Beijing time, April 5-11, is nearly a week away from the 2024 Paris Olympics. In order to achieve their goals, China's women's volleyball team, China's men's national Olympic team and China's weightlifting team have been actively preparing for the games in different ways by training, playing warm-up matches and participating in official competitions. At the international level, track and field is a major event in the Olympics, and whether it's from the objective conditions such as the paving of the runway or the incentive of a historical precedent in prize money distribution, this summer we may expect track and field athletes from all over the world to perform "higher, faster, stronger" at the Paris Olympics.
In bid for Olympic ticket, Zhu Ting returns to women's national volleyball team
On the evening of April 8, Zhu Ting revealed through her personal social media that she officially confirmed with the Chinese Volleyball Association on that day that she will return to the national team during the World Women's Volleyball League. Zhu Ting's sole purpose of returning to the team is to contribute to the Chinese women's volleyball team's qualification to win the Paris Olympics, so she will do her best to focus on training and competition.
The Chinese women's volleyball team failed to qualify directly for Paris in the 2023 Olympic Games, so it is necessary to compete for the Olympic ticket through the world rankings of the International Ranking League, and the World Women's Volleyball League, which starts in May, is the best way to gain points. China will play 12 matches in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Macau (China) and Hong Kong (China), and the world rankings on June 17 will determine the final five spots for the women's volleyball team at the Paris Olympics.
Olympic preliminaries final sprint to warm-up triple win
The Chinese Olympics are preparing for the U23 Asian Cup and Paris Olympics men's soccer qualifiers with three recent consecutive warm-up matches, defeating Qatar U23 2-0, Malaysia U23 2-1, and Jordan U23 1-0. These three victories not only gave the Chinese Olympics a boost of confidence and morale, but also prepared them well for the upcoming U23 Asian Cup and Paris Olympics qualifiers.
Although 0-2 against Uzbekistan Olympics in the early morning of April 11, the result is still acceptable considering the overall strength gap. Of course, some of the problems exposed when facing strong teams should not be ignored.
This year's U23 Asian Cup will begin on April 15, with the Chinese Olympics playing Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. According to the tournament system, the top two teams in each group will enter the knockout rounds, the top three in the tournament will advance directly to the Paris Olympics, and the fourth place will fight with Guinea, who finished fourth in the African zone of the Olympic qualification tournament, for a place in the tournament.
Chinese weightlifting team's Olympic lineup basically finalized
The evening of April 10, Thailand, Phuket held the end of the weightlifting World Cup, China's weightlifting team in this competition won 11 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze, of which 5 world records were broken. Through this game, China's weightlifting team not only gained what, and see what is not enough, which for the later preparation for the Paris Olympic Games provides a valuable "combat" experience.
Preliminary judgment, in the men's program, 61 kg Li Fa Bin and 102 kg Liu Huanhua basically locked the Olympic qualification, the other place may arise in the 73 kg Shi Zhiyong and 89 kg Li Dayin; in the women's program, 49 kg Hou Zhihui, 87 kg Li Wenwen and 59 kg Luo Shifang have a great opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games in Paris on behalf of China. .
The WAAA started handing out prizes first.
The World Association of Athletics Federations (WAAF) recently announced that it will award prizes to the winners of track and field events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The prize money will total $2.4 million, with each Olympic gold medalist receiving $50,000. 48 Olympic gold medalists in track and field events will share the prize money, with gold medalists in relays receiving an average bonus. Of course, only track and field Olympic champions who pass anti-doping tests will ultimately receive the prize money. The prize money will come from the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) share of Olympic revenue allocated to the WAAF. Silver and bronze medalists at the Paris Games will not receive bonuses from the WAAF for now, but track and field athletes who reach the podium at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics have the opportunity to receive additional bonuses.
"Boost" purple track track and field program aims for new records
The track and field stadium at this year's Paris Olympics will feature an unprecedented purple track. This track could be the fastest in history, providing the best conditions for athletes to compete for the highest honors in sports and set world records. Italy's Mondo, the supplier of the purple track, is the world's top track manufacturer. Compared to the Tokyo Olympics, they have changed the grid design of the lower part of the runway. The purple track reduces energy loss for athletes, but all the changes meet the strict standards of the IOC and are more environmentally friendly than before because it uses more natural ingredients than before.
