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At 5 p.m. on July 27, 2024, the Paris Olympics mixed team 10m air rifle final began, with China's Sheng Lihao partnering Huang Yuting against Korea's Park Shi-hyun/Kim Ji-hyun.
Sheng Lihao/Huang Yuting withstood the pressure after falling behind in the opening game, and finally defeated the Korea pair 16-12 to win the first gold medal of the Paris Olympics for the Chinese sports delegation!
What is little known is that Sheng Lihao had never touched a gun before he was 12 years old, and he was successfully selected for the national team after practicing shooting for less than 3 years.
The Sheng family's parents are ordinary salarymen, and they were worried that their son would go too smoothly all the way, so they "poured cold water" on their son several times......
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How can there be so many miracles in the world? However, all miracles can be traced in retrospect......
(Sheng Li Hao and father Li Xiangping when he was a child)
On December 4, 2004, Sheng Lihao was born in Donglai Village, Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, and his father Li Xiangping and mother Sheng Yajuan both worked in the local factory.
When he was a child, Sheng Lihao was a good boy, and he went to kindergarten and elementary school step by step. When he was a little older, he didn't let his parents pick him up and drop him off from school.
Before his parents got off work after school, Sheng Lihao opened the door with the key hanging around his neck, and then knelt down on the desk to write his homework. No one would have imagined that more than 10 years later, the key around his neck would become a golden Olympic medal.
(Sheng Lihao)
In the summer of 2016, a shooting club came to Sheng Lihao's school to promote it. The boy was naturally interested in shooting, Sheng Lihao and his friends surrounded the staff and asked this and that.
A few days later, the school was out for the summer vacation, and Sheng Lihao and his classmates came to the shooting club with the mentality of having fun.
They were received by Yuan Kang, the head of the shooting club, who was a professional athlete of the Suzhou shooting team in his early years. The moment Sheng Lihao touched the gun, Yuan Kang noticed that he was unusual.
Sheng Lihao has bright eyes, slender and flexible fingers, straight collarbones, and a wide pelvis, which is a good seedling for practicing shooting.
(Sheng Li Hao in the early years)
Yuan Kang's eyes lit up, and he asked Sheng Lihao and others to build bullet shells to test their stability and concentration, as well as their finger sensitivity. The friends who came with him could only build 3 or 4 pieces, but Sheng Li Hao could easily build 7 pieces.
After returning home that day, Sheng Lihao expressed to his parents the idea of practicing shooting. Mr. and Mrs. Li Xiangping knew little about shooting, only that it was a sports event.
They didn't expect their son to go far on the shooting road, so they agreed to take up a hobby.
The shooting club training course lasts for 3 months, with beginner, intermediate and advanced classes.
(Sheng Lihao on the graduation photo)
When he first entered the club, Sheng Lihao was able to easily score 90 rings, while it was difficult for other students in the junior class to score 40 rings.
Soon Sheng Lihao was promoted to the senior class, and by the end of 3 months, his grades could not be surpassed by students.
If Yuan Kang is selfish, he can stay in the club as a star and help the club recruit more students. But Yuan Kang not only did not do this, but recommended Sheng Lihao to Suzhou Amateur Sports School.
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In Suzhou Amateur Sports School, at first coach Shen Chao felt that Sheng Lihao's performance was mediocre and there was nothing outstanding.
(Sheng Lihao and enlightenment coach Shen Chao when he was a child)
Then a few days later, he found that Sheng Lihao had two major advantages: one was strong concentration. The coach sometimes deliberately played upbeat music on the side, and Sheng Lihao raised the gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger smoothly and freely, without any interference.
The second is that Coach Shen also found that Sheng Lihao has a very strong ability to understand, and has a certain depth of shooting theory and improvement skills, which he can understand once he talks about it and immediately apply it to training.
Good seedlings should have a broader platform! Three months later, recommended by Coach Shen Chao, Sheng Lihao was successfully selected into the Suzhou shooting team.
In March 2017, Li Xiangping and his wife sent their son to the Suzhou shooting team to sign up. They know that professional practice shooting is no more exponential than the hard work and sweat of clubs and amateur sports schools.
(Sheng Lihao's alma mater)
After completing all the formalities and about to separate, Sheng Yajuan's heart was a little heavy. She said to Sheng Lihao: Not all children can bear the hardships of professional athletes, if you can't persevere, I will come to pick you up and take you home.
