National youth athletics championships: Wrapped up

In the final day of the competition, Lu Shangbin from Jiangsu completed a 100m (10.62s, on day 1)/200m (20.99, +0.6m/s) double win. Last month, Lu won the men's 200m in the National Grand Prix final with a pb of 20.74s when competiting with the seniors. On the youth level, he is apparently invincible beating the closest opponent by almost 0.7s. Teng Haining who set the domestic lead in men's 800m in the heat won the final in 1:50.12 without any resistance. Later, he won 1500m in group 1 in 3:54.80 but was exceeded by the group 2 winner, Jiang Jianxiao from Gansu province by 0.36s. On the women's side, Lu Yumei from Jiangsu won 200m in 24.31s. Notable results came from women's javelin when He Daixian from Hunan and Jin Pingping from Tianjin finished top 2 with a pair of tight throws of 50.75m and 50.20m, respectively.

Chinese Youth Athletics championships (Day1 and 2)

Some fine results from the National Youth (16-17yo ) Athletics championships. Chu Pengfei from Heilongjiang had a strong showing with a 13.25s in 110m hurdle (0.914m), winning over another promising youngster from Shanghai, Lu Jiateng. Teng Haining who has won the heat in men's 1500m on day 1 won another heat in 800m with a Chinese domestic lead, 1:50.07, better than previous mark 1:50.08.

W100m, +0.4m/s
Ye Jiabei (Zhejiang) 11.75

W100m H
Wang Dou (Jiangsu) 13.56

M110m H (0.914m), -0.4m/s
Chu Pengfei (Heilongjiang) 13.25 (13.31h, +0.3m/s)
Lu Jiateng (Shanghai) 13.43
Chen Shuyan (Jiangsu) 13.53

M800m heat
Teng Haining (Liaoning) 1:50.07 (Chinese domestic lead)

WDT
Gu Siyu (Army) 53.17m

Hao Yun produced 15:18 in Los Angeles US GP

A relatively unknown 15-year-old youngster Hao Yun from Hebei swam a 15:18.75 in men's 1500m free on Jul 11 in the US Grand Prix held in Los Angeles. He also placed third in the competition behind sub-15 swimmer, Cohrane from Canada. He could be another promising long distance free swimmer from China after Zhang Lin and Sun Yang. Hao could be representing the 1st Youth Olympics in August since he was selected in the 2009 Youth Olympics training camp. Jiao Liuyang and Chen Yin were both in action too with 2 wins in their pet events, women and men's 200m fly in 2:08.40 and 1:56.93 on Jul 10, respectively. Wu Peng who is training in US, was not seen in this meet.

Some fine swimming results produced in 13th Guangdong Provincial Games 2010

Some fine results in swimming event from 13th Guangdong provincial Games

Jul9
Women A 400m IM
Xue Jiao 4:47.90 (Xue is National Champion in 2009)

Women A 200m butterfly
Sun Mengyue 2:08.66
Liu Lan 2:10.21 (Liu is top 8 in China in this event)

Jul10
Women A 200m breaststroke
Li Qing 2:28.69

Women A 100m butterfly
Liu Lan 59.41
Sun Mengyue 59.55

Jul 11
Women A 200m IM
Xue Jiao 2:14.72

My top event-by-event athletes in Chinese track and field from 2000-2010

It comes to 2010 and it's time to select my top athletes in Chinese track and field. I don't want to just pick 10 top athletes but would rather select fine athletes event-by-event who has impact in the domestic or even international scene. Definitely, international meet results are taken into main consideration. If there is not, like those men's long distance running, I will choose those who have been dominating in the domestic competitions. Here you go:

Men
100m: Chen Haijian, Hu Kai, Zhang Peimeng
200m: Yang Yaozu, Xu Zizhou
400m: Xu Zizhou, Liu Xiaosheng, Wang Liangyu
800m: Li Xiangyu, Li Huiquan (ban)
1500m: Dou Zhaobo, Gu Ming, Yang Weizhe
5000m: Dou Zhaobo, Lin Xiangqian
10000m: Ren Longyuan
3000m SC: Lin Xiangqian, Sun Wenyong
Marathon: Ren Longyuan, Han Gang
110m H: Liu Xiang, Shi Dongpeng
400m H: Meng Yan, Zhang Shibao
HJ: Huang Haiqiang, Zhang Shufeng
PV: Liu Feiliang, Yang Yansheng, Zhang Hongwei
TJ: Li Yanxi, Zhu Shujing, Gu Junjie
LJ: Li Jinzhe, Xu Xiongfeng, Zhang Xiaoyi, Zhou Can, Li Runrun
SP: Zhang Jun, Zhang Qi
JT: Li Rongxiang, Chen Qi, Qin Qiang
DT: Li Shaojie, Wu Tao
HT: Ma Liang, Ye Kuigang
Dec: Qi Haifeng
20km walk: Wang Hao, Zhu Hongjun, Yu Chaohong
50km walk: Han Yucheng, Yu Chaohong, Zhao Chengliang

Li Jinzhe 8.29m in Eugene, Lu Minjia at 6.79m, both wind-aided.

Asian champion, Li Jinzhe from Beijing leapt a wind-aided 8.29m in Eugene 2 days ago while 17-year-old Lu Minjia from Zhejiang had a wind-aided jump (2.2m/s) of 6.79m last month in Chaoqing. Both backed up with strong performances from last year. Li was at 8.01m in World Champs, 8.18m in National Games, 8.08m in Asian Champs while Lu at 6.74m in National Games. Men's long jump looks bright for China to regain Asian Games title since 1994. In Eugene, Li also had a legal 8.12m jump equalling the Asian best this year set by another Chinese, Yu Zhenwei. Backed with Su Xiongfeng who set an Asian Indoor record of 8.27m this year and already a 8m+ performer outdoor in this season, Chinese men's long jump has been reviving. Women side also looks improving: 3-4 jumpers have been on 6.50m this year which appears far better than the previous years.