) in 1:20:25
- Qingcun Zeng (CHN - 5th) in 1:20:52
- Zhong Heng (CHN - 6th) in 1:20:55
- Jiaxing Yin (CHN - 7th) in 1:20:56
To note the young age of the other classified: all about 20-22 years. Finally to point out that the 47th ended in a time of 1:24:00.
Below updated list of first five performances under 1:19:00
| Result | Pos. | Athlete | YoB | Nation | Venue | Date |
| | | | | | | |
| 1:17:54 | 1. | WANG Kaihua | 94 | CHN | Huangshan (CHN) | 04.03 |
| 1:18:18 | 2. | Eiki TAKAHASHI | 92 | JPN | Kobe (JPN) | 19.02 |
| 1:18:23 | 3. | Isamu FUJISAWA | 87 | JPN | Kobe (JPN) | 19.02 |
| 1:18:25 | 4. | Sergey SHIROBOKOV | 99 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 1:18:52 | 5. | Sergey BAKULIN | 86 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
20km women
In the race of the women then, if we exclude the results of Russian athletes, the results were even more amazing.
Among the top ten athletes on arrival, nine obtained a time of less than 1:29:00 while the 10th has slightly exceeded (1:29:14).
In other words: if a good day starts in the morning the China squadron wouldn't find difficult to replace the planned absences in London of Liu Hong and Qieyang Schenije.
Victory for Lu Xiuzhi (CHN) in 1:26:28 of course seasonal leader excluding the three Russian: Elena Lashmanona, Ekaterina Medvedeva and Sofia Brodatskaya.
Second place to Wang Na (CHN) in 1:26:29
Third place to Yang Jiayu (CHN) in 1:26:35
These three results speak volumes about the final of race: three athletes closed in 7 seconds.
At 1:40 the fourth arrived Yinggliu Wang (CHN) in 1:28:15, who heads the list of the other six athletes under 1:29:00 including the well-known names Nie Jingjing and Duan Dandan
Results
20 km. Men:
| Place | Athlete | Yob | Result |
| | | | |
| 1 | Wang Kaihua | 1994 | 1h17:54 |
| 2 | Jin Xiangqian | 1997 | 1h19:12 |
| 3 | Wang Rui | 1996 | 1h19:23 |
| 4 | Sun Song | 1996 | 1h20:25 |
| 5 | Zeng Qingcun | 1995 | 1h20:52 |
| 6 | Zhong Heng | 1995 | 1h20:55 |
| 7 | Yin Jiaxing | 1994 | 1h20:56 |
| 8 | Liu Jianmin | 1988 | 1h21:07 |
| 9 | Chen Rui | 1996 | 1h21:30 |
| 10 | Su Xianzhen | 1995 | 1h21:42 |
| 11 | Wang Libo | 1979 | 1h21:45 |
| 12 | Zhu Guowen | 1997 | 1h21:46 |
| 13 | Li Liangyong | 1996 | 1h21:48 |
| 14 | Han Jijang | 1993 | 1h21:55 |
| 15 | Tong Anqi | 1992 | 1h21:56 |
| 16 | Peng Chen | 1997 | 1h21:59 |
20 km. women:
| Place | Athlete | YoB | Result |
| | | | |
| 1 | Lu Xiuzhi | 1993 | 1h26:28 |
| 2 | Wang Na | 1995 | 1h26:29 |
| 3 | Yang Jiayu | 1996 | 1h26:35 |
| 4 | Wang Yingliu | 1992 | 1h28:15 |
| 5 | Nie Jingjing | 1988 | 1h28:34 |
| 6 | Duan Dandan | 1995 | 1h28:37 |
| 7 | Ma Lao | 1996 | 1h28:44 |
| 8 | Yang Peili | 1994 | 1h28:45 |
| 9 | Liang Rui | 1994 | 1h28:55 |
| 10 | Ni Yuanyuan | 1995 | 1h29:14 |
| 11 | Chen Chen | 1995 | 1h29:19 |
| 12 | He Qin | 1992 | 1h29:27 |
| 13 | Ji Yefang | 1996 | 1h29:42 |
| 14 | Zhou Kang | 1989 | 1h31:00 |
| 15 | Li Maocuo | 1992 | 1h31:00 |
| 16 | Xie Lijuan | 1993 | 1h31:21 |
Also great times in junior competitions.
10km women U20
Winner is Yang Liujiang (CHN) in 43:40.
Second place to Yang Weiwei (CHN) in 44:21;
Third place to Su Wenxiu (CHN) in 44:36;
Fourth place to Xia Han (CHN) in 45:07.
10km men U20
Victorywuth the excellent time of 39:38 to Zhang Jun (CHN).
Second place to Zheng Ke (CHN) in 39:50;
Third place to Song Huazhang (CHN) in 40:02;
Fourth place to Mao Xu (CHN) in 40:28;
Fifth place to Yu Yongcai CHN) in 40:30
Sixth place to Luo Jiayu (CHN) in 40:34.
Tomorrow morning there will be the 50 km.
Full official results of both days with split times per lap in the section Results or download directly from this link: click here
20km men - the start
20km men - women leading group and in the background men leading group