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in the final of the mixed adult hurdle relay of the 2024 national track and field relay championships, wu yanni and xu zhuoyi formed the sichuan-shanghai-fujian joint team, crossed the finish line first and won the championship with a time of 27.18 seconds.

on september 23, wu yanni posted on her personal social account: "we won the national track and field relay championships! thanks to my partner xu zhuoyi for his outstanding performance, and to my master and director sun for their careful guidance."

wu yanni wrote: "this year i 'evolved' into a competition machine. i competed 18 times in total, 5 of which were pbs (personal bests). i contributed 8 of the 10 best results of the year in the chinese women's 100m hurdles."

"i was really exhausted this year, but i stuck to my principles: respect myself, respect the audience, and respect the referees. no matter whether i was leading or lagging behind, whether i was at the peak or at the bottom, i tried not to miss any game. i always went all out and rushed forward, because that's what a professional athlete should do! the athletes' love for their sport and the audience's love for the sport are the foundation of everything."

"my 2025 season starts tomorrow. everyone, let's continue to meet at the top~"

screenshot of the live broadcast of the game. source: chengdu business daily red star news

on september 16, at the 2024 national track and field championships, wu yanni and xu zhuoyi won the women's 100m hurdles and men's 110m hurdles with times of 13.05 and 13.31 respectively.

on september 20, the two teamed up to form the sichuan-shanghai-fujian joint team and participated in the preliminaries of the mixed adult hurdle relay of the 2024 national track and field relay championships, easily advancing to the finals with a score of 27.58 seconds. on the 22nd, the sichuan-shanghai-fujian joint team composed of wu yanni and xu zhuoyi won the championship, achieving two championships in one week.

it is understood that the mixed hurdle relay requires each team to have one male and one female athlete. the female athlete starts from the finish line, completes the 100-meter hurdles and returns to the starting point. then the male athlete starts from the starting point, completes the 110-meter hurdles and reaches the finish line. the time taken by the two athletes is added together to get the final result of the team.

wu yanni was born in fushun county, zigong city, sichuan province in 1997. different from the traditional public impression of athletes, wu yanni is always "beautiful and cool", insisting on being herself and also sticking to her hurdle career.

on august 8 this year, wu yanni competed in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the paris olympics. unfortunately, wu yanni was placed in the "death group" in both the preliminaries and the revival rounds, and wu yanni bid farewell to the paris olympics with regret.

after the game, wu yanni wrote a message to bid farewell to the paris olympics. she wrote: "the regrets and gains in paris will support me to walk more steadily in the next four years. i will definitely climb higher and give everything for it. thank you everyone, see you in the next game!"

wu yanni.source: previous report

xu zhuoyi was born in xuyao ​​village, yexie town, songjiang district, shanghai. at the paris olympics, he attracted widespread attention and heated discussions on social media for running while wearing glasses, and was called the "flying man with glasses" by many netizens.

but unfortunately, in the men's 110-meter hurdles semi-final, the "flying man with glasses" xu zhuoyi, who had performed well in the preliminaries, was affected in his race rhythm and ultimately missed the final.

after the game, xu zhuoyi posted on his personal social account, bidding farewell to the paris olympics with regret. he also said that he would prepare for next year's tokyo world championships and the los angeles olympics four years later.

xu zhuoyi. image source: vcg

after wu yanni and xu zhuoyi won the mixed adult hurdle relay in the 2024 national track and field relay championships, many netizens left messages to congratulate them, saying, "the road is made step by step, i believe this competition will be a brand new beginning", "i have witnessed your continuous progress, it's really amazing", "keep it up!"