On August 2, Beijing time, the second stage (the first match) of the National Rifle Shooting Team's 2022 Carlo World Championship Selection Tournament was held at the Beijing National Shooting Center, Song Buhan narrowly defeated Sheng Li Hao to win the men's 10-meter air rifle championship, Zhang Yu of the Henan team won the women's 10-meter air rifle championship, and Olympic champion Yang Qian was eliminated in the qualifiers. Zhang Yifan of the Shanxi team won the men's air rifle championship, and Li Xue of the Gansu team won the women's air rifle championship.
The selection tournament kicked off on July 29, which was a great opportunity for national team athletes to storm the world championships, so the players took it very seriously, and many famous players participated. In the men's 10m air rifle competition, Yang Haoran played 631.3 rings in the qualifiers and ranked first to advance, and Sheng Lihao, Song Buhan and others successfully advanced. In the next final knockout round, Sheng Lihao ranked first with 264.6 rings, followed by Song Buhan with 263.9 rings, and the two of them entered the gold medal battle. Yang Haoran ranked third with 262.2 rings and did not have the opportunity to rush to the crown.
In the final, the competition between Song Buhan and Sheng Lihao was extremely fierce, and Sheng Lihao took the lead in getting the match point 15-13. Song Buhan, who was forced into a desperate situation, shot 10.8 rings in the 15th shot, Sheng Lihao shot 10.7 rings, and Song Buhan narrowly won 15 draws. The 16th shot, Song Buhan 10.5 rings, Sheng Lihao 10.2 rings, Song Buhan narrowly won the championship 17-15. Song Buhan won the championship, but his qualifying result was 626.7 rings, which did not meet the 629.0 rings of the World Championships individual event standard set by the Chinese Shooting Association.
In the women's 10m air rifle competition, Olympic champion Yang Qian only scored 627.2 points in the qualifiers and ranked 7th without qualifying, and Huang Yuting of Zhejiang team ranked first with 633.5 rings. In the subsequent knockout rounds, Wang Zhilin of Zhejiang team and Zhang Yu of Henan team ranked in the top two, and they entered the final. In the final, Zhang Yu played even better, she defeated Wang Zhilin 16-10 to win the championship.
In the men's air pistol competition, Zhang Bingchen of the Fujian team ranked first in the qualifiers with 582 rings, followed by He Zhengyang of the Henan team with 582 rings. In the knockout round, Zhang Bingchen and Zhang Yifan of Shanxi team ranked in the top two to enter the final. In the gold medal battle, Zhang Yifan played more than 10 rings in a row, Zhang Bingchen did not exceed 10 rings in the last 5 shots, and Zhang Yifan won the championship 16-8. In the qualifying round, Zhang Yifan scored 580 rings, which just met the standard of the individual events of the World Championships.
In the women's air rifle competition, Lu Kaiman of Zhejiang team ranked first in the qualifiers with 586 rings, Li Xue ranked 3rd with 583 rings, and Jiang Ranxin ranked 6th to qualify. In the knockout round, Li Xue of Gansu's team and Shen Yiyao of Shanghai's team ranked in the top two to enter the final, and Jiang Ranxin ranked third with a difference of 1 ring and did not have the opportunity to compete for the championship. In the final, Li Xue defeated Shen Yiyao 17-5 to win the championship. Li Xue's qualifying results met the standards set by the Shooting Association for the World Championships.