Tianjin, Apr 16:
Yan Ziyi, who will turn 16 in May, clinched her country’s women’s javelin title last week in Tianjin with a throw of 61.31 meters, improving her November record by 3.5 meters. Ziyi’s throw stands as the all-time best performance by a 15-year-old with a women’s 600-gram javelin. The unofficial under-17 world record for women’s javelin belongs to another Chinese athlete, Xue Juan, at 62.93 meters set in 2003.
In the women’s 60 meters, there was also a strong performance from a young Chinese athlete as Yujie Chen won her country’s indoor championship with a time of 7.27 seconds. She turned 15 at the end of December.
