As the top athletes in the domestic 10-meter air shooter and spear events, Wang Yisheng, Tao Wen and He Xiaobi naturally advanced to the final.
Wang Yisheng and Tao Wen are both members of the national shooting team. They were assigned to the second half of today's qualifying match, so they did not officially meet Su Zhe until the final.
Ever since Zhou Tianjue brought Su Zhe and his team to visit the shooting national team's training center, especially the variety show "Sports All-Around King", Su Zhe has always maintained a good relationship with the members of the shooting team.
Including the decision to switch to shooting after retirement, members of the national shooting team, such as Wang Yisheng and Tao Wen, all contributed a lot to it.
But after they retired, including after they started formal training with the S Province Shooting Team, they hadn't seen each other for a while. This competition was also the first time they met in a formal competition.
After meeting with Su Zhe, both Wang Yisheng and Tao Wen expressed emotion.
"You guys are amazing." Wang Yisheng praised: "When you first started training, your gun was stable. Now after nearly a year of training, your level is really amazing."
Tao Wen nodded and pointed at Su Zhe with a smile: "With you here in our shooting world, we will be under even greater pressure from now on."
Wang Yisheng and Tao Wen are both veteran members of the shooting team. As the saying goes, an old gun is always more stable. These two have high competitive skills and outstanding psychological qualities. They are ace players in the national shooting team who can give people a sense of security.
In the earlier qualifying round, they scored 580 and 578 rings respectively, ranking third and fourth in the qualifying round.
In the final, Wang Yisheng was placed at the 4th target, Tao Wen at the 5th target, Su Zhe and He Xiaobi at the 2nd and 1st target respectively.
After the targets of the finalists were assigned, everyone stood in a line, waved to the audience, and then turned back to their own positions, took out their guns, and began a series of preparations such as adjusting the guns, loading bullets, and testing the guns.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the commentators sitting in the room at this time were the famous shooting commentators Liu Hong and Li Wenbin.
The two had already received the list of participants and the information of each participant before today's live broadcast, but even so, they couldn't help but marvel when they watched the live broadcast of the qualifying round together.
As professional commentators of sports channels, they are also good friends with Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan. Since Su Zhe retired, these two old friends have been lamenting that without Su Zhe's games, they feel less passionate when commentating.
Good guys!
As a result, although Su Zhe retired, he returned to their shooting project.
Liu Hong and Li Wenbin also laughed for a while, and then sent a message to Zhang Jing and Wang Miaochuan, asking them to go watch the live broadcast of the shooting championship as soon as possible.
After the official live broadcast began, Liu Hong and Li Wenbin began to introduce each player present as usual. When the camera turned to Su Zhe who was carefully checking the gun, the two commentators changed the topic.
"The live TV audience may have noticed that a new face appeared in the final of the 10m air shoot and gun event at today's National Shooting Championships."
Li Wenbin continued with a smile: "Actually, it's not quite right to say that they are all new faces. I think that the audience sitting in front of the live TV broadcast should all know the athlete at our No. 2 target position - yes, he is our legendary athlete in the track and field world, the track and field star who retired after the Olympics last year, Su Zhe!"
"Hey." Liu Hong smiled and shook his head: "Why is this introduction so awkward? Yes, after retiring, our country's track and field star Su Zhe quietly joined the S Province Shooting Team through application and a series of tests, and he has achieved outstanding results in various tests within the shooting team. This time, Su Zhe represented the S Province Shooting Team in the 10-meter air shooter and gun event of the National Shooting Championships, and scored 589 rings in the qualifying round, a world-class score, and ranked first in the qualifying round."
"In fact, Su Zhe's strength in shooting, especially in the 10-meter air shooter and gun, can be seen from the variety show he participated in more than ten years ago. However, the variety show at that time was mostly for entertainment purposes, so no one expected that Su Zhe actually had the strength of a top professional athlete in the 10-meter air shooter and gun."
"Yes." Liu Hong couldn't help but admire and said, "Maybe some viewers don't know what the score of 589 rings means. Let's put it this way, the record of the six sets of 60 bullets in the air and gun qualifying competitions is 591 rings, and the world record is 594 rings. The birth time of these two sets of scores is 2009 and 2004 respectively."
