Chinanews client, Beijing, July 16th (Bian Liqun) There are still seven days before the Tokyo Olympics kicks off. Today's "Tokyo Gold" column focuses on archery.

　　On July 23, Beijing time, the Chinese archery team will appear in this Tokyo Olympics. What kind of performance will this youth army perform?

Can it create another glorious future?

Data map: In the men's archery men's team recurve bow bronze medal match at the Asian Games in Jakarta, the Chinese team defeated the Mongolian team 6-0 to win the bronze medal.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Huafeng

　　Archery was listed as a sport in the first Athens Olympic Games in 1896, and was relisted as an Olympic sport in 1972 after being withdrawn in 1920.

　　The Chinese archery team began participating in the Olympic Games in 1984, and Li Lingjuan won the silver medal.

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, He Ying won the silver medal in the all-around event.

　　In women’s team events, the Chinese archery team won silver medals in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zhang Juanjuan won the first Olympic gold medal of the Chinese Archery Team.

Wu Jiaxin in the Rio Olympic Games.

　　There are a total of 5 gold medals in archery at the Tokyo Olympics. They are men's and women's teams, men's and women's individual, and mixed teams. The mixed team competition is a newly added event.

　　The Chinese archery team won full seats in the Tokyo Olympics. Wei Shaoxuan, Wang Dapeng, and Li Jialun participated in men’s individual events and team events, Wu Jiaxin, Long Xiaoqing, and Yang Xiaolei participated in women’s individual and team events, and Wang Dapeng and Wu Jiaxin participated in mixed team events.

　　These 6 people are relatively young overall. In terms of male athletes, Wei Shaoxuan is only 21 years old, Wang Dapeng is 25 years old, and Li Jialun is 28 years old.

The female athletes are relatively younger, Wu Jiaxin is 24 years old, Long Xiaoqing is 24 years old, and Yang Xiaolei is only 21 years old.

Wang Dapeng in the Rio Olympic Games.

　　Among them, only Wang Dapeng and Wu Jiaxin have Olympic experience and participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics. The former won the fourth place in the team.

　　During the preparation cycle for the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese archery team showed impressive strength in the men's team event.

In the 2019 World Championships, after the young they eliminated South Korea in the semifinals, they defeated the veteran Indian team 6-2 in the final to win the men's team world championship for the first time.

In the 2012 London Olympics women's team finals, the Chinese women's archery team was runner-up only one ring behind South Korea.

　　Looking at the Tokyo Olympics, the challenges facing the Chinese archery team are still not small. In the last Rio Olympics, South Korea won all four gold medals, and it is very difficult to challenge their supremacy.

　　However, in the Tokyo Olympics under the epidemic, the uncertainty of the competition will increase. I hope that the Chinese archery team can withstand the pressure, overcome difficulties, and achieve good results in the Tokyo arena!

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