Chapter 71 Chapter 71
Reporters rushed to capture Wang Yang's changing expressions.
The flashbulbs kept flashing.
Wang Yang's thoughts returned, and a smile immediately broke out on his face. "This is also an honor for our company. When I first saw Chu Xi, I felt that her temperament was different from many people. Later, when I heard that she was interested in practicing shooting, I fully supported her. Now that she can win glory for our country, I am also very proud and honored."
Wang Yang began his long speech again.
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At this moment, the happiest person was Yu Wanya of the Jiyue brand.
The moment Yu Wanya saw Chu Xi win the first Olympic gold medal, her heart almost stopped.
There was silence in the conference room for a while, and then excited cheers broke out.
There was joy on everyone's face.
The staff of the Publicity Department reacted immediately and sent out a congratulatory Weibo message that had been edited long ago.
The day after winning the first Olympic gold medal, Chu Xi's name became a household name.
At this time, she had already gotten up and went to the training range with Lu Wenxuan to continue preparing for the next mixed team competition.
Lu Wenxuan pursed his lips tightly, his eyes revealing a subtle determination.
My former teammates have become the winners of the first Olympic gold medal.
Of course he couldn't back down.
As the certainty in his heart became clearer, Lu Wenxuan raised his arm, raised his gun and continued to aim and shoot.
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At another competition venue in San Lisboa, the 64-man women's singles table tennis competition has begun.
Song Kexin, a player representing the Chinese team, appeared on the court in a red table tennis uniform.
Warm applause immediately broke out from the audience seats around.
One red national flag after another was raised high, becoming a special landscape in the Olympic arena.
"The game begins." The referee made a gesture and announced at the same time.
Song Kexin lowered her body, stood in front of the table and prepared to serve, a glimmer of light flashed in her calm eyes.
The next second, she threw the white ball in her hand high up, and when the ball fell, the sign in her hand came up and hit the white ball.
The white ball rushed to the opposite table with high-speed rotation.
Her opponent narrowed her eyes slightly, quickly turned sideways, and swung her racket, trying to catch the ball.
The trajectory of the high-speed spinning white ball was different from what she had predicted.
The opponent swung hard, but the ball hit the air, and the white ball missed her.
The opponent frowned slightly and stamped his foot in frustration.
The Chinese team scored a goal and cheers broke out from the audience.
"Come on, China! Come on, China!"
The sound was deafening and spread throughout the entire stadium.
Forty minutes later, Chinese player Song Kexin shut out her opponent and won her first debut match.
Commentator: "Beautiful! China's Song Kexin showed amazing strength in her first match. Tomorrow, the women's singles table tennis team will advance to the round of 32. I will continue to provide you with relevant match commentary."
Time flies.
The second day of competition will soon begin.
Due to the tight Olympic schedule, the mixed team qualifying round for the 10-meter air pistol was scheduled in the morning, while the final will start in the afternoon.
"I say the same thing again, don't think too much during the game, just make sure every shot is on target, that's your mission." Song Anshan gave Chu Xi and the other three pre-match instructions.
Each country has two places in the 10m air pistol mixed team competition at this Olympics.
The two teams representing China are Chu Xi, Lu Wenxuan and Lu Meng, An Hongran.
Of course he was relieved about Chu Xi.
But Lu Wenxuan had made similar mistakes before, so Song Anshan was still worried.
This was the first time for Lu Meng and An Hongran to represent the Chinese team in a mixed team competition, so Song Anshan did not have very high expectations for them.
"Don't worry, coach. I will be fine this time." Lu Wenxuan patted his chest with an extremely firm tone.
Song Anshan pursed his lips and patted his arm, "Don't be too stressed, just go for it."
Lu Meng and An Hongran looked at each other. This was their first time participating in a mixed team, and they were only second-in-command in the individual events.
Carrying the title of the second child for many years, they must have some accumulated emotions and pressure in their hearts.
This time, when joining the team, the two didn't want to think too much, they just let go and played, competing with Chu Xi and Lu Wenxuan.
Song Anshan could also guess what the two were thinking.
"Lu Meng, don't overthink it, just compete. You're both representing the Chinese team, and no matter what the result is, you're bringing glory to our country."
Lu Meng and An Hongran nodded.
Soon, time came to the pre-match preparation phase of the 10-meter air pistol mixed team competition.
Athletes from various countries are already warming up in their respective waiting areas.
The exclusive live broadcast room of Minzhong Video was also opened.
"Hello everyone, I'm Xu Yingzhe, the commentator for this match. The next event is the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event. The athletes representing the Chinese team are Chu Xi and Lu Wenxuan."
The live camera swept across the audience seats at the game.
The incoming audience stood up excitedly, waved the national flag and greeted the camera.
"Today's mixed team competition schedule is quite tight. After the qualifying rounds determine the top four teams at 10 a.m., the gold and bronze medal matches will begin at 3 p.m.."
"The mixed team qualifying competition has different rules than the individual events. The mixed team qualifying competition is divided into two stages. In the first stage, the top eight teams are selected to advance. In the second stage, all teams' scores are reset and the competition is restarted to select the top four teams. The first and second place teams advance to the gold medal match in the final. The third and fourth place teams advance to the bronze medal match in the final."
"There are still thirty minutes until the final begins."
As Xu Yingzhe's commentary ended, a commercial came in.
[The Chinese team will win! I didn't watch the live broadcast of the first gold medal match before, so I came to support them today.]
[Just finished watching the table tennis match and came over to check out the shooting.]
