On February 13, the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 came to an end in Astana as the capital of Kazakhstan. Chinese Team won two gold medals, two silver medals, and six bronze medals. Among them, Rao Xinyu, an athlete from Zhejiang, took the third place in the women's 800m event.

Rao Xinyu (L) [Photo/Xinhua]

This time, the members of Chinese Athletics Team were relatively young. The post-2000s players gave the outstanding performance. Thereinto, Wu Hongjiao, the 19-year-old athlete from Yunnan, defeated Japanese player at the last minute to seize the champion. The 22-year-old Rao Xinyu was unwilling to lag behind and won the second runner-up.

In addition, Zhejiang Player Gong Luying took the fourth place in the long jump event. Gu Xiaofei, a player from Zhejiang, finished fifth in the men's 400m finals.

At the championships, Chinese Athletics Team showed the excellent performance, which also embodied its stronger competitiveness in the women's 800m event of Hangzhou Asian Games.