On August 10th, the first day of the 21st China University Athletics Championships, the highly anticipated first gold medal was won in the men's group D 10,000-meter race walking final. Lu Ning from Jiangxi Normal University won the championship with a time of 42 minutes and 3 seconds.

Lu Ning, the first gold medalist in the 21st China University Athletics Championships

In the day's competitions, Yan Haibin and Deng Xinrui from Jinan University broke the event record of 10.28 seconds set by Su Bingtian in 2014, with times of 10.24 seconds and 10.25 seconds, respectively, in the men's group D 100-meter preliminary race.

The starting image of Yan Haibin during the competition

The 10,000-meter race walking event started at 7:30 am on the same day. In addition to Lu Ning winning the men's group D championship, He Lei from Lanzhou Jiaotong University won the men's group C championship with a time of 47 minutes and 29 seconds.

In the high jump event, Jiang Guanyang from Zhejiang Yuying College of Vocational Technology won the men's group B championship with a height of 1.95 meters.

The discus throw event produced two gold medals. Wang Zhijie from Baotou Railway Vocational and Technical College won the men's group B championship with a throw of 40.49 meters, and Liu Zheng from Donghua University won the women's group D championship with a throw of 54.24 meters.

In the women's group C pole vault event, Chi Xuan from Yangzhou University won the championship with a height of 3.60 meters.

In the women's group B shot put final, Luo Jia'ning from Zhejiang Yuying College of Vocational Technology claimed the gold medal with a throw of 14.23 meters.

The triple jump event produced two gold medals. Jia Yufei from Xi'an Jiaotong University won the men's group D championship with a jump of 16.36 meters, and Xie Yazhan from Capital University of Physical Education And Sports won the women's group D championship with a jump of 13.52 meters.

A total of 33 gold medals will be awarded in the athletics competition, with race walking, high jump, triple jump, discus throw, shot put, and hammer throw continuing their battle for gold. Sprinting, long-distance running, hurdles, and long jump will also join the gold medal showdown.

Source: Anhui News

Reporter: Liu Zhiwei; Intern: Qian Kaiguo

Translated by Zheng Chen