Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, August 8th (Reporters Zhou Wanpeng, Gongbing, Zhao Yan) The Kayak still water competition of the Tokyo Olympics reeled at the Sea Forest Aquatic Arena on the 7th. The Chinese team that participated in all 12 events won 1 gold and 2 gold. Silver, creating the best results of all previous Olympic Games. Compared with the previous session, the traditional power of Europe has begun to decline, and the newly emerging New Zealand team fights against it.
After experiencing the frustration of the two Olympic Games in London and Rio, the Chinese team ushered in an explosion in the Tokyo Olympics, ranking third in the kayaking stillwater medal list with 1 gold and 2 silver. Xu Shixiao/Sun Mengya won the gold medal in the women’s double rowing 500 meters, helping the Chinese canoeing team win the third gold medal in Olympic history. Liu Hao/Zheng Pengfei won the silver medal in the men’s double rowing 1000m race by 0.203 seconds. Although regretted to miss the gold medal, it is also worthy of joy. In addition, Liu Hao also earned one silver in the men’s single kayak 1000m event, creating the best result of a Chinese athlete in the Olympic kayaking single event.
On August 7, Xu Shixiao (left)/Sun Mengya at the award ceremony.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fei Maohua
At the Rio Olympics, the Chinese team only participated in 6 competitions and won the finals of two events. In contrast, the Chinese team made great progress in this trip to Tokyo, gaining 7 final seats in 12 events. In addition to the above three events, four events including men’s single kayak 1,000 meters, women’s single kayak 200 meters, men’s double kayak 1,000 meters and women’s four kayak 500 meters all entered the finals.
Zhang Dong finished sixth in the men’s single kayak 1000 meters and became the first Chinese team to enter the Olympic final in this event; Lin Wenjun ranked sixth in the women’s single kayak 200 meters; Wang Congkang/Bu Tingkai in the men’s double kayak The 1000 meters ranked eighth; Li Dongying/Zhou Yu/Ma Qing/Wang Nan entered the women’s four-person kayak 500-meter final and finally finished sixth, making progress compared with the previous Olympic Games.
On August 3, Chinese player Zhang Dong competed in the men’s 1000m single kayak semifinals.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yubin
In the remaining five projects, there is still a big gap between the Chinese team and the world‘s top teams. Yin Mengdie and Huang Jieyi competed in the women’s 500-meter single kayak event. The former stopped in the semi-finals and the latter was eliminated in the quarter-finals; Yang Xiaoxu failed to enter the semi-finals in the men’s singles 200-meter kayak; and in the women’s singles. In the three events of 200 meters per kayak, 500 meters for women’s double kayak and 500 meters for men’s quad kayak, the Chinese team stopped in the semi-finals.
Compared with the dominant performance in the Rio Olympics, European power has shown a downward trend in this Olympics. On the medal table, the German team, which lost 4 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in the previous session, only harvested 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze this time, dropping to fourth place. The Hungary team replaced Germany with 3 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze as the new overlord. The newly rising New Zealand team gained 3 golds and ranked second. Australia, Brazil, Cuba and the United States each received a gold medal. The Spanish team, which scored 2 golds last year, only won 2 silver medals and dropped to ninth place.
Hungary’s three gold medals came from the men’s single kayak 1,000 meters, the men’s single kayak 200 meters and the women’s four kayak 500 meters. Among them, the rising star Cobos performed eye-catchingly. He scored 3 minutes 20 seconds 643 in the men’s single kayak 1000m final, setting the best result of the Olympic Games.
On August 3, Hungarian player Kobos celebrated his victory.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yubin
The rise of New Zealand is attributed to the famous Lisa Carrington, as the winner of the 200m women’s single kayak at the London and Rio Olympic Games. The 32-year-old woman won another 200m women’s single kayak at the Tokyo Olympics. The champions of 500 meters, women’s single kayak 500 meters and women’s double kayak 500 meters.
Editors: Ding Wenxian, Wu Bowen, Wu Junkuan, Su Lin (internship)
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