On July 27, Beijing time, the Paris Olympics shooting mixed team 10-meter air rifle decisive battle was held, and the first gold medal of the Olympic Games was determined in this event. The Chinese team sent two pairs to participate, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao and Han Jiayu/Du Linshu played together, after the preliminary competition, Han Jiayu/Du Linshu ranked eighth in the preliminary round and missed the medal, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao won the gold medal battle with the Korea pair Park Shichen/Qin Jixian, and finally Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao defeated the Korea pair 16-12 to win the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation at the Paris Olympics.
The mixed team 10m air rifle is divided into preliminaries and finals, in which each combination shoots 60 rounds in the preliminaries, each person shoots 3 rounds, and each round shoots 10 shots, and the total number of rings determines the final ranking in the preliminaries. The third and fourth teams in the preliminaries will compete for the bronze medal, and the top two teams in the preliminaries will compete for the gold medal. A total of 28 pairs competed in the preliminaries, and at the end of the first round, the Chinese pair Han Jiayu/Du Linshu ranked first with 211.9 rings, and the other Chinese pair Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao also played smoothly, ranking third with 210.5 rings. After the second round, the Korean combination once rose to the first place, but the Chinese pair Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao overtook and rose to the first place after two rounds, Han Jiayu/Du Linshu did not play well in this round, only playing 207.0 rings, of which Du Linshu played 9.7 and 9.9 rings in this round.
In the third round of the preliminaries, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao played very fast, and they played 211.7 rings in this round, with a total of 632.2 rings in the three rounds, and advanced to the gold medal match with the first place in the preliminaries, and the final opponent was the Korea combination Park Shihui/Qin Jihyun, the Korea combination played a total of 631.4 rings, while the Kazakhstan and Germany combinations ranked third and fourth in the preliminaries, and the two pairs competed for the bronze medal. Another Chinese pair, Han Jiayu/Du Linshu, scored 209.6 rings in the third round, with a total of 628.5 rings in the third round, ranking eighth in the preliminaries, unfortunately missing out on a medal.
The medal battle format is that two players from each team shoot once in each round, and the team with more rings in each round gets 2 points, and if there is a tie, they each get 1 point, and the first team to score 16 points becomes the winner. The first bronze medal match, the Kazakhstan team defeated Germany 17-5 to win the bronze medal in the 10m air rifle shooting mixed team shooting at the Paris Olympics.
In the first round of the gold medal match, the Chinese combination scored a total of 20.3 rings, the Korea combination scored 20.6 rings, and the Chinese combination fell behind 0-2. In the second round of matchup, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao scored a total of 21.2 rings, the Korea combination scored a total of 20.4 rings, and the Chinese pair won this round, with a total score of 2-2. In the next third round, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao performed well, playing 10.8 and 10.6 rings, with a total score of 21.4 rings, and the opponent 20.9 rings, and the Chinese pair led 4-2. In the fourth round of the competition, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao scored a total of 20.6 rings, and Park Shihui/Qin Jihyun played 20.3 rings together, and the Chinese pair won again, leading 6-2.
The Korea coach called a timeout, and after the pause, the fifth round of the gold medal match was held, with Sheng Lihao hitting 10.5 rings, Huang Yuting 10.2 rings, and the Korean pair hitting 20.8 rings to get 2 points with a 0.1 ring advantage, and the Chinese pair 6-4. In the sixth round of PK, Huang Yuting scored 10.7 rings, the Chinese combination scored 21.2 rings, and the Korea combination scored a total of 20.9 rings, and the Chinese combination won 2 points and led 8-4. In the seventh round, both Korea players scored 10.7 rings with a total score of 21.4 rings, while the Chinese team scored a total of 21 rings in this round, and the Korea team scored 2 points to chase 6-8. In the eighth round, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao scored a total of 21 rings, the Korea pair scored a total of 20.2 rings, and the Chinese pair scored two more points to lead 10-6. In the ninth round, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao scored a total of 21.2 rings, the Korean combination 21.1 rings, and the Chinese combination won 2 points with a 0.1 ring advantage, leading 12-6.
In the tenth round, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao scored a total of 20.6 rings, with both Chinese players scoring 10.3 rings, and the Korea pair scored two points with 20.8 rings to chase 8-12. In the next eleventh round, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao played 20.7 rings, Korea scored a total of 20.3 rings, and the Chinese pair scored 2 points to lead 14-8. In the twelfth round, the Korea team played 21 rings, the Chinese combination scored a total of 20.8 rings, and the Korea team scored 2 points to chase 10-14. In the thirteenth round, Huang Yuting/Sheng Li Hao scored a total of 20.7 rings, the Korea combination scored a total of 21.4 rings, and both Korea players scored 10.7 rings, and Korea scored two more points to chase 12-14. In the fourteenth round, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao played well, with a total score of 21.5 rings, the Korea combination scored a total of 21.1 rings, and the Chinese combination scored 2 points, and finally defeated the opponent 16-12 and won the first gold medal of the Paris Olympics! Author: Jiang Feng