Xu Zhuoyi edges Liu Junxian in men's 110m hurdles, Liu Jingyang tops women's 100m hurdles at National Games

Guangzhou's track and field venue supplied high drama on Wednesday at China's 15th National Games, as nine golds were decided, with no race more nail‑biting than the men's 110 meter hurdles.

Xu Zhuoyi went into the final chasing history, with Shanghai having earned the title eight times in a row, and he was determined to make it nine. Jiangsu's Liu Junxian exploded out of the blocks and led early, but Xu closed hard down the home straight, edging to victory by two-hundredths of a second.

Xu's winning time was a personal best 13.12 seconds, with Liu also posting a personal best of 13.14 to claim silver. Hubei's Zhu Shenglong rounded out the podium with bronze.

The women's 100 meter hurdles produced an upset. Fujian's defending champion Lin Yuwei and Sichuan's 2021 runner‑up Wu Yanni were widely regarded as heavy favorites, but Guangdong's Liu Jingyang had other plans, surprising the field with a personal best of 12.81 seconds to grab gold.

Wu ran a season‑best 12.85, but settled for silver, while Lin, the Hangzhou Asian Games champion, bagged bronze.

Top honors in the men's 200 meters went to Guangdong's Shi Junhao, who crossed the line first in 20.30 seconds. Provincial teammate Lin Jianhao collected silver and Chongqing's Guan Xin garnered bronze. Zhejiang veteran Xie Zhenye, once Asia's fastest man, finished a distant seventh.

And the women's 200 meters provided the latest proof that China's sprinting pipeline can be startlingly young. Zhejiang's 16‑year‑old Chen Yujie, who had already captured gold in the 100 meters earlier in the competition in an Under-20 Asian record, doubled up after clocking a triumphant time of 23.02 seconds, narrowly holding off Hubei's Zhu Junying and Jiangsu's Cai Yanting.