Wu Yanni went to the World Track and Field Championships and is the only Chinese athlete to participate in the women s 100m hurdles event this time

The 2025 World Track and Field Championships will be held in Tokyo, Japan from September 13 to 21, and is the first World Track and Field Championships in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Cycle.

On September 12, Wu Yanni updated her social media and posted photos to Tokyo. In this event, Wu Yanni will play in the women's 100-meter hurdles, which is also the second time that Chinese athletes have been qualified for short-cross events after ten years.

Previously, on the evening of September 5, the World Athletics Federation released the list of participating in the 2025 Tokyo World Track and Field Championships on its official website. The Chinese track and field team will send 73 athletes (41 male athletes and 32 female athletes) to participate. In addition to Olympic champions and World Championships such as Gong Lijiao, Yang Jiayu, Feng Bin, etc., Wu Yanni's name is also among them.

A total of 49 athletes participated in the women's 100m hurdles event in this year's Tokyo World Track and Field Championships, and Wu Yanni made it into the top 40 in the world with her points, becoming the only Chinese player to participate in the women's 100m hurdles event this time.

After the World Athletics Federation announced the list, the World Athletics Federation's Chinese social media account released a video of Wu Yanni's interview. In the interview video of more than 2 minutes, Wu Yanni talked about her mood of advancing to the World Championships. "I think I'll do my best. I don't care how fast I can run. Being able to participate in the World Championships is also a breakthrough for my team."

In an interview with the World Athletics Federation, Wu Yanni said frankly: "I don't have the hard strength to meet the World Championships, but I entered the World Championships with my personal points, which is also very gratifying for me."

"I'm quite calm. What I told them (team) is that we can If you enter, prepare for the final battle. If we don’t enter, we must prepare for the subsequent competition. Thank you very much for your favor with Wu Yanni. I think I can enter, and I cherish the quota of this World Championship. "

Wu Yanni also said: "I think such a gap is not scary. What is scary is that you know that there is a gap, but you are not moving forward. I know that there is a big gap with European and American players. But I think that if there is such a gap, it is a motivation for me."

She is full of confidence in herself, "I believe that European and American players can run to achieve results, I think I can run to the results."

Wu Yanni accepted an exclusive interview with the World Athletics Federation. Image source: Video screenshot

In addition, on September 9, several students from Beijing Sports University posted videos saying that they saw Wu Yanni appear on campus. In the video, Wu Yanni is doing kicking training in the playground and taking photos with freshmen who are in military training. She also reminds her juniors that they have worked hard in military training, so they should pay attention to sun protection and not heatstroke.

Subsequently, the official short video account of Beijing Sports University also posted: "This is Beijing Sports. You can meet Wu Yanni during military training." A freshman from Beijing Sports University told reporters that he met Wu Yanni at school that day and was training. In the video released by the students, the freshmen shouted: "Come on Wu Yanni World Championships!" It is reported that Wu Yanni will compete in the women's 100m hurricane event in the 2025 Tokyo World Track and Field Championships. She is the only short-cross female athlete in China to advance.

On the afternoon of September 11, Wu Yanni posted: The training time of the national team is hard but beautiful, and it has also caught up with the opening of Beijing Sports University, military training and Teachers' Day. As a senior sister of Beijing Sports who has been fighting abroad for many years, she is very happy to be able to stay in school with her teachers and classmates for so long this year!