"Su Zhe's score of 589 in today's qualifying round is already very close to the Olympic record." After a pause, Li Wenbin added: "And this is only his first battle as a professional 10-meter air shooter and spear shooter."
In front of the live broadcast screen, there were quite a few viewers who started watching the shooting competition simply because of Su Zhe. After listening to the explanations of the two commentators, they also had a clearer idea of Su Zhe's previous qualifying performance.
And when they had the idea, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in their hearts at the same time - this is really awesome!
From track and field to shooting, he put aside his former legendary halo and started fighting again in new events.
What is admirable is not only Su Zhe's personal strength after showing his results in the qualifying round, but also his courage to take off the halo and even face doubts.
The official competition has not yet begun, but after getting the news from Weibo, major gossip forums, or word of mouth, various people including track and field enthusiasts, Su Zhe's fans, and other different groups have already turned on the live broadcast on TV and are watching the event.
The person in charge of the live broadcast of the National Shooting Championships on the sports channel was naturally sitting in the control room, monitoring the entire game and waiting for various real-time data.
From the moment Su Zhe showed up on the field, the person in charge of the live broadcast knew that the result would not be bad. But after actually seeing the curve chart of the real-time data, the backstage staff couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Oh my god, this appeal of Su Shen is gone, huh?"
In the real-time data in the background, there are several different baselines, one is the average ratings curve of previous live broadcasts of related events, one is the highest ratings curve of previous related events, and the other is the lowest ratings curve.
In addition, there are several other reference benchmarks, which are the average ratings benchmarks of other popular sporting events.
By comparing these baselines, backstage staff can not only see the current live trend curve through real-time live data trends, but also see the gap and comparison between the current live trend curve and other benchmark reference lines.
Shooting match broadcasts have a relatively narrow audience among live sports broadcasts, and the live broadcast data in the past has not been very good.
Apart from special events like the Olympics where one competes for the first gold medal, the live broadcast of shooting at other times only has a limited audience. No matter how much it fluctuates, it is very limited. Compared with popular live events such as basketball, football and track and field, the gap seems almost insurmountable.
But times are different now.
Today's live broadcast of the 10-meter air shoot and gun finals has surpassed the peak of all previous shooting competitions since the beginning. As time goes by and news spreads, the ratings of this live broadcast have been heading towards the excellent data of various popular competitions.
Everyone was stunned by the sight of the flying beast soaring into the sky without a chance of return.
At the final, neither the audience nor the contestants were aware of this incident that was causing the ratings to soar.
After all the players were ready, they put on their own specially made glasses and special noise-isolating earplugs and focused their attention on the competition that was about to begin.
Unlike the qualifying round, the finals format has been changed since more than ten years ago. In the finals, all the scores from the qualifying rounds are cleared and not counted. At the start of the finals, the eight finalists will first shoot two groups of six bullets. The scores of these six bullets will serve as the players' base scores. After that, every two shots, the player with the lowest total score will be eliminated until the champion, runner-up and third place are finally decided.
Every shooting final is a brutal elimination match. The players in the final must withstand tremendous pressure and ensure that they are always in a stable state in order to have a chance to win the final victory.
It is for this reason that a shooter's shooting skills and psychological quality have always been the key factors in determining a shooter's performance.
Not only that, in the finals, the ring numbers will no longer be erased like in the qualifying rounds, but each ring will be divided into 10 equal parts, and the score of each ring will be accurate to one decimal place.
The finalists not only need to be able to hit the '10 rings', but also need to be able to hit enough 'good 10 rings'. Only in this way can they be competitive enough to compete with other players for the final medal.
Since the rules were changed at shooting competitions, spectators are no longer required to remain silent. Instead, enthusiastic applause and cheers when a player performs well is now considered shooting competition etiquette.
But at today's final, the audience involuntarily fell silent. Everyone was nervously looking at the figure standing in front of target No. 2 in the final venue, waiting for him to fire the base points of the first two groups of bullets.
In today's game, the people who were nervous were not only the spectators, but also some of the finalists on the field.
