The Chinese shooting team, the dream team, has repeatedly achieved great results in the Olympic arena, and has never lost its first gold medal since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
When the Olympic flame was lit in Paris, the eyes of the world were once again focused on the sporting event. The Chinese shooting team, a team that has repeatedly achieved glory in the Olympic arena, has once again become the focus of attention. Since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, they have become almost synonymous with China's first Olympic gold medal.
Let's take a look back at those exciting moments. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Tao Luna won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol event and won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Du Li shot China's first gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Pang Wei won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation in the men's 10m air pistol event. At the 2012 London Olympics, Yi Siling won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Zhang Mengxue broke the Olympic record in the women's 10m air pistol event and won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Yang Qian won the championship in the women's 10m air rifle event and won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation again.
These names, like bright stars, illuminate the journey of the Chinese Olympic Games. This year, the first gold medal of the Paris Olympics also went to China. On July 27, in the final of the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event, post-00 Chinese players Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the championship and won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation in this Olympic Games. It was also the first gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
Huang Yuting, a young player born in 2006, has been training since she was 11 years old. In the 2022 World Championships, she won 2 golds and 1 silver, winning the ticket to the Paris Olympics for the Chinese shooting team. At the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, at the age of 17, she became a triple champion, and this year, she was still a sophomore in high school.
Huang Yuting always has a panda doll hanging on her gun rack, which is a gift from her friend and has been with her since the Universiade. This detail has attracted the attention of many people, and "hanging the cutest panda and hitting the hardest gun" has become her logo. Huang Yuting once said: "This is a very good sister to me and Zhilin (gifts), very cute. It seems that this cute panda doll has become Huang Yuting's close partner in the arena.
Sheng Lihao, born in 2004, made his mark at the Tokyo Olympics when he won silver at the age of 16, becoming the youngest shooting medalist in Olympic history. Sheng Lihao made his first contact with shooting at the age of 13, and it took only three years to set foot on the Olympic stage, and he was known as a "genius boy".
In 2022, Sheng Lihao participated in the World Shooting Championships for the first time, winning 1 silver and 2 bronzes, winning a qualification for the Chinese team for the Paris Olympics. At the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, he won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle and set a new world record in the final of the event. At the Shooting World Cup in Munich in June this year, he once again set a new world record in the final of this event.
Coach Yao Ye commented on Sheng Lihao: "As long as he stands on the target position, he will show calmness beyond his age. Sheng Lihao doesn't think he is a "genius", he also has a lot of shortcomings, such as on-the-spot adaptability, psychological regulation and other abilities need to be improved, "The most important thing is to rely on your own efforts and move forward step by step." ”
The Chinese shooting team, the dream team, has repeatedly achieved great results in the Olympic arena, and we look forward to continuing to bring more surprises to everyone and win more honors for the Chinese delegation in the next competitions.