Deng Yawen's 8th gold medal is the first time that the Chinese women's BMX freestyle team has won a medal at the Olympics

On the evening of July 31, Beijing time, in the final of the women's freestyle BMX park race of the Paris Olympic Games, Deng Yawen, a player from the Chinese team from Sichuan, won the gold medal, and another Chinese team player, Sun Jiaqi, won the 7th place. This is the first time that the Chinese freestyle BMX women's team has won a medal in the Olympic Games, and the "post-00" teenager Deng Yawen completed her Olympic debut with an outstanding performance, and won the eighth gold medal of the Paris Olympics for the Chinese sports delegation!

In this final, Deng Yawen contributed a perfect performance in the first round, scoring the highest score of 92.50 in the round and occupying the top spot. In the second round, Deng Yawen still perfectly combined difficulty and stability, bringing excellent visual enjoyment to the audience, and finally scored 92.60 points in this round, and the championship became the bag!

From entering the national team to participating in the Olympic Games, Deng Yawen only took two years, and even she herself said that she didn't expect to realize her Olympic dream so quickly.

Deng Yawen was born on October 17, 2005 in an ordinary family in Luzhou, Sichuan, and lived with his grandparents since he was a child. Her first sport was track and field javelin, and in 2013, she entered the track and field team of the former Luzhou Amateur Sports School to train. In 2017, with the entry of BMX freestyle into the Olympic Games, more than a dozen provinces and cities in mainland China have set up professional teams in full swing to attract qualified athletes to join the team across disciplines. At that time, the javelin coach of the Sichuan track and field team and the freestyle BMX coach who was selecting materials across the border both took a fancy to Deng Yawen, who had outstanding physical fitness, and after repeated consideration, Deng Yawen chose BMX. In December 2017, Deng Yawen was transferred to the Sichuan Provincial Water Sports School, becoming the youngest member of the school's BMX team. It is not easy to master an extreme sport from "zero". Deng Yawen remembers the first time he slid down from a high place on a bike, "I was very scared, and the sense of fear came up all of a sudden." "When I first started training, Deng Yawen was scared to cry almost every day. It's understandable to see this fear: BMX is an extreme sport and it is easy to get injured during training. In practice, falls are commonplace. In 2019, Deng Yawen fractured the toe of his left foot. In 2022, she repeatedly dislocated her right shoulder and underwent surgery.

But with the encouragement of his coach and teammates, Deng Yawen overcame his fears, fell in love with the sport, and with hard training, he quickly rose to prominence and even set a historical record. At the end of 2022, the Chinese women's freestyle BMX team was officially formed, and Deng Yawen joined the team. In the 2023 BMX Freestyle Park Race World Cup Bazhong Station, Deng Yawen amazed the audience with a series of difficult moves, won the championship, and created the highest score in the history of women's BMX freestyle with a score of 93.84 points. Today, Deng Yawen is recognized as the most comprehensive and hardworking girl in the Chinese team, and Deng Yawen is proficient in the four main movements of the freestyle BMX competition: backflip, 360° turn, dragon tail swing, and handlebar. According to China News Service

"This is the game, you can't find objective reasons as a reason for your failure"

The table tennis arena was upset

Wang Chuqin stopped at the top 32

Yesterday, in the men's singles table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics, top seed Wang Chuqin lost 2:4 to Sweden's Moregaard, ranked 26th in the world, and stopped in the round of 32. Wang Chuqin admitted that he lost because he didn't play well, and his opponent performed better.

"I think it's because I didn't play well that gave Moregaard more space. I made too many mistakes, which caused the whole situation to become more and more passive. Wang Chuqin recalled: "I think the whole rhythm has not been put down, a little too fast." ”

The night before, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha partnered to win the mixed doubles championship, and appeared in the men's singles field early in the morning on July 31. ”

Wang Chuqin also responded that the mood of the racket being stepped on was affected to a certain extent, but it was by no means a reason for losing, but there were many problems with his own performance. "The feel is no different, it's all your own racket. This is the game, and you can't find objective reasons as a reason for your failure. Since I have undertaken three events (note: mixed doubles, men's singles, and men's team), but I have not done it, it is a problem of my own ability, and I still have not done enough (good). According to Xinhua News Agency

What happened to Sweden's hexagonal racket?

