On the evening of September 24, the first gold medal in competitive gymnastics at the Hangzhou Asian Games was born, and the Chinese team led by Zou Jingyuan and Zhang Boheng successfully defended its title and successfully won the Asian Games gymnastics men's team championship with 262.025 points. Japan and Chinese Taipei won silver and bronze respectively.
In the competitive gymnastics event of this Asian Games, the Chinese men's team sent the lineup of Zou Jingyuan, Zhang Boheng, Lan Xingyu, Lin Chaopan and Xiao Ruoteng, of which Zhang Boheng, Zou Jingyuan and Lan Xingyu all participated in the gymnastics men's team competition of the Chengdu Universiade, when the Chinese team also successfully defeated the Japanese team led by Daiki Hashimoto to win the men's team championship.
Zhang Boheng in the competition
Due to the timing conflict between the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Antwerp Gymnastics World Championships, many teams are facing a two-front battle. For example, the Chinese men's team sent Zhang Boheng, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, Lin Chaopan and Lan Xingyu to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games, and Sun Wei, Shi Cong, You Hao, Liu Yang, Su Weide, Yang Jiaxing and others participated in the World Championships. In terms of lineup, it is clear that the Chinese team pays more attention to the Asian Games on the doorstep, Zou Jingyuan and Zhang Boheng are now the leaders of Chinese gymnastics, Xiao Ruoteng and Lin Chaopan have also won the individual all-around championship and runner-up at the World Championships, and even the least famous Lan Xingyu has won the ring championship at the World Championships.
The choice of the Japanese men's team was completely different, with Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Tsuki, Tetsuhei Miwa, Kenta Chiba and Kazuki Minami competing in the World Championships, and Shohei Kawakami, Shoryu Kitazono, Ryota Tsumura, Shosho Tanigawa and Hang Tanigawa competing in the Asian Games. Obviously, the World Championship lineup led by Daiki Hashimoto, Xuan and Ma is the main force of the Japanese men's team, which also makes the dialogue between the Chinese and Japanese teams in the men's team final of the Asian Games a lot less. In Asia, the Chinese and Japanese men's gymnastics are old rivals, and at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, the Chinese men's team's record of 10 consecutive Asian Games titles was ended by Japan. Four years later, at the Asian Games in Jakarta, the Chinese gymnastics team successfully took revenge and regained the men's team championship. Although the Chinese team was overwhelmed by the Japanese team in the men's team showdown at the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team won the championship in the subsequent gymnastics world championship men's team final and the Chengdu Universiade men's team final.
The Japanese team took the lead in the second game of today's men's team competition, which began in the afternoon, and before the appearance of the Chinese team in the third game, they temporarily ranked first in the men's team with a total score of 258.628 points. Japan's Shohei Kawakami said after the match that he was looking forward to the performance of the Chinese team in the evening, "I think both sides will do their best to fight the winner, and for me personally, I also want to learn from the Chinese players." ”
Tonight, after the debut of the Chinese team, the first round of pommel horse did not start well, and Lan Xingyu only scored 12.000 points. However, in the second ring match, Zou Jingyuan and Zhang Boheng scored 14.800 and 14.700 respectively, and Lan Xingyu made up for it, and scored 14.966 in the ring event, which also gave the Chinese team confidence. After that, the Chinese team played steadily, and in Zou Jingyuan's strongest parallel bars event, the Sichuan star scored a super high score of 15.933, which is also the highest individual score in all individual events in today's men's team competition! Coupled with Zhang Boheng's 15.466 points on parallel bars, the Chinese team has gradually approached the championship.
Lin Chaopan in the game
Zou Jingyuan performed steadily
In the end, the Chinese team won the men's team championship of the Hangzhou Asian Games with a large margin of 262.025 points, while the Japanese team and the Chinese Taipei team won the silver and bronze medals respectively. Although the absence of the main team of the Japanese team left some regrets in this competition, the wonderful performance of the Chinese boys still made the audience worthwhile.
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