The appearance of Su Zhe can be said to have caught many people by surprise. It was fine during the qualifying round, as these players were still unclear about Su Zhe's strength. But when the qualifying round ended and they faced Su Zhe's qualifying scores, some young players with unstable mental qualities became a little impetuous in the final.
To them, no matter how strong Su Zhe is, he is just a track and field athlete. Now that he has entered the shooting world, he has achieved such outstanding results. This sudden strong opponent has made it difficult for them to calm down.
Among the players present, the most stable ones were Su Zhe, Wang Yishen and Tao Wen. He Xiaobi was too close to his idol. Even though he had adjusted his condition in time and focused on the next game, he was at the target position next to Su Zhe and his emotions were inevitably affected.
Regardless of the players' emotional state, they must adjust in time to set a better baseline score for themselves before the next elimination phase begins!
Among the eight players, the first to fire the first shot was the young player Wen Qing from Province J, who was at the sixth target. Although he looked resolute, his final score showed that he was still quite nervous.
The athlete who shot the first shot in the final scored 9.6 rings in his first shot.
Obviously, Wen Qing himself was not satisfied with the result of his first shot. He frowned, lowered his arm holding the gun, took a deep breath, and readjusted his state of mind for the game.
After Wen Qing fired the first shot, the other players at the target positions also started shooting one after another, but overall, the performance of these players in the first shot was very ordinary.
Su Zhe did not pay attention to the situation of the other athletes at the target position. After putting on the noise-isolating earplugs specially used for shooting, the quiet environment reminded him of the empty and quiet feeling in the familiar systematic training space. At the same time, the simple and powerful heartbeat sound also came to his ears, making him vaguely have the illusion that he was still competing with speed on the track.
From running to shooting, from movement to stillness.
What changes is the form of the game, what remains unchanged is the desire to win.
Su Zhe calmly adjusted his breathing, standing with his legs apart, his left hand in his trouser pocket, his body straight. The loose black T-shirt was a little big on him, and paired with loose white sports pants, a black baseball cap, and plain glasses, he didn't look at all like a 35-year-old.
The audience watching Su Zhe's movements and posture before the live broadcast couldn't help but give him a deep compliment - shooting is so good, shooting is so handsome. Although Su Shen on the track is also very handsome, how can the track and field training clothes be as handsome as his private clothes?
Plus the calm and peaceful feeling of resurrection.
Ah, one word - Su!
Su Zhe calmly raised his arm, pre-loaded the trigger, closed his left eye, and confirmed the alignment between the notch on the gun's rear sight and the front sight... Then, relying on his shooting intuition, he quickly and decisively pulled the trigger!
After the shot was fired, there was warm applause from the audience. This applause was not for "Resurrection", but for the wonderful performance he brought at that time.
10.4 rings.
This solid 10-ring score at the beginning was enough to draw applause from the audience.
Immediately after Su Zhe, Wang Yishen, He Xiaobi and Tao Wen also pulled the trigger one after another.
Among the three, Wang Yisheng and Tao Wen performed very well, scoring 10.5 and 10.6 respectively. However, He Xiaobi seemed to be affected a lot, and only scored 9.2 in the first shot, which made him look pale on the spot.
In the live broadcast room, Liu Hong and Li Wenbin also noticed He Xiaobi's situation.
"All of you who have watched the shooting contest for many years should know that He Xiaobi is a die-hard fan of Su Zhe. It seems that competing with his idol today has had a significant impact on him."
"Yes, I hope that in the next few shots, He Xiaobi can adjust his condition in time and get a good result!"
For shooting players, the first shot often plays a crucial role. Generally speaking, it can lay the foundation for a player's subsequent performance.
There are indeed some players who become more courageous after setbacks, but most players easily lose their mental balance after losing the first shot, which leads to a collapse in the final performance.
As the results of the first shot were generally not ideal, the athletes at the other targets were affected to varying degrees in the next five shots, and compared with previous results, they were slightly below standard.
On the other hand, He Xiaobi, as a rising star in the shooting world that had attracted much attention, his psychological quality and competitive level were indeed worthy of praise. Even though his first shot result was not ideal, he performed relatively well in the next five shots, even scoring a high score of 10.7 rings, successfully saving himself from the embarrassment of losing the first shot.
