Athletes competing in track & field at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou
The Asian Games will serve as the season-ending tournament for some of the biggest track and field athletes in the globe.
Prominent figures like Barshim, the gold medallist from Qatar in the Olympics for high jumping, chose to concentrate on the continental tournament instead of competing in the Diamond League Final in Oregon in mid-September.
Woo Sang-hyeok, a fellow high jumper from the Republic of Korea, qualified for the Diamond League Final and defeated his opponent by matching both his personal best and the national record to win the title. One of the main attractions of Hangzhou’s track & field program appears to be that duel.
The global javelin champions from India, Chopra, and Japan, Kitaguchi Haruka, are also in Hangzhou for the Diamond League Final. They are hoping to build on their recent victories from the global Championships in Budapest in August.
Athletes to watch out for include men’s pole vaulter EJ Obiena of the Philippines, women’s shot put and women’s javelin hosts Gong and Liu of China, and Asian sprint queen Shanti Pereira of Singapore (women’s 100 and 200 meters)—the only Asian athlete to make it to a World Championship semifinal this year.Is it possible for Windfred Mutile Yavi of Bahrain to break the world record for women’s 3000m steeplechase? She is the second-fastest woman ever in the event, having run 8:50.66 at the Diamond League Final, and is now just six seconds away from Beatrice Chepkoech’s 8:44.32 from 2018.
In track and field athletics, there will be 48 sets of medals available at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, 2023.
Olympic winners such Mutaz Essa Barshim, Neeraj Chopra, Gon Lijiao, and Liu Shiying will compete from September 29 to October 5 at the Smart New World Qiantang River Green Belt and the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
