STORY: Young Olympians: Chinese hurdler Wu Yanni aims high at 2024 Paris Olympics
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: July 31, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:25
LOCATION: Beijing 
CATEGORY: SPORTS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Wu Yanni in training
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WU YANNI, Chinese hurdler

STORYLINE:

During China's 2024 National Athletics Championships in June, hurdler Wu Yanni claimed victory with a personal best time of 12.74 seconds in the 100m competition. So far in 2024, it's also the best performance anywhere in Asia in the 100m event. 

Before departing for her first Olympics, Wu told Xinhua that she aims to achieve another personal best performance in Paris.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WU YANNI, Chinese hurdler
"It is my first Olympic Games, so definitely I feel nervous. But I am excited to compete with European and American competitors, and I'm sure I'll learn a lot from them. 
My preparation for the Olympics focuses on improving my speed to make a breakthrough, which is very difficult. The difficulty mainly lies in absolute speed. And then I try to improve every detail in the daily training and in the competing. From an international perspective, I need to improve on everything.
I hope to make a personal best [in Paris]. It will be better if I could break the national record. For me, the Paris Olympics is a starting point which will give me more opportunities to play in more international games."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)