The Paris Olympics are about to officially kick off! Some of the projects have already started ahead of schedule. Qualifying for archery events was completed on July 25, Beijing time. And the first world record of this Paris Olympics was born, which was created by the Korea archery women's team! The three Chinese women's archery women also made their debuts, temporarily ranking second in the women's team rankings, and in the individual qualifying competition, Yang Xiaolei temporarily ranked third.
As we all know, Korea has always performed well in archery. Since archery entered the Olympic Games in 1988, the Korea women's team has won the team championship in the previous nine Olympic Games. It can be seen that the strength is strong. In individual events, athletes from the Korea women's team often win championships. Although the Chinese women's archery team performed well, in the duel with the Korea team, there were more losses and fewer wins! At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zhang Juanjuan won the gold medal in the individual event. This is also the only breakthrough of the Chinese women's archery team in the Olympic Games.
Entering the Paris Olympics cycle, the Chinese women's archery team also hopes to break through again. Therefore, the head of Korea was invited! Chinese women's archery also hopes to break the monopoly of the Korea women's archery team in this event at the Paris Olympics! And we do have hope. In the World Cup sub-tournaments Shanghai and Seoul before the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's archery team won back-to-back victories against Korea in the team competition. Winning the championship in this way also gave the Chinese women's archery team greater confidence.
Obviously, the strength of the Korea women's archery team is amazing! In the recently concluded individual qualifying and team ranking rounds, they unsurprisingly continued to lead. In the individual qualifying round, Korea's Lim Se-mi broke the world record with 694 rings and ranked first. In the women's team rankings, the Korea women's team ranked first with 2046 rings. This result also broke the Olympic record. At the same time, it also qualified for the 1/4 elimination round. The Chinese women's archery team ranked second with 1996 rings and also advanced to the 1/4 knockout round. In the individual qualifying round, Yang Xiaolei of the Chinese women's archery team ranked third with 673 rings. Li Jiaman is ninth, and An Qixuan is twenty-sixth.
Among the three athletes in the Chinese women's archery team, Yang Xiaolei is the only athlete with Olympic experience. She competed in the last Tokyo Olympics. In the last World Cup before the Olympic Games, Yang Xiaolei won the individual championship. Li Jiaman has won two championships at the Youth Olympic Games. I also prepared for the Tokyo Olympics, but I failed in the trials. An Qixuan was overtaken by Yang Xiaolei in the last Olympic trials and missed out on qualifying for the Olympic Games.
In the view of Quan Rongxue, the head coach of the Chinese women's archery team, the biggest hope of the Chinese team to win the championship is the team competition. Can Chinese women break through Korea's monopoly? Let's wait and see!