Beijing time on July 25 news, Tokyo Olympic Taekwondo competition in the Makuhar International Convention and Exhibition Center began the second day of competition, men's 68 kg 1/4 final, Olympic champion, the Opening Ceremony of the Chinese delegation male standard-bearer Zhao Shuai played a steady, 13-8 successfully defeated dominican Bernardo, successfully advanced to the final four.
Zhao Shuai is the creator of the history of Chinese men's taekwondo, in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Zhao Shuai passed the test without being optimistic, and defeated Thailand's Hampraby in the final to win the gold medal, which is the first Olympic gold medal in Chinese men's taekwondo.
After breaking through this layer of window paper, Zhao Shuai's taekwondo career was on the rise, and at the World Championships, he won the 63 kg championship, making history for Chinese men's taekwondo again. With his outstanding performance in the World Series, Zhao Shuai also won the honor of flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and before that, he served as the flag bearer of the Chinese team at the Asian Games.
Tokyo Olympics, Zhao Shuai "upgraded" to 68 kg class, the debut to face the refugee player Sedic, Zhao Shuai played not excited enough, the game was once entangled by the opponent, the third set, Zhao Shuai's offensive power was played out, the result was a 22-20 narrow victory, successfully ranked in the quarterfinals.
After a short break, Zhao Shuai faced Dominican Benaldo in the quarter-finals, a 1995-born player who competed in three World Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019, with the best result of reaching the quarterfinals. 2019 Pan American Athlete, Bernardo finished second, and this year's Pan Am Championship, he finished fifth in the 68 kg class.
After the game began, Zhao Shuai took a 2-0 lead at the beginning, and Bernardo stubbornly chased to 4 draws. At this time, a small episode occurred on the field, Zhao Shuai made a beautiful turn to attack the hit, according to the rules should directly get 4 points, but the referee only counted 2 points, which is the referee's low-level mistake, fortunately corrected in time, this round Zhao Shuai led 6-4.
In the second set, Zhao Shuai came up and lost a point first, he quickly adjusted his state and played his leg advantage, Bernaldo was still slightly immature, there were not many in defense, there were more loopholes, Zhao Shuai seized the opportunity to attack continuously, leading 5-2. Two sets later, Zhao Shuai led 11-6.
In the third set, Zhao Shuai started with a 1-2 deficit and Bernardo chased the score to 8-12. In the subsequent game, Zhao Shuai was calm and calm, looking for opportunities in the temptation, and took advantage of Bernaldo's small mistake to get a point, this round the two fought to 2 draws, Zhao Shuai won 13-8 to advance to the final four.