In the game where Wang Chuqin lost, some careful netizens found that the opposite Sweden player used a hexagonal racket, what is the particularity? Can this racket work?

In table tennis rules, the thickness of the racket is mainly limited, but there is no requirement for the shape of the racket. Therefore, hexagonal rackets can be used. The advantage of hexagonal rackets is mainly that they increase the sweet spot of the racket, that is, the effective hitting area. The data shows that the hexagonal racket has a 5% increase in hitting area compared to a traditional paddle, but an 11% increase in the sweet area and a 9% increase in the straight board. This means that when an athlete is attacking, the ball is more powerful and faster.

In fact, special-shaped rackets are not limited to hexagons. Waldner, who is also from Sweden, uses a teardrop-shaped racket, with a slightly longer body, a slightly narrower head, and a relatively small hitting sweet area, but this fits the old Wa's style of play, which also allows Waldner to play a good result. France's Elois, who debuted in the late 1980s, has a racket in the shape of a violin. In the 1997 World Table Tennis Championships, the Sino-French men's team battled, and Elois and national table tennis player Wang Tao finally scored 31:29.

In recent years, the ITTF has encouraged more personalized and fashionable elements to enter table tennis. In addition to polygonal rackets, Japan has also manufactured "handsaw-type" rackets to improve the stability of ball holding. There is also a three-dimensional special-shaped pincer racket, which is more flexible and solves the "pain point" of the index finger.

In addition, starting from October 1, 2021, the ITTF has also officially decided that four colors: pink, purple, green, and blue, can be used on table tennis rackets. In the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships, Nigerian men's singles player Aruna appeared with a green table tennis racket, which was the first time in the history of the World Table Tennis Championships that a colored racket appeared.

However, industry insiders said that in master duels, a good racket will definitely help the play of technology, but it is not the decisive factor. Different techniques and tactics require the cooperation of rackets with different performances, and the use of players' skills and tactics is the most important. Whether the hexagonal racket will lead the trend needs more follow-up performance and effects to prove. synthesis

Shaanxi athletes Liu Yukun and Xu Xingye rushed for gold today

On the afternoon of July 31, Shaanxi shooting leader Liu Yukun and "post-00" teenager Du Linshu teamed up to attack the men's 50-meter rifle three-position qualification. Liu Yukun performed well, setting an Olympic record in the qualifying round of the event with a score of 594 rings, ranking first in the qualifying round and advancing to the final. Du Linshu did not play well, ranking 16th with a score of 588 rings, and stopped in the qualifying round.

It is understood that Du Linshu and Liu Yukun are the world record holder and equalizer of the project respectively. Du Linshu set a world record of 597 rings in the men's rifle 3 positions qualification tournament in Changwon, Korea, on November 1, 2023. Liu Yukun also hit 597 rings on June 6 this year, tying the record.

In the qualifying round on July 31, Liu Yukun played steadily, with 100 rings and 97 rings in horizontal shooting, two sets of 99 rings in vertical shooting, and in the final kneeling shot, he played two more 99 rings, ranking first with a score of 594 rings and successfully qualified.

Liu Yukun, born on April 12, 1997, a native of Xi'an, Shaanxi, is an athlete of the Chinese national shooting team, an assistant coach of the men's rifle of the Shaanxi Provincial Shooting Team, and a world record holder of the men's 50-meter rifle three-position world record.

In 2014, Liu Yukun entered the Shaanxi Provincial Team to start training, and in 2016, he was officially selected for the national team. In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions at the World Youth Rifle Pistol Shooting Championships, winning the world championship for the first time. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's 10m air rifle at the shooting World Cup in India, winning a quota for the Chinese team in the Tokyo Olympics. In 2023, he won the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event at the Shooting World Cup Brazil and won the gold medal in the individual event of the Shooting World Cup for the first time; In the same year, he won the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team championship at the Summer Universiade. On May 11, Beijing time, Liu Yukun won the gold medal in the men's 50-meter rifle three-position event at the Azerbaijan Shooting World Cup, and set a new world record of 467.3 rings in the final set by him on May 9 with a final score of 468.9 rings.

It is reported that the men's 50m rifle three-position final will be held at 15:30 today, and we look forward to Liu Yukun's outstanding performance in the final.

