On August 30, Chengdu-based shooter Dong Chao won the gold medal in the R1-SH1 men's 10m air rifle stand event at the Tokyo Paralympic Games with a record-breaking record, winning his three consecutive Paralympic titles. At the same time, Dong Chao also became the first Sichuan athlete to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games.
In his 17-year shooting career, Dong Chao has participated in four Paralympic Games in Beijing, London, Rio and Tokyo, and has now won 3 gold and 2 bronze. After winning gold again today, Dong Chao and Wang Ping, head coach of the Chinese Para shooting team, were interviewed by Red Star News, who revealed many little-known details in front of and behind the stage.
The head coach sounded the alarm bell after the qualifying match:
The gun that has been with you for 12 years is not a problem, and you have to resist it
In the R1-SH1 men's 10-meter air rifle standing position qualification tournament on the morning of August 30, Dong Chao advanced to the final with 5th place, and Wang Ping, head coach of the Chinese paralympic shooting team, revealed that dong chao's results in the qualification match at that time "frightened him", Wang Ping said: "When Dong Chao played the qualifying round this morning, our women's air rifle final was underway, and I first went there to watch the game and let Dong Chao grasp it himself in the qualification round. As a result, after the women's game, I came back to see Dong Chao's last three groups, he was a little sore in his feet at that time, so it affected the play, 'far bullet' more, scared me! Today's qualifiers are also a bit strange, many good players did not play well. ”
After Dong Chao entered the final with 5th place, Wang Ping also exchanged views with his quarantine area. At that time, south Korea's Park Jin-ho, who ranked first in the qualifiers, scored a high level of 631 points, and Wang Ping thought that Dong Chao should challenge the other party in the final, and it was time to ring an alarm bell for him, "I told Dong Chao, your gun has been with you for 12 years, the gun has not been a problem, the projectile dispersion is still so good, then your people must also resist!" Wang Ping then encouraged Dong Chao to say: "The final must be rushed up, and only by exerting all the momentum can we win the victory!" ”
Dong Chao won the gold
Two consecutive shots in the final from the lowest ring to the highest ring,
Dong Chao: When I lost my hand, I told myself to just get the rank
In the final, Dong Chao quickly entered the state of the game at the beginning and always ranked in the top three. However, in the first shot of the fourth group of the knockout round, he only played 9.6 rings, which is also the lowest number of rings he played in the final, it should be said that the performance was abnormal, and the ranking also fell to the third place. But followed by Dong Chao's second shot, he scored the highest score of 10.8 rings, returning to the first place in one fell swoop, and also laid the foundation for the subsequent championship. In that short period of tens of seconds, how did Dong Chao adjust his state?
In this regard, Dong Chao said: "At that time, I did feel that I did have a feeling, that is, the moment of the index finger shot destroyed my own balance. After playing a 'far bullet', he also quickly adjusted his mentality, telling himself to play as normally as possible and take a place. When the expectations are not so high, the second shot is more natural and decisive after going up. ”
Wang Ping also revealed that there are objective reasons why Dong Chao's achievements have fluctuated today: "He played very hard today, and the time from every time he raised his gun to fire was more than 30 seconds, while the original normal was more than ten seconds, this is because his heart beats strongly after raising the gun." So, every shot was so gripping that I sweated from the palms of my hands below! Dong Chao was able to win the championship today, but also did his best efforts, while playing and adjusting, and finally overcame various difficulties to win this precious gold medal. ”
The Paralympic Games " Elders of the Four Dynasties " will continue to fight:
Work hard to compete in the Paralympic Games in Paris
Dong Chao won the gold medal and achieved a personal triple crown According to IC photo
Dong Chao has successfully won the first event at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, and he has three competitions to go, so what are his expectations for himself? How many gold medals do you hope to win in Tokyo?
In this regard, Dong Chao told the Red Star News reporter: "I still have three games to play from September 1 to 5, so I will also clear today's results in the future, and then start from scratch, hoping to achieve better results in the next project!" As for the gold medal, it is definitely my goal, but this is not expected, because the accident of shooting this project is too big, and I can only do my best to strive for better results. ”
Dong Chao, 36, is already the "elder of the four dynasties" at the Paralympic Games, and in general, athletes are close to or have retired at this age. However, Dong Chao does not seem to have the idea of retiring after the Tokyo Paralympic Games and the next National Games, he hopes that he can continue to play, "After the Tokyo Paralympic Games, I will still work hard to strive for more and better results." The next Paris Paralympic Games I will also strive to participate, after all, shooting for me, in the life of a large proportion, because without shooting, I can not achieve the current me, but also shooting let my world view, outlook on life, values and other aspects have brought a new change. ”
Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan
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