Chen Yuanjiang
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| Born | 27 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles 7.62 (2025) 110m hurdles: 13.28 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chen Yuanjiang (born 27 January 2006) is a Chinese sprint hurdler.[1]
Career
In 2023, he won the Chinese National Students Games over 110 metres hurdles. He was a silver medalist in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Dubai. His time of 13.26 seconds (1.2m/s) bettered the previous championship record as he finished 0.2 behind Qatar’s Oumar Doudai Abakar.[2][3][4]
He won a bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in 13.21 seconds setting a new national U20 record for junior sixed hurdles, having won his senior-final in 13.38 seconds.[5][6]
Competing in June 2025 in Bengbu he lowered his personal best in the 110 metres hurdles to 13.28 seconds, placing him fourth all-time in the U20 category list for the Senior sized hurdles in the event, behind only his compatriot Liu Xiang (13.12 seconds), and Americans Ja'Kobe Tharp, and Renaldo Nehemiah.[7]
References
- ^ "Chen Yuanjiang". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Asian juniors are progressing in a good way". Athletics Podium. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Chinese sprinters excel at Asian U20 Championships". World Athletics. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Almayew sets steeplechase championship record to win world U20 title in Lima". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Flash News on Sunday". leichtathletik.de. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.