China News Service, Beijing, July 17th, title:

(Tokyo Olympics) What is the "card" of China's "ace army"?

　　China News Agency reporter Zhang Su

　　Facing Tokyo, the traditional advantages of the Chinese sports delegation in the Olympic Games, such as diving and table tennis, have generally maintained a relatively high level.

What kind of "cards" these "ace army" produced is related to the ownership of the medals and has attracted attention from all parties.

Fight for the gold medal

　　"Guarantee three fights four fights five" is the goal put forward by the Chinese table tennis team.

　　In the previous three Olympic Games, this "dream team" has won 4 gold medals in table tennis for 3 consecutive times.

In this Olympic Games, a table tennis mixed doubles event was added, and China sent Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen.

This pair has won the World Championships, Asian Championships and 4 Open Championships since the pairing.

　　The members of the National Table Tennis Men's Team include Ma Long, the only Grand Slam winner among active male athletes, Fan Zhendong, who has maintained the world ranking for nearly a year, and Xu Xin, a team champion member of the Rio Olympics in 2016.

In addition to Liu Shiwen in the women's team, there are also Chen Meng, currently ranked number one in the world, and Sun Yingsha, who has maintained an excellent record against major Olympic opponents.

　　The other "dream team" is undoubtedly the Chinese diving team.

Since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, diving events have produced 56 Olympic gold medals. The Chinese diving team won 40 of them. However, the dream of winning gold medals has never been realized in the Olympic arena.

　　This time, the Chinese diving team sent a "strongest lineup" led by three Olympic champions Shi Tingmao, Cao Yuan, and Chen Aisen.

Except for Quan Hongchan, who only emerged in the national championship last year, the rest of the players have participated in the 2019 Gwangju World Championships, including men's 10-meter platform champion Yang Jian, men's 1-meter platform champion Wang Zongyuan, and women's 10-meter platform champion Chen Yuxi Wait.

　　At the 2019 Gwangju World Championships, the Chinese diving team won 12 golds, 4 silvers and 1 bronze. It is the gold medal for all competitions after the 2011 Shanghai World Championships.

Perhaps the highlight moment that swept all 8 diving Olympic gold medals was in Tokyo.

Discover new gold points

　　The Chinese women's weightlifting team performed gold medal feats twice in Sydney in 2000 and Beijing in 2008.

Coming to Tokyo, the Chinese Women's Sports Team still participated in 4 competitions.

Judging from the record of this Olympic cycle, the four female players all have the absolute strength to make gold.

　　For example, Hou Zhihui, a 49kg class athlete, won the championship with 213kg in this year's Asian Weightlifting Championships and set a new world record.

Li Wenwen, a player over 87 kg, holds three world records for "Grasp the Total" and won three consecutive gold medals in this year's Asian Weightlifting Championships.

　　Since 1984, the Chinese weightlifting team has contributed 31 gold medals to the Chinese sports delegation in the Olympics.

The male players sent this time not only have the ability to make gold, but also have more experience in the competition than the female players. Chen Lijun, Shi Zhiyong and Lv Xiaojun have all participated in the Olympic Games.

Some analysts say that in the face of strong enemies, they can take the initiative as long as they base themselves and perform steadily.

　　The gold points of the Chinese badminton team have changed in this Olympic cycle. Compared with men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles, women's singles, and women's doubles, they have more gold-winning strength.

　　In the mixed doubles event, the Chinese team currently has the world's No. 1 Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, and the world's third-ranked Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping. In women's singles, Chen Yufei won seven championships in 2019 and once topped the world. ; Women’s doubles, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Du Yue/Li Yinhui ranked third and seventh in the world rankings respectively.

　　It should be pointed out that the Chinese badminton team had to face the situation of "airborne" the Olympic Games without playing international games for more than a year.

For this reason, this team said that they would try their best to attack their opponents with a "newcomer" attitude.

Get a good turnaround

　　The Chinese shooting team, which has won 22 Olympic gold medals in total, won only 1 gold in Rio, the worst result since the 1988 Seoul (now Seoul) Olympics.

Since then, the Chinese shooting team has been fighting hard and determined to fight a turnaround.

　　Yang Qian and Wang Luyao, two "Olympic rookies", will make an impact on the "Olympic First Gold". The former won 4 consecutive 10m air rifle championships in the four-stage competition of the National Rifle Shooting Team Tokyo Olympic Trial.

This is the fourth time that Pang Wei has competed in the Olympics. He will not only play in individual events, but also participate in the rifle mixed team event that is included in the Olympic Games for the first time.

His goal is to "strive to make the five-star red flag rise in Tokyo."

　　It is worth mentioning that there are 6 "post-00" players in the Chinese shooting team this time, and they will use their youth to help the team "bottom out".

　　The Chinese gymnastics team also shouted "Fight a good turnaround".

During the Rio Olympics, China's gymnastics (including trampoline) accidentally smashed and won no gold.

Coming to the Tokyo Olympics, they are bound to face tough battles.

　　Facing the direct impact of the host and defending champion of the Japanese men's team, the Chinese men's team composed of the main lineup of the two gymnastics world championships in 2018 and 2019 includes Xiao Ruoteng, Zou Jingyuan, Sun Wei, and Lin Chaopan, striving to "outstand the encirclement."

At the same time, Xiao Ruoteng, Zou Jingyuan, Liu Yang and others will strive to be on the highest podium in the men's all-around, parallel bars, rings and other events.

Fan Yilin, the champion of the World Championships, will compete for gold in the women's uneven bars.

　　The trampoline team competes for medals in both men's and women's events.

Facing strong enemies and tough battles, Dong Dong, one of the "four dynasties veterans" of the Chinese delegation at the Tokyo Olympics, who collected Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals, said that he "still has the ability to continue fighting."

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