"The young hero on the shooting range, all the way to glory!"
Hey guys! The one we are going to talk about today is a superstar in the shooting industry - Sheng Lihao! This young man was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in 2004, don't look at his age, he is majestic on the shooting range! People have been exposed to shooting since elementary school, and this way has come, which is called a wonderful.
On the morning of July 29, 2024, the men's 10m air rifle final of the Paris Olympics was truly thrilling!
Sheng Lihao led all the way, and that state was like hanging up! In the end, he broke the Olympic record with a score of 252.2 rings and successfully won the championship! This is amazing, you know, to have such a stable and excellent performance in such a big competition, it is not something that ordinary people can do. And this is not his first gold medal at this Olympics! Previously, he teamed up with Huang Yuting to win the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team. As soon as these two gold medals are in hand, it really makes us Chinese proud!
Let's take a closer look at his competition process, in the first two stages, he scored 53.4 rings and 52.4 rings respectively, ranking first steadily. Although there were 9.8 rings and 9.9 rings in the late game, this little brother did not panic at all, and the last shot steadily hit 10.6 rings and successfully sealed the victory. This psychological quality, leverage!
Sheng Lihao's shooting path is also full of legends. He only started to come into contact with air rifle at the age of 13, but this exposure showed a super high talent. In 2017, he was selected for the shooting team of Suzhou Sports School, and after that, he passed all the way. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the air rifle individual competition of the Jiangsu Shooting Championships, the final of the air rifle individual event of the youth group of the East China Shooting Rifle Championship, and the U18 group of the shooting event of the 19th Jiangsu Provincial Games.
In the same year, in the air pistol competition of the National U21 Shooting Championship, he not only won the individual championship, but also won the team championship with his teammates, breaking the record in Jiangsu Province by the way. In 2019, he was selected for the national team with the second-best overall score in the small-bore event and also qualified for the Germany Youth World Cup. This way, it is like riding a rocket.
Entering the Paris Olympic cycle, Sheng Lihao's performance is even more amazing. In 2023, that championship is one after another. In February, he won the men's 50m rifle 3 positions, the men's 10m air rifle competition at the National Shooting Championships, and the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team. At the Shooting World Cup in India in March, he won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team and the gold medal in the men's air rifle.
At the Baku Shooting World Cup in May, he partnered with Huang Yuting to win the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team and set a world record in the men's 10m air rifle qualifying tournament. In June, he won the men's 10m air rifle competition at the National Shooting Championships (air rifle event). In August, he won the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the 2023 World Shooting Championships. At the Hangzhou Asian Games in September, he won the bronze medal and the gold medal in the men's 10-meter air rifle team competition, and also broke the world record, Asian record and meeting record of the event, and partnered with Huang Yuting to win the gold medal in the mixed team 10-meter air rifle.
In February and March, the National Rifle Rifle Team finished first in the men's 10m air rifle standings and was selected for the Paris Olympic squad. In May, he won the 10m air rifle mixed team championship and the men's 10m air rifle gold medal at the FIF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. In June, he won the men's 10m air rifle competition at the FIF World Cup in Munich, Germany, and set a new world record in the final.
Netizens also praised one after another: "Sheng Lihao is so good, the future is promising!" "This little brother is a shooting genius and wins glory for the country!" "Every time I watch him play, I'm nervous and excited, and the performance is fantastic!" Sheng Lihao's journey has relied not only on talent, but also on his perseverance and love for shooting. His Weibo account is called "Just Rely on Dry Rice", and he is affectionately called "Brother Dry Rice" by everyone. After the game, he also said that he wanted to eat the braised pork made by his mother the most, which was really cute and real.
In the future, we believe that this "dry rice brother" will create more brilliance on the shooting range and bring us more surprises! Friends, let's cheer for Sheng Lihao and look forward to more wonderful performances from him!
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To sum up, Sheng Lihao has made extraordinary achievements in the field of shooting at a young age, and his strong concentration, understanding and acceptance skills, excellent psychological quality and good stability have made him shine again and again on the field. We look forward to him continuing to move forward bravely and win more honors for the country!