Zhao Shuai won the bronze medal (Source Visual China)
On July 25, Beijing time, in the men's taekwondo 68 kg bronze medal battle at the Tokyo Olympic Games, China's Zhao Shuai defeated South Korea's famous Li Daxun 17:15 to win a bronze medal for the Chinese delegation, which is also after the Rio Olympic Games, Zhao Shuai won two consecutive Olympic games.
In the previous two rounds, Zhao Shuai first defeated the refugee delegation's Sedic 22:20, and then learned the lesson of the first round of upper limb defense in the quarterfinals, and successfully eliminated Dominican Bernardo Pierre 13:8.
Zhao Shuai's semi-final is the old rival, the British star Hinton, 22-year-old Hinton has long occupied the second place in the Olympic points rankings, is a player with outstanding offensive ability, as the champion of the last Olympic Games, the gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympic Cycle two-time World Championships, Zhao Shuai is currently ranked third in the Olympic points.
The two had previously played against each other, and because South Korea's Lee Dae-hoon, who ranked first in Olympic points, had previously been eliminated, the match was also regarded as "the final staged in advance." In the end, Zhao Shuai unfortunately lost 25:33 and missed tonight's gold medal battle.
In 2016, Zhao Shuai won the gold medal in the men's 58 kg competition in taekwondo at the Rio Olympics. This is the first gold medal of Chinese taekwondo at the Rio Olympic Games and the first gold medal in the history of the Chinese men's taekwondo Olympics.
In 2017, Zhao Shuai won the men's 63 kg final at the World Taekwondo Championships, not only for his first time, but also for the first world championship gold medal in Men's Taekwondo in China. In September of the same year, at the 13th National Games, he won the taekwondo men's 68 kg championship. In 2019, Zhao Shuai defended his world championship title.
From the 58 kg class to the 63 kg class, and now the 68 kg class, every level of the upgrade means that the points should start from scratch for professional athletes, and Zhao Shuai has been constantly challenging himself.
In December 2018, Zhao Shuai finally won the first international championship in the 68 kg category in the annual Grand Slam finals, and zhao Shuai won the championship again at the Sofia Grand Prix in October of the following year.
At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Zhao Shuai served as the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation for the first time, but in that Asian Games, he lost the final to his opponent and failed to win the championship.
Three years later, at the Tokyo Olympics, he was again selected as the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation, and Zhao Shuai, who will turn 26, said in an interview: "This is a great honor and a motivation, and I look forward to better winning glory for the country." ”
After winning the bronze medal, Zhao Shuai also fell to his knees, a look of relief, it can be seen that the responsibility of the flag bearer also gave him a lot of pressure, and then he also took the five-star red flag from the coach and showed greetings to the stands.
Although he regrettably won a bronze medal in Tokyo, for Zhao Shuai, who is about to turn 26, the Paris Olympics three years later is still a stage for him to prove himself.
Upstream journalist Tang Hao