On the afternoon of July 27, Beijing time, the mixed team air rifle final of the Paris Olympics was the first to start.
Most of the first gold medals of the Olympic Games are shooting competitions, which are easy to understand, short but exciting, and often do not determine the winner until the last bullet.
Since Xu Haifeng, the Chinese shooting team has won the first gold medal for the country in the Olympic Games, forming an unchanged tradition. Xu Haifeng, Tao Luna, Du Li, Yi Siling, Yang Qian, these names are not only personal brilliance, but also symbolize the national belief of the Chinese shooting team to continue to break through.
In this mixed team air rifle competition, China sent Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao, Du Linshu/Han Jiayu, two pairs. In order to win the first gold, a double insurance was taken.
All four players were born after 00 years and are four out-and-out youngsters, but although they are not very old, they are very experienced, including 17-year-old Huang Yuting won three gold medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games, she and 19-year-old Sheng Lihao have participated in seven world competitions, including six championships, and the two have beaten two super teams in India and Korea at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Du Linshu and Han Jiayu, although they have not been in the team for a long time, still have excellent performances in international competitions, they won silver and bronze medals in the Baku and Munich Shooting World Cups; In individual events, they also won gold medals at the Asian Games.
In the mixed team air rifle competition, the players need to compete in the qualifying round first, complete the number of shots within the specified time, and the best groups of players enter the finals. Therefore, every round of competition is crucial.
In the qualifying round, two groups of Chinese players were stubbornly blocked by two groups of players from Korea and India, and were once squeezed out of the top two, but Huang Yuting/Sheng Li Hao withstood the pressure and finally advanced to the final with a 0.8-ring advantage in the qualifying round, and their opponents were Korea's Kim Ji-hyun and Park Shi-hyun. Another group of Chinese players ranked 8th and missed out on a medal.
In the first third-place match, Kazakhstan defeated Germany to win the third place in the event.
In the finals, the 16-point winning system is adopted, and the two players in the same group add up the number of rings, the highest one gets 2 points, and the lower one does not score.
In the first shot, the Korean player hit two 10.rings; Huang Yuting did not adjust well to hit 9.7 rings, Sheng Lihao 10.6 rings, and China fell behind 0-2.
In the second shot, Kim Ji-hyun hit 9.9 rings, Park Shi-hyun scored 10.5 rings, and Hwang Yu-ting hit 10.4 rings.
Sheng Lihao 10.8 rings, China drew 2-2.
In the third shot, Korea players hit 10.3 and 10.6 rings, Huang Yuting scored another 10.8 rings, Sheng Lihao 10.6 rings, and China led 4-2.
In the fourth shot, Korea's 10.1 and 10.2 rings, Sheng Li Hao's 10.6 rings, Huang Yuting's 10.0 rings, China continued to lead 6-2.
Korea were forced to call a timeout, but their coach seemed relaxed and probably knew that they could not beat the Chinese two.
The 5th shot, Korea 10.5, 10.3 rings, Huang Yuting 10.2 rings, Sheng Li Hao 10.5 rings, China lost this shot with 0.1 rings, China 6-4 Korea.
However, after this shot, Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won a group steadily, and directly beat the opponent 6 to 2, and China led 12 to 6 with a 3 shot advantage.
In the 10th shot, Korea players hit two 10.4 rings, Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao were two 10.3 rings, Korea recovered 2 points, and China led 12-8.
In the 11th shot, Park Shihui hit 9.8 rings inaccurately, and China took the opportunity to hit 10.2 and 10.5 rings, and China got the match point 14-8.
In the 12th and 13th shots, the leading Chinese players were a little nervous, Korea gave it a go and chased the score to 12-14, and the Chinese coach called a timeout after 12 shots to slow down the situation.
In the 14th shot, in a very rhythmic beat, Sheng Lihao hit 10.7 rings, Huang Yuting hit 10.8 rings, Korea 10.5 and 10.6 rings, and the Chinese team finally won the championship of this event 16-12.
After winning the championship of this event last year, the Chinese team won the gold medal again in this Olympic Games, winning the first gold medal of the Olympic Games for the Chinese team and the first gold medal of this Olympic Games.
Congratulations to the two Chinese shooters, congratulations to the Chinese Olympic delegation, come on!