The difficulty of the domestic arena is comparable to the Olympics, and Zhang Mengxue, who won the gold medal, lamented that "it is too difficult"

"It's too hard, or let's go play the Olympics." After winning the 10-meter air pistol mixed team championship, Zhang Mengxue joked. As the champion of the Rio Olympic Games, Zhang Mengxue lamented that the National Games are simply more difficult to play than the Olympic Games.

Indeed, the 10-meter air pistol mixed team broke out from the beginning of the qualification round, and the Olympic champion Pang Wei/ Jiang Ranxin ranked 17th and missed the next round, leaving some regrets in the last battle of the veteran Pang Wei's athlete career.

In other sports, the team of Olympians often "seeks defeat alone", and in the shooting arena, even if it is an Olympic gold medal combination, let alone no certainty of winning gold, even if it is not completely sure to enter the final.

The same is true in the three or four battle of the 10-meter air pistol mixed regiment, the Guizhou team and the united second team did not decide the winner until the last shot, the atmosphere was tense to suffocation, almost every shot will have more than 10 rings of results, and almost every round has a mistake, which shows the huge psychological pressure of the players.

After the start of the final, although she was the olympic champion in Rio, Zhang Mengxue still felt a lot of pressure, and in the women's 10-meter air pistol competition before, she stopped qualifying, this time Zhang Mengxue and Zhang Bowen played together in the team competition, and the two partners for the second time also hoped to defend the honor for the Shandong team. "Originally, the shooting level of our country was relatively high, and the domestic opponents were usually more familiar, and everyone trained together, and the level was similar." Zhang Mengxue said.

Jiang Ranxin, who was eliminated in the qualifiers, also watched Zhang Mengxue's game. In the previous women's 10-meter air pistol competition, Zhang Mengxue also waited for Jiang Ranxin after being eliminated in the qualifiers, and the sisterly feelings can be seen. Seeing Zhang Mengxue win the championship, Jiang Ranxin was very happy and chased Zhang Mengxue all the way to the mixed area. Through the glass, Jiang Ranxin naughtily sighed on the glass, and then drew a heart-shaped symbol with her fingers, in this way for Zhang Mengxue to "compare the heart". As soon as the interview ended, Jiang Ranxin, who was ambushed behind the reporter, "broke through the siege" and rushed to Zhang Mengxue and hugged her, the two people laughed and jumped happily, and the joy in their hearts overflowed into words.

For Zhang Mengxue, this game is indeed not easy, after the loss of the personal project, although Zhang Mengxue said that it will not affect the later play, but more or less will still cause her some pressure. "The game is still about playing on the spot." Zhang Mengxue said. At the beginning of the final, the performance of both sides had ups and downs, the score alternately rose, and Zhang Mengxue and Zhang Bowen showed a big heart at the key moment, and achieved a clear advantage of 12-8. Feng Sixuan / Liu Junhui fell into passivity, followed by a round of "immortal fight", Zhang Mengxue came to the pen to play 10.8 rings, at this time Feng Sixuan / Liu Junhui's state fluctuated, Zhang Mengxue / Zhang Bowen won the championship point, and finally they won the championship 16-10.

"In fact, after every game is a new start for me, no matter how good or bad, I have to start over. I also have a sports pistol competition in the back, which is the last event of my National Games, and I hope to play well. Zhang Mengxue said.

Reporter Chen Sitong

Source: China Sports News