Sheng Lihao was very unconvinced: Who does my mother look down on? Olympic Champion! After saying that, he also raised his right hand and stretched out his index and middle fingers to make a triumphant gesture.
Sheng Yajuan and her husband were both amused by their son.
The rifle weighs 4 kilograms, and Sheng Lihao repeatedly practices raising the gun, aiming, and then putting it down every day, practicing more than 200 times a day.
(Sheng Lihao)
Sheng Lihao was so tired that his eyes were sore and his shoulders hurt, but because of his hobbies, he could overcome them. The only thing that made him uncomfortable was that the professional shooting team strictly controlled the diet of the athletes.
As long as they are in the shooting team, none of Sheng Lihao and his teammates can sneak out to eat, let alone bring in food from outside, so as to avoid accidentally ingesting food containing stimulants to the greatest extent.
Once, Sheng Lihao went home on vacation. As soon as he entered, he hurried to find food. When I opened the refrigerator, I saw a few pieces of golden, oily braised pork left over from my parents on the plate.
Sheng Li Hao shouted excitedly as if he had received a treasure: Great, braised pork! Then feast.
(Sheng Lihao and his parents)
A few pieces of braised pork made her son greedy like this, Sheng Yajuan felt both funny and a little sad.
During the few days at home, my son clamored for hamburgers, barbecue, potato chips, and ice cream. Sheng Yajuan said: This is not good, it is all junk food, I have to stand up for the coach.
With the tiger mother to check it, Sheng Lihao had to press the gluttonous worms in his stomach.
03
In the shooting team, Sheng Lihao is very self-disciplined, and is always the first to rush to the shooting gallery and the last to leave every day. Practice sit-ups, 8-kilometer runs, push-ups and other physical training to ensure quality and quantity.
(Sheng Lihao)
In the summer of 2017, Sheng Lihao participated in a provincial shooting competition in Nanjing. At the age of 13, he fought steadily, shot down, and successfully entered the 18-year-old adult group.
Such an excellent result is extremely rare in the whole of Asia.
At the end of the game, Sheng Lihao returned home from Nanjing and rushed to his parents to report the good news.
Sheng Yajuan and his wife were worried that their son would lose himself, so they poured cold water on Sheng Lihao: Fast progress is naturally a good thing, but professional athletes must have a long-term plan, and your goal is to enter the provincial team and the national team.
Sheng Lihao nodded seriously, Sheng Yajuan and her husband seemed to see a bright future for their son.
(Sheng Lihao)
Coach Shen Chao also paid attention to Sheng Lihao's progress, after training in the Suzhou shooting team for a year, at the end of the year, Sheng Lihao actually scored 600 rings and full rings.
Coach Shen was excited and reported the situation to the provincial shooting team, and the instructions given by the relevant leaders were: continue to observe and let Sheng Lihao practice the basic skills.
With outstanding talent and scientific guidance, Sheng Lihao has made very rapid progress. In 2018, he imprinted a series of brilliant footprints.
In May 2018, Sheng Lihao won the championship in the air rifle individual competition of the Jiangsu Shooting Championship.
(Sheng Lihao on the field)
Also in May, in the final of the individual air rifle event of the youth group of the East China Shooting Rifle Championship, the 14-year-old Sheng Lihao scored 248.9 rings and won the championship, and he also cooperated with his teammates to win the team gold medal.
In September 2018, Sheng Lihao participated in the 19th Jiangsu Provincial Games, and in the U18 group of shooting events, he won the air rifle individual, air rifle team and rifle three positions championship respectively.
With a series of excellent results, at the beginning of 2019, Sheng Lihao was successfully selected into the Jiangsu Provincial Shooting Team. Shen Chao and Yao Hua, the provincial team air rifle supervisor, jointly served as Sheng Lihao's coach.
The son flew higher and higher, getting farther and farther away from him, Sheng Yajuan and Li Xiangping were relieved at the same time, but they were also a little more worried.
04
(My favorite hairy crab made by my father)
After that, as long as there was time, Sheng Yajuan and her husband ran to Nanjing, asking their son what difficulties he had in life and training, and caring about his diet.
After a few times, Sheng Lihao felt that this was very awkward, and he said to his parents: Parents, you usually work very hard, so you don't need to come to see me often. Rest assured, your son has grown up.
Sheng Lihao was able to say such things at a young age, and Sheng Yajuan and his wife were very pleased.
