Gong Lijiao in action at the Tokyo Olympics (© Getty Images)
Gong Lijiao will defend her Olympic shot put title as part of China’s team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from 1-11 August.
A two-time world champion, Gong also claimed Olympic silver from London and bronze from Beijing.
She will be joined on the team in Paris by Zhu Yaming, who claimed triple jump silver in Tokyo, plus hammer silver medallist Wang Zheng and 20km race walk bronze medallist Liu Hong, who won the Olympic title in 2016.
Competing alongside Liu in the race walk will be 2017 world champion Yang Jiayu, while 2022 world champions Feng Bin and Wang Jianan are entered for the discus and long jump respectively.
Chinese team for Paris
WOMEN
100m: Ge Manqi
200m: Li Yuting
Marathon: Bai Li, Xia Yuyu, Zhang Deshun
3000m steeplechase: Xu Shuangshuang
100m hurdles: Lin Yuwei, Wu Yanni
400m hurdles: Mo Jiadie
20km race walk: Liu Hong, Ma Zhenxia, Yang Jiayu
Pole vault: Li Ling, Niu Chunge
Long jump: Xiong Shiqi
Triple jump: Zeng Rui
Shot put: Gong Lijiao, Song Jiayuan, Sun Yue
Discus: Feng Bin, Jiang Zhichao
Hammer: Li Jiangyan, Wang Zheng, Zhao Jie
Javelin: Dai Qianqian, Lu Huihui
MEN
100m: Xie Zhenye
200m: Xie Zhenye
Marathon: He Jie, Wu Xiangdong, Yang Shaohui
110m hurdles: Lui Junxi, Qin Weibo, Xu Zhuoyi
400m hurdles: Xie Zhiyu
20km race walk: Li Yandong, Wang Zhaozhao, Zhang Jun
Pole vault: Huang Bokai, Yao Jie, Zhong Tao
High jump: Wang Zhen
Long jump: Shi Yuhao, Wang Jianan, Zhang Mingkun
Triple jump: Fang Yaoqing, Su Wen, Zhu Yaming
Hammer: Wang Qi
4x100m: Chen Jiapeng, Deng Zhijian, Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye, Yan Haibin
MIXED
Marathon race walk mixed relay: He Xianghong, Liu Hong, Qieyang Shijie, Zhang Jun
