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Japan's Mizutani Hayabusa and Ito Celebrated with their coaches after winning the mixed doubles gold medal competition on the third day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
On July 26, 2021, the Tokyo Olympic Pool Mixed Doubles Event held a gold medal battle on the evening of the 26th, by the landlords Mizutani Hayabusa and Ito Mishimasa against China's Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, the Japanese team defeated China 4:3, won Japan's first gold medal in the history of Olympic table tennis, and even smashed China's shouting of "5 gold sweeps" at the Tokyo Olympics.
It is understood that the table tennis mixed doubles project was held for the first time in the Olympic Games, and today's final was played by Japan in China, and the Japanese mixed doubles combination was composed of 32-year-old Mizutani Hayabusa and 20-year-old Ito Mishimasa, against the strong opponents of the Chinese combination Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen.
Table tennis has always been China's monopoly of the "gold medal library" in the past, since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, China has been 3 consecutive Olympic men's singles, women's singles, men's team and women's team 4 gold medals, this year's Tokyo Olympics for the first time to add mixed and doubles events, the Chinese team in the Tokyo Olympics before the exaggerated rhetoric, shouted out to "dominate 5 gold in a row".
Today's mixed doubles gold medal battle, the Japanese team began to slow down into the situation, lost two consecutive sets into a 0:2 situation, but the Japanese team from the 3rd set began to stabilize, respectively, 11:8, 11:9, 11:9 consecutive games to listen to the cards, and finally into a 3:3 draw, in the decisive seventh set, the Japanese team first galloped to the point, at the beginning of the 8 points, Although China tried to fight back, but still lost the advantage of Japan, Japan finally defeated the Chinese team 4:3, successfully won the mixed doubles gold medal, it is worth mentioning, This is also the first gold medal in the history of Table Tennis at the Olympic Games in Japan.
The Japanese team defeated the Chinese team, not only setting a record for the first gold medal in the history of Japanese billiards, but also smashing the Chinese team's hegemony of the gold medal in table tennis since 2012, and shattering China's dream of wanting table tennis 5 gold packages, so that the Chinese team lost the first gold medal in billiards.
After the news came out, netizens left messages congratulating Japan on winning the championship, "Japan is 0:2 behind China in chasing 4 points to win this is really fantastic!" Too exciting! This one is so good-looking! "Nervous and wonderful, Japan won the gold medal, really happy." "Congratulations to the Japanese team for playing resilience to reverse the victory!" ”，
At the same time, I would like to congratulate Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen on winning the silver medal, although they lost the championship, but you are already very good, you do not need to apologize. Your strength has long been proven to the world. You guys are strong!