(Tokyo Olympics) Olympic women's skeet: Wei Meng won the bronze medal with a bad start to the final
China News Service, Tokyo, July 26 (Reporter Song Fangcan) The women’s skeet final of the Tokyo Olympics was held at the Asaka Shooting Range on the 26th. Although Chinese player Wei Meng performed well in the qualifying rounds, set an Olympic record and tied the world record, He played poorly in the final and eventually won a bronze medal.
Wei Meng is in the game.
Photo by Song Fangcan, China News Agency reporter
Wei Meng had participated in the Rio Olympics with his sister Wei Ning and won fourth place.
Wei Ning won two silver medals in the 2004 and 2012 Olympics.
In this Olympic cycle, the competition rules of this event have undergone major changes. The qualifying competition has increased from 75 targets to 125 targets, and the final rules have also changed.
Currently, Wei Meng is ranked second in the world and holds the world records for the qualifying and finals.
In five rounds of qualifiers with a total of 125 targets, Wei Meng scored 124 out of 124 and advanced to the finals in the first place.
She also set a qualifier Olympic record and tied her own world record for the qualifier.
Another Chinese player Zhang Donglian scored 116 out of them, ranking 17th and missed the final.
The top 6 players in the qualifying round advance to the final and the qualifying results are cleared to zero. However, if they are tied for the lowest score during the elimination, the player with the lowest ranking in the qualifying round will be eliminated.
The finalