On July 27, Beijing time, the shooting event of the Paris Olympics - 10m air rifle mixed team competition was the first to start, and finally, with stable and excellent performance, China's post-00 combination Sheng Lihao/Huang Yuting defeated the Korea combination 16-12 and won the championship, which is the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the first gold medal of this Olympic Games.
China's Huang Yuting (left) and Sheng Lihao in the match. People's Daily
24 years
China's first gold medal came from shooting
On July 29, 1984, at the Los Angeles Olympics, Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal in the history of the Chinese Legion Olympic Games in the men's pistol 60-round slow-fire event, and then from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation came from the shooting event - in 2000, Tao Luna won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol; In Athens in 2004, Du Li won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event; In Beijing in 2008, Pang Wei won the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol; In London in 2012, Yi Siling won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle; In Rio 2016, Zhang Mengxue won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol; In Tokyo in 2021, Yang Qian won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle.
Source / The Paper
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Reviewed by Jin Yangyi