More than half of the Paris Olympic Games, on August 4, Beijing time, Zhang Xin, secretary general of the Chinese sports delegation, said when summarizing the half-way performance of the Chinese sports delegation, in the first 8 days of the competition, Chinese athletes carried forward the Chinese sports spirit and Olympic spirit, united as one, fought tenaciously, fought bravely, and won 16 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals A total of 37 medals, most of the projects have played well, and the overall performance of the delegation is in line with pre-game expectations.
As of August 3, local time, 144 events have been completed in the Paris Olympics, accounting for 44% of all events; The Chinese sports delegation has completed 106 events, accounting for 45% of all competitions.
On the advantageous items, the Chinese delegation defended its dominant position. Shooting won the first gold medal of the Olympic Games, inheriting the "spirit of the first gold", rifles, pistols, and flying saucers all performed very well, and the four gold medals have tied the best results in overseas competitions. All the four double events that have completed the diving competition have won gold, which shows that the diving team has been studying the law of the project for a long time, carrying out scientific and systematic training, and has always maintained a leading position in the fierce competition.
In the basic events, the Chinese sports delegation has achieved breakthroughs in the face of adversity. In the early stages of the swimming event, he encountered some difficulties, but in the end, he withstood the pressure and won the 100m freestyle with a time of 46.40 seconds, which greatly improved his world record. In the track and field women's 20km race walk, when it was at a low point for a long time in this cycle, Yang Jiayu firmly aimed at the highest podium of the Olympic Games and won the gold medal in the race walking event after eight years.
China's Yang Jiayu in the match
In emerging and professional projects, the Chinese sports delegation has made new progress. BMX freestyle won a gold medal in its first Olympic Games, surfing reached the round of 16 in its first competition, and skateboarding women's street style won fourth place, showing the rapid progress and development potential of emerging sports in the mainland. The women's tennis singles won the gold medal and the mixed doubles won the silver medal, reflecting the effectiveness of the diversified exploration of the development model of competitive sports in the mainland.
Paris Olympics BMX freestyle women's park champion Deng Yawen at the medal ceremony
Zhang Xin summarized that the first half of the competition of the Chinese sports delegation has three characteristics: First, defense. The advantageous events of diving, shooting, table tennis, and badminton defended their honors, bravely shouldered heavy burdens, and became the main force of the delegation to compete for gold medals, and successfully defended their titles in many events. The second is challenges. Although the final results of freestyle BMX, women's rugby, 3x3 basketball and other events are different, they dare to challenge strong opponents who have been leading for a long time, such as the freestyle BMX final, Deng Ya's ultra-difficult moves defeated the United States players who have "dominated the list" for many years, and the men's 3x3 basketball defeated the world's No. 1 Serbia team in the group round-robin. The third is a breakthrough. The tennis women's singles and mixed doubles challenged the world's leading players all the way to the finals, and finally won the gold medal in women's singles and the silver medal in mixed doubles, both of which achieved historical breakthroughs. Mountain biking, triathlon, skateboarding, and women's rugby have achieved the best rankings in history; There was also a group of athletes who did not make it to the podium, but also achieved personal bests.
China's Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (front) in the match
Judging from the first half of the Paris Olympics, the competition in the world has become more intense, and the competition pattern of world sports has also changed. At the end of the first half of the competition, a total of 32 delegations won gold medals and 57 delegations won medals, indicating that all countries and regions attach great importance to the Olympic Games, pay attention to organizing preparation training at the national level, preparing for competitions, providing support and guarantee, and showing the national image through excellent results.
When analyzing the performance and competition pattern of each delegation in the first half of the competition, Zhang Xin believes that the traditional advantageous projects of each delegation have been affected to varying degrees. For example, swimming is the United States gold medal event, and the previous Olympics have generally won more than 10 gold medals, but this Olympics, swimming events are all the best, United States only 6 gold medals so far. Similarly, China's dominant sports such as table tennis, badminton, and even diving have been vigorously challenged and impacted by athletes from other countries.
Paris Olympics table tennis women's singles champion Chen Meng in the game
Secondly, the host France sports delegation has achieved excellent results, achieved good results in many sports, achieved breakthroughs and progress. At the Tokyo Olympics, France won 10 gold medals and a total of 33 medals. On the eighth day of the Games, France has won 12 gold medals and 41 medals, and the results of France's preparations for the Paris Games are already being felt.
Looking forward to the second half of the competition, the Chinese sports delegation will also participate in 130 competitions, and will continue to attack medals in diving, table tennis, badminton, gymnastics, track and field and other events; In addition, the finals of weightlifting, synchronized swimming, canoe sprint, track cycling, boxing, taekwondo, wrestling, rock climbing, break dancing and other events will start one after another, which are also the key projects of the Chinese sports delegation to compete for gold medals.
Zhang Xin said that the Olympic Games is a stage for athletes to achieve their dreams, and the Chinese sports delegation will continue to sum up the experience and shortcomings of the first half of the competition, and conscientiously do a good job in organizational management and service guarantee.
Reporter Hao Haoyu
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Editor: Chen Xuze