In the men's 10-meter air rifle final of the Paris Olympics on July 29, Chinese player Sheng Lihao broke the Olympic record with a score of 252.2 rings and won the third gold medal for the Chinese shooting team in this Olympic Games. This is also the fifth gold medal for the Chinese delegation. Previously, he and Huang Yuting won the championship in the 10m air rifle mixed team and won the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation at the Paris Olympics.
In the men's 10m air rifle qualifying round, Chinese player Sheng Lihao advanced to the final first. In the final, Sheng Lihao led all the way and finally won the championship, two of which hit the highest number of rings of 10.9.
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Sheng Lihao's Weibo nickname is "Just by Dry Rice", and after winning the gold, netizens also gave him a new nickname: "Brother Dry Rice".
Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in 2004, Sheng Lihao began shooting in primary school, and was selected to train in the shooting team of Suzhou Sports School in 2017. In the 2018 Jiangsu Provincial Games and a series of national competitions, he won the championship one after another. Later, Sheng Lihao seized the opportunity to enter the national team and participate in the highly competitive Olympic trials.
From zero points to the second place in the final selection points, Sheng Lihao "went black to the end" and rushed into the Tokyo Olympics.
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In 2021, on his Olympic debut, Sheng Lihao won the silver medal in the men's 10-meter air rifle. The young Sheng became the youngest athlete ever to win a medal in the Olympic shooting event.
A good attitude is the basic quality that a shooter should have; Stability is also the biggest characteristic of Sheng Lihao.
In the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games shooting men's 10m air rifle final, Sheng Lihao maintained a stable state, scored 10.9 rings, and finally won the championship with a score of 253.3 rings, which also broke the world record.
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On the 27th, Huang Yuting/Sheng Lihao won the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation in this Olympic Games.
Sheng Lihao was interviewed after the game, and when asked what he wanted to do most after the game, he blurted out: "I want to eat my mother's braised pork the most", and the nickname of "Brother Dry Rice" is well deserved.
On July 29, Sheng Lihao's father Li Xiangping specially rushed to the vegetable market, bought meat and ingredients, and cooked braised pork himself. He said to his son, "Congratulations on your good grades!" You've been training hard during this time, and the braised pork is ready, waiting for you to come back and eat! Whatever you want to eat, Daddy will cook it for you! ”
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