Su Zhe performed steadily in the first 6 shots, scoring high scores of 10.4, 10.4, 10.2, 10.0, 10.7 and 9.9 respectively. After 6 shots, he ranked second with a total score of 61.6 points.
Wang Yisheng and Tao Wen are indeed the ace veterans of the national shooting team. Wang Yisheng is ranked first with an advantage of 62.5 points, while Tao Wen is ranked third with a slight gap of 61.4.
After the first two groups had fired a total of 6 bullets, the competition truly entered the most intense knockout stage.
From now on, one player with the lowest total score will be eliminated every two shots. If players don't want to be eliminated, they must be fully focused and perform better than their opponents!
During the live broadcast, many viewers who were watching the game for the first time were surprised after hearing the commentator explain the elimination rule.
This last-place elimination competition is enough to bring people a sense of pressure, excitement and anticipation.
According to the usual practice, after entering the finals, the forum members of Shenshe Tianxia will open a row of 8 scoring pinned posts in the sub-forum of the corresponding event in the forum. Every time a player is eliminated, the pinned post of this player will be unpinned, until finally there is only one pinned post left, belonging to the champion of the on-site competition.
Today's competition was no exception. The finals had just begun, and a row of 8 posts with the names of different players were still pinned on the top post.
In the discussion forum below, many forum users have started placing bets again - who will be the top winner standing at the end of today's competition?
Since Su Zhe came so suddenly, shooting enthusiasts don't know enough about him except for his performance in the Sports All-Around King variety show more than ten years ago and his outstanding results in the earlier qualifying competition. Therefore, there is the most discussion about whether he can reach the top.
[The results of the qualifying rounds are very telling, right? Looking at Su Shen's performance curve, it becomes more and more stable as time goes on. According to this trend, he is the undisputed champion of today's finals! ]
[Although I admire Su Shen, we still have to abide by the basic rules in everything. This is Su Shen's first time participating in a shooting competition, and also his first time experiencing this kind of elimination mode. This is a great test of the player's mental quality and stability. I think it's still a bit suspenseful...]
【??? Brother above, if you consider other things, it's fine, but worrying about the psychological quality of awakening is a bit unreasonable! 】
The discussion on the forum continued, and in the live broadcast room, Liu Hong and Li Wenbin were also analyzing the situation on the field.
Liu Hong: "So far, the final round has passed halfway. After 14 rounds, only the top four players are left on the field. They are Su Zhe, Wang Yisheng, Tao Wen and He Xiaobi."
"The competition between several players is very tight. Since the previous stage of the competition, these players have always occupied the top 4 rankings, but the rankings between them have occasionally changed."
"At present, Su Zhe is in first place with 143.2 points. Wang Yisheng currently has a total score of 141.2. Tao Wen scored 140.4 points. The difference between him and He Xiaobi, who is in fourth place, is only 0.2 points."
"The next two shots will eliminate the fourth place in this competition!"
The competition reached the crucial moment of deciding the top three. The tense atmosphere on the scene had intensified. The audience held their breath and did not dare to disturb the players on the field through actions such as cheering and applauding - even if they wore professional noise-isolating earplugs, it would not have any effect.
In front of the live broadcast, many viewers were also infected by this tense atmosphere. Even at home, they couldn't help but hold their breath, nervously waiting for the results of the next two shots.
After two shots, the positions of Su Zhe and Wang Yisheng remained unchanged, but because Su Zhe made a slight mistake in the 15th shot, he only scored 9.2 rings. Although he recovered the score with 10.8 rings in the 16th shot, after these two bullets, the score gap between him and Wang Yisheng narrowed from 2 points to 1.2 points.
Before these two serves, the score difference between Tao Wen and He Xiaobi was already very small. After the two serves, Tao Wen made a mistake and was unfortunately defeated by He Xiaobi. He was knocked out of the top three and retired from the battlefield with a score of 4th.
At this time, the scores of the three players on the field were Su Zhe's 163.2, Wang Yisheng's 162 and He Xiaobi's 159.8.