On July 30, in the rowing event of the Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese women's quadruple sculls pair Zhang Shuxian, Liu Xiaoxin, Wang Zifeng and Xu Xingye advanced to the final with the second place in the group, and they will participate in the gold medal battle at 17:50 Beijing time on August 1.

Xu Xingye is from Shaanxi, 26 years old this year, as a lead oarsman, he has strong individual ability and a good sense of rhythm, and has rich experience in competitions. In 2023, she will win two gold medals in the women's four singles and eight singles helmsmen at the Hangzhou Asian Games, and a gold medal in the National Spring Championship Competition; In 2024, he will win the fifth place in the World Cup and the gold medal in the Spring Championship; In September 2023, he participated in the World Championships, teamed up with his teammates to finish 6th and qualified for the Paris Olympics. synthesis

Sun Yingsha defeated Ni Xialian in four straight games

Advance to the top 16 of table tennis women's singles

"Post-00" youngster

61-year-old "Ping Pong Milk"

This shouting in the air is too cute

On July 31, Beijing time, the Olympic table tennis women's singles round of 32 began, and Chinese player Sun Yingsha faced 61-year-old Luxembourg Chinese player Ni Xialian.

In the end, Sun Yingsha defeated Ni Xialian in four straight games 11-5, 11-1, 13-11 and 11-4 to advance to the round of 16.

Before the match, when asked how to look forward to the match with Ni Xialian, 23-year-old Sun Yingsha said, "Aunt Ni is a role model for many people in the table tennis world, and I am looking forward to playing against Aunt Ni and learning more from her."

The 61-year-old Ni Xialian jokingly said at the time, "Sasha is the number one in the world, I am the only one in the world (the oldest participant), it is very interesting, I cherish the opportunity to learn from Sasha, I will try to play my own level and strive to win one more point." It is more meaningful to let the world see the strength of Chinese table tennis and the strength of Chinese. ”

Ni Xialian is the oldest participant in the table tennis project of the Olympic Games, as one of the legendary female players in the world table tennis today, she won the team championship on behalf of the Chinese team as early as 1983 in the 37th World Table Tennis Championships.

In 1986, Ni Xialian retired from the national team, in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 37-year-old Ni Xialian represented Luxembourg, finally fulfilled her Olympic dream, and reached the women's singles round of 16, after winning the European women's singles championship in 2002, Ni Xialian gradually faded out of the table tennis world, when people thought she was going to retire again and again, she participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

This Paris Olympics is Ni Xialian's sixth time standing on the Olympic stage. Previously, she posted on social platforms: "I'm here for the Olympics, I believe all the hard work is worth it!" ”

According to reports, Ni Xialian's husband Daniel is the leader of the Luxembourg table tennis team and Ni Xialian's table tennis coach.

After Ni Xialian advanced to the next round, Daniel, who has always been very good at making an atmosphere, rushed over to hug him directly, and did not forget to give the "Shanghai old aunt" a hot kiss. Ni Xialian blushed a little shyly: "There are so many athletes from so many countries and regions around the world, there are not many couples who can participate in the Olympics together, and even fewer people like us who live in the same room in the Olympic Village, right?" ”

The reporter learned that Ni Xialian's main business in Luxembourg is to open a hotel, and the main income is the hotel catering industry; The eldest son has a physical therapist license and sometimes provides professional services for physical rehabilitation to "mothers", but focuses more on his own Chinese medicine acupuncture and massage studio, which has a lot of customers in Luxembourg.

Participating in the Paris Olympics is more like a trip for Ni Xialian and her husband, just playing the game by the way.

Ni Xialian introduced that there are two reasons why she still insists on playing: "First, it is the importance of Luxembourg at the national level, from the Grand Duke (Luxembourg's head of state) to the head of the sports department, to ordinary fans, everyone hopes that I can play table tennis for Luxembourg for a few more years, and their attitude is very important to me - to be needed is happy." Second, it is my love for table tennis, playing table tennis is actually my side job, it is one of my feelings and thoughts, but it does not occupy most of the time in life. Even if I go to the Olympics, I don't think about winning or losing all day, but we enjoy life together as a couple. ”

After the match with Sun Yingsha, Ni Xialian talked about whether she would fight in another Olympic Games, saying, "I didn't expect to be here three years ago, never say never." She said that as long as she can play or her physical condition allows, she is reluctant to give up her table tennis career. Zhongxin