In 1908, the magazine "Tianjin Youth" issued three questions about the Olympic Games: When will China be able to send athletes to the Olympic Games, when will it be able to win its first Olympic gold medal, and when will it be able to host the Olympic Games? In 1932, Liu Changchun participated in the sprint event as the first Chinese athlete. In 1984, Xu Haifeng, an athlete of the Chinese shooting team, won the Olympic championship with 556 rings, which was the first gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympics and the first gold medal in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games.
In 1984, Xu Haifeng's victory was a dark horse legend
Before the 1984 Olympic Games, although Xu Haifeng was a key member of the Chinese shooting team, Xu Haifeng's state was up and down, although he played a good result in China, but in the test match before the Olympic Games, Xu Haifeng only scored 539 rings, ranking 12th in the Olympic test match. At that time, I was afraid that no one had high hopes that Xu Haifeng would be able to win the gold medal at the Olympics in a few months.
In the 1984 Olympic Games, the Chinese sports delegation won the first gold
At the 1984 Olympic Games, Xu Haifeng scored 566 rings and won the individual self-pistol slow-fire championship. This is the first gold medal of the Chinese sports delegation and the first gold medal of the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Of course, after that, the Chinese women's volleyball team won another battle for the Chinese people, so that the name of the Chinese women's volleyball team was engraved on the monument of the Long Beach Stadium, which is a later story.
Xu Haifeng, as the first gold medalist in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games, subsequently became a legend of the Chinese shooting team. Not to mention, Pang Wei in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Yi Siling in 2012, Zhang Mengxue in 2016, and Yang Qian in the Tokyo Olympics postponed in 2021, the Chinese shooting team has a great grasp of the first gold medal.
2024 is another Olympic year, and I hope that this time, the Chinese sports delegation can continue to win gold and silver, and I hope that the Chinese shooting team can continue to shoot the first gold for the Chinese sports delegation.