On March 22, 2019, in the shooting rifle event of the World Cup Trials of the Chinese National Shooting Team, Sheng Lihao achieved the second best result in the total points, and was selected for the Chinese National Shooting Team.
(Sheng Lihao)
From touching a gun for the first time in 2016 to being selected for the national team in 2019, ordinary athletes have to go through more than 10 years of hard work, but Sheng Lihao took less than 3 years, and this speed amazed everyone in the shooting world.
If the son goes too smoothly, it is not necessarily a good thing. Sheng Yajuan and his wife were not calm, before Sheng Lihao went to report to the national shooting team, they poured cold water on their son again: The national team masters are like forests, you must be humble and low-key, learn from the senior brothers and sisters there, and accumulate competition experience.
Sheng Li Hao can understand the good intentions of his parents, and he said emotionally: Mom and Dad, I know that the national shooting team is a glorious journey to walk on the top of the world, and there are countless Olympic champions and world champions. In the national team, I will never have the capital to be proud of.
When the son said this, Sheng Yajuan and his wife were relieved.
(Sheng Lihao)
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics is just around the corner, and because Sheng Li Hao does not have enough points, he does not dare to have any extravagant hopes.
However, due to the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics were postponed to July 2021, and things took a turn for the better.
In the National Shooting Championship held in Yichang, Hubei Province in September 2020, and in the National Shooting Championship in the same year, Sheng Lihao performed well.
As a result, in November 2020, Sheng Lihao was successfully selected for the Tokyo Olympics squad.
July 21, 2021 is the most exciting day for Sheng Yajuan and his wife. That afternoon, they sat early in front of the television to watch their son's Olympic debut.
(Sheng Li Hao at the Tokyo Olympics)
In the men's 10m air rifle qualifying round, Sheng Lihao dealt carefully and played boldly. With a crisp gunshot, he left one master after another.
In the end, Sheng Li Hao and United States player Shana had a peak showdown. In the last shot, although Sheng Lihao scored a good score of 10.8 rings, he still failed to reverse and finally won the silver medal with 250.9 rings.
Sheng Yajuan and his wife were so excited that they burst into tears and stood up to applaud their son.
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(Local leaders condolences to Sheng Lihao's parents)
After the game, Sheng Lihao called his parents and said apologetically: Mom and Dad, I'm sorry, I only won a silver medal, which disappointed you.
Sheng Yajuan replied: Son, you are already quite good. Your biggest advantage is your youth, and we believe you have what it takes to win the championship!
In order to realize the dream of an Olympic gold medal, Sheng Lihao did not dare to slack off in the slightest and took every training and competition seriously.
In August 2022, at the National Shooting Championships, Sheng Lihao won the men's 10-meter air rifle championship.
(Sheng Lihao at the Hangzhou Asian Games)
In February 2023, in the National Shooting Championships, Sheng Lihao won the championship in the men's 50-meter rifle 3 posture finals.
On September 25, 2023, at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Sheng Lihao scored 634.5 rings in the men's 10-meter air rifle final, won the gold medal, and set a new world record, Asian record, and Games record!
A series of excellent results have not been able to soothe the regret of Sheng Lihao's "loss of gold" at the Tokyo Olympics. He held his breath and wanted to win the Olympic championship, repay his parents and coaches with excellent results, and win glory for the motherland.
(Sheng Lihao and Huang Yuting in the final of the Paris Olympics)
At 17 o'clock on July 27, 2024, the Paris Olympics mixed team 10m air rifle final began, with Sheng Li Hao partnering Huang Yuting against Korea's Park Si-hyun/Kim Ji-hyun.
In the match of the day, the Korea team played very well, leading from the start, putting a lot of pressure on Sheng Li Hao/Huang Yuting. In the middle of the match, Korea's Park Shi-hyun had a shot that went out of order, but quickly adjusted.
However, Sheng Lihao/Huang Yuting did not give the other party a chance to overtake, and finally defeated the Korea pair 16-12 to win the first gold medal of the Paris Olympics for the Chinese sports delegation!
(Sheng Lihao and Huang Yuting on the podium of the Paris Olympics)
Sheng Yajuan and her husband watched their son's game throughout the whole process, and the moment Sheng Lihao won the championship, the two shed tears of happiness and excitement.
His son's efforts over the years have not been in vain, and he has finally turned the Olympic medals into gold and achieved his original goal.
At this moment, Sheng Yajuan and his wife and Sheng Lihao's hearts were full of pride in winning glory for the country!
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