Given the gap in points between He Xiaobi and Wang Yisheng and Su Zhe, if he wants to turn the tide, he must score two consecutive 10 rings, and both Su Zhe and Wang Yisheng must make mistakes at the same time.
Despite facing such an unfavorable situation, He Xiaobi did not give up. He frowned and steadily fired the last two bullets. He indeed performed at a very high level in these two bullets, scoring 10.6 and 10.4 points respectively. However, Su Zhe and Wang Yisheng who came before him also successfully achieved standard results.
In the end, He Xiaobi won the third place in the National Shooting Championship with a score of 180.8.
Su Zhe and Wang Yisheng were the only two players left on the field.
These two men, one is a newly minted shooting 'newcomer', and the other is a domestic ace veteran. At this point in the fight, everyone can see that the difference in strength between the two is not that big, and both are already world-class 10-meter air shooters and gun shooters.
Before the last two bullets, the score gap between Su Zhe and Wang Yisheng had further narrowed, with their scores being 182.3 and 181.8 respectively.
A gap of just 0.5 points is no longer an insurmountable threshold.
In the live broadcast room, Liu Hong and Li Wenbin were also discussing the current game situation.
"Su Zhe is already very strong, but in the final crucial moment, his 17th and 18th serves were not good. It is hard to say whether it was his unstable mentality or normal fluctuations in his performance."
Li Wenbin said: "I am still inclined to believe that this is a normal fluctuation in the data. Su Zhe's ability to withstand psychological pressure is well known. In the previous competition, Su Zhe's performance did not have any obvious mistakes. This kind of fluctuation in the number of rings is still very normal."
While the two were discussing, Wang Yisheng had already made preparations on the court and fired his 19th bullet.
10.2 rings!
It's a good result!
After Wang Yisheng stopped, Su Zhe had adjusted his state. He raised his arm calmly and calmly, took aim, and pulled the trigger decisively.
Bang!
After a short wait, the data of 10.5 rings appeared on the monitoring screen.
There was an immediate round of applause from the audience. This result widened the gap between him and Wang Yisheng to 0.8 rings, basically laying the foundation for Su Zhe's final victory.
But nothing is absolute. Wang Yisheng is worthy of being a veteran ace for many years. Even though the game has reached the final chapter, he did not give up the pursuit.
In the 20th shot, Wang Yisheng scored a high score of 10.8!
This means that if Su Zhe cannot score more than 10.0 rings in the last serve, he may lose to Wang Yisheng or draw with him and then have a tiebreak.
After Wang Yisheng's result came out, there was an uproar at the scene, and Liu Hong and Li Wenbin in the live broadcast room couldn't help but say "good".
"Wang Yisheng's last shot was a fierce counterattack against Su Zhe. If Su Zhe had made a mistake in his last shot, the final victory might have fallen into Wang Yisheng's pocket!"
This ending was unexpected by both the audience at the scene and the audience before the live broadcast.
Will the final victory really be snatched away by Wang Yi?
At this moment on the court, Su Zhe did not think so much. He raised his right arm and calmly turned his head to look at the electronic target 10 meters away. At this moment, the small electronic target occupied the entire world in front of Su Zhe.
He closed his left eye, held the gun in his right hand and faced the target. His right eye looked accurately at the sight notch, the front sight and finally the bull's eye. He could feel his arm shaking in a very small range, and during this shaking process, there would be a moment when he would shoot at the very center point.
Su Zhe calmly felt his breathing rhythm and state. Finally, when his arm shaking and breathing rhythm were completely under his control...
Right now!
"Bang."
Su Zhe simply pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew forward and hit the electronic target!
Score, what is the score?!
When Su Zhe fired the last shot, everyone's eyes quickly turned to the electronic target monitor screen above Su Zhe's target position.
Then, when the scores came out, people couldn't help but show expressions of admiration.
Su Zhe, 20th shot - ring number, 10.9.
The author has something to say: _(:3∠)_ flattening
I never expected that, with the show about to end and the extra chapters to be updated, my update schedule has become chaotic again... orz please forgive a sad office worker
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Love you all, see you all tomorrow night! (The update time tomorrow night is probably not confirmed yet, orz, I will do it as soon as possible!)
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