[Chu Xi is awesome! We'll definitely win even in the mixed group today!]
Soon, it was time for the pre-match gun test.
The live broadcast screen returned to the game scene.
"We can see that all the contestants have already started test shooting on site. There are two teams representing China this time. One consists of Chu Xi and Lu Wenxuan, and the other consists of Lu Meng and An Hongran. These four are the most outstanding athletes in the 10-meter air pistol event."
"In the mixed team competitions of last year's World Cup and World Championships, Chu Xi and Lu Wenxuan's team won a total of two gold medals. Relatively speaking, they are a more mature team."
"The other mixed team, composed of Lu Meng and An Hongran, was newly formed before this year's Olympics. However, their strength should not be underestimated, as they have both performed outstandingly in relevant international competitions. This mixed team competition is very worth looking forward to."
After a brief introduction of the contestants from various countries, the qualifying round officially began.
Xu Yingzhe cleared his throat, sat up straight, and brought the microphone to his lips. "The 10-meter air pistol mixed team qualifying competition has officially begun. The camera is currently focused on the two contestants from Katantu."
"Mingentina and Rekhos have already started taking aim. They both won silver in the mixed team shooting world cup and are a strong team. Let's see how they perform."
Mingentina has rich competition experience and is obviously not too nervous about this kind of qualifying competition.
She raised her gun calmly and began to aim.
Soon, gunshots rang out.
The combination of Mingentina and Rekhos scored 10.4 and 10.3 rings respectively.
"The Catantu team performed quite consistently. In this round of qualifying, each team had a total of fifty shooting opportunities, with the male and female competitors each shooting twenty-five. The final total score for each team was calculated, and the top eight teams were ranked accordingly."
"In the last round of shooting, Chu Xi and Lu Wenxuan's team scored 10.6 and 10.4 respectively, which is a very good performance."
"Lu Meng and An Hongran scored 10.4 and 10.5 respectively."
As the shooting rounds passed, the total score ranking came out quickly.
The currently leading pair is South Korea's Lee Ye Eun and Kang Hyuk Jae.
Next are Chu Xi and Lu Wenxuan of the Chinese team, who ranked second.
Lu Meng and An Hongran also performed very well in the first few rounds and are currently leading in third place.
There was basically no major change in the first twenty shots.
Until the last few shots, players from various countries began to make mistakes.
Lu Wenxuan's penultimate shot suddenly scored 9.6.
Chu Xi's performance was not very good either, with the shooting scores of each shot remaining between 10.1 and 10.2 rings.
On the contrary, Lu Meng and An Hongran really let go this time. Every shot was very good and their results were unexpectedly in the lead.
At the end of the qualifying round, the combination of Lu Meng and An Hongran took the lead and ranked first, successfully advancing to the second stage of qualifying.
The second place went to Mingentina and Rekhos from the Catantu team.
The third is Song Yeongmi and Liu Minxun from the South Korean team.
Chu Xi and Lu Wenxuan ranked fourth.
In the future, other teams will also be composed of veteran players, such as Lee Ye-eun and others from the Korean team, the Italian team, the Indian team, etc.
In the end, the top eight teams advanced to start the next round of competition for the bronze medal and gold medal matches.
During the break, the eight teams that advanced returned to the waiting area to rest.
Song Anshan did not give too much guidance to the four players. The performance of the two teams is still within his expectations, and he does not want to interfere too much with the players' performance.
Lu Wenxuan held a bottle of water and sat quietly drinking it by himself, while mentally reviewing the mistakes he had made in the previous few shots.
In the end, he was indeed a little anxious and couldn't control himself.
He must not make the same mistake again in the next round.
On the other side, Chu Xi was also reflecting on what had just happened without saying a word.
Her problem was that she was too relaxed.
After completing the task of winning the first gold medal, she was indeed relieved. Just before firing the last few shots, she saw that her ranking was good enough to advance to the next round, and she felt a little relieved.
I still have to tighten my mind a little bit in the next round.
The short break is over.
The eight qualified teams returned to the competition site to continue competing.
"Welcome everyone back to the 10-meter air pistol mixed team competition. The second round of qualifying is underway. Each competitor will only have 20 shots this round, so the pace will be faster and the test will be greater."
"The live broadcast of the game is now focused on Lu Meng and An Hongran. Let's take a look at their performance."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Yingzhe's gaze fixed on the game broadcast.
[Chu Xi and Lu Wenxuan's performance in the last round was a bit poor. Are they getting too carried away?]
Lu Wenxuan is normal, though he's a bit impatient. But Chu Xi's performance just now wasn't up to par. What's going on?
It's not bad. She only hit a few shots below the ten-ring mark, which is considered average compared to the other contestants. It's just that her performance isn't as impressive as before.
[Yes, yes, that's exactly how it feels. Chu Xi's shooting performance always surpassed everyone else's before, but this time it wasn't as impressive.]
I think that's normal. She's not a robot. She must have used up a lot of energy in the previous competition. She hasn't rested much, and then she's been participating in mixed group matches. It's inevitable that she'll make mistakes.
More than half of the people in the live broadcast room were discussing Chu Xi's performance in the last round.
Of course, Chu Xi herself was aware of her problem.
At the competition site, Chu Xi stood in front of the shooting position with a gun in hand, staring straight ahead with calm eyes.
This time she was even more nervous.
The slender fingers pull the trigger and fire at the best time.
"10.9 rings! Chu Xi actually scored a full ring in the Olympics!" Xu Yingzhe's voice could not stop rising, completely shocked by Chu Xi's shot.
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