Feng Shuyong, head coach of China's national track and field team, said the overall strength of China's athletics is on the rise.
"Among the 55-athlete Worlds squad, over 45 percent of the participants performed well or even outperformed themselves," said Feng. "The young athletes gain valuable experience through big games like this."
For the upcoming Olympic Games, Feng expects to send a team 70 members strong.
"At present, 59 athletes have reached the qualification standards of 30 Olympic athletics events, and I hope we can send 65 to 70 athletes to participate in 35 events at the Beijing Games," said Feng.
The Beijing Olympic Games will feature 47 track and field events.
Feng said the final list of names for the Olympic marathon runners will be decided after the Xiamen International Marathon next weekend. The rest of the athletes should be confirmed after two test events in Beijing next April and May.
"In order to allow more athletes to perform in their best form at the Beijing Games, we will lighten their mental pressure and make good use of the geographic advantages of home field," Feng said. "If half of them could perform normally, the Chinese athletes will get more chances for winning medals in track and field."
Competing at the Xiamen International Marathon will be China's middle- and long-distance star runner Sun Yingjie, back from her two-year doping ban.
Since she missed the Beijing International Marathon, a part of China's Olympic marathon trial, Sun will definitely miss qualifying for a spot on the Olympic marathon squad, but she still has a chance in the women's 5,000m and 10,000m races.
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