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The first battle, a tough battle-Preview of the Tokyo Olympic Games’ first gold battle-Xinhua Net Inner Mongolia Channel

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Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, July 23 (Reporters Lin Deren, Shen Nan, Wang Meng) The first gold medal project in the Tokyo Olympics-shooting women’s 10m air rifle, will start the competition on the 24th. This is also the ninth consecutive time since 1988 that the women’s 10-meter air rifle has become the first Olympic gold event.

In this Olympics, the Chinese team sent Yang Qian and Wang Luyao to participate in the duel. Both players participated in the Olympics for the first time. For this young partner, the first gold was the first and a tough battle.

On July 20th, Yang Qian (former) of the Chinese shooting team was in training.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong

As a “post-00” teenager, Yang Qian has a very stable performance in this Olympic cycle. In the Olympic trials of the Chinese shooting team, she accumulated enough points early and locked a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year-old Wang Luyao went through several twists and turns and was shortlisted only after the final stop of the trials.

Due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, international sports events have been cancelled or postponed on a large scale, and shooting events are no exception. Therefore, Yang Qian and Wang Luyao’s international competition entries are not rich. Yang Qian participated in one Asian Championship and one World Cup in 2019. In the Asian Championship, she won the championship and ranked 26th in the qualifiers at the Rio de Janeiro World Cup and missed the final. In comparison, Wang Luyao, who joined the team earlier, has a slightly richer experience. She won the silver medal in the Munich World Cup in 2019. However, she participated in the World Cup finals and the World Championships. Missed.

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On July 20, Wang Luyao, a member of the Chinese shooting team, wiped his sweat during training.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong

The lack of experience in international competitions may be the biggest challenge facing the two Chinese players on the road to the first gold. Regarding this aspect of the impact, Wang Lian, the Chinese rifle shooting team leader, said: “(The impact brought by the lack of experience in the competition) is two aspects. Young people lack experience in international competitions. It is true that they will be less experienced in terms of experience, but in terms of thinking. On the contrary, it will be cleaner psychologically, and it depends on how we grasp it.”

While the Chinese team has completed the transition from new to old, good players in the world are constantly emerging. In the women’s 10-meter air rifle project, the strongest opponent facing the Chinese team will come from the Indian team.

The Indian team sent a strong lineup to participate in the women’s 10-meter air rifle event, which can be described as menacing. The 28-year-old Chandra is the world record holder in the final of this event. In 2019, she won two consecutive World Cup championships in New Delhi and Munich. In the New Delhi final, she scored 24 shots and 252.9 rings (an average of more than 10.5 rings per shot), breaking the world record for the finals of the project and maintaining it to this day.

Partnering with Chandra is 21-year-old Valarivan. Although he is not old, Valarivan can be described as a battle-tested player. He has won the World Cup in multiple World Cups and is currently ranked first in the world.

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In addition, the US team is also a force that cannot be ignored. The U.S. team is not a traditional strong team for women’s rifles, but in every competition, there are often “dark horses” that jump out. The most impressive example is the 2016 Rio Olympics. At the time, Slasher, who was unknown in the international arena, defeated all players and won the championship. It was the Chinese team Du Li and Yi Siling that she defeated. Golden combination. For the Tokyo Olympics this time, the US team sent Mary Tucker and Alison Weiss to play. Although the two had almost no record of participating in international competitions before, they won the championship and runner-up at the 2021 New Delhi World Cup. Quite powerful.

In addition, Croatian veteran Peyjic, who once won the bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics, and Chinese Taipei star Lin Yingxin, are also strong contenders for the first gold.

Since the last Olympic Games, the International Shooting Federation has made substantial changes to the rules of shooting events. Qualifying results will no longer be brought to the finals. All contestants entering the finals will start from the same starting line. The uncertainty and contingency of the competition are therefore great. The rate has increased, and the battle for the first gold is strength, and even more psychological.

Chinese audiences should not be unfamiliar with the first Olympic gold. In the history of the first Olympic gold, Chinese female gunmen have had brilliance and regret. In 2004, Du Li became famous in the Athens Olympics. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she lost her first gold at home and burst into tears. In 2012, Yi Siling withstood the pressure to win this honor in London. In Rio in 2016, Du Li and Yi Siling joined hands and won the silver and bronze medals.

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On August 6, 2016, Chinese players Du Li (left) and Yi Siling (right) and champion and American player Wei Thrasher (middle) at the award ceremony.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Han Yan

The story about the first gold in the Olympics will continue on the 24th. Faced with their rivals, the Chinese gunmen will face the challenge head-on.

Editor: Shuwen, Huang Xuguo, Wu Junkuan, Wang Tong (internship)

  Produced by Xinhua News Agency’s Tokyo Olympics Reporting Group

Editor in charge: Li Qian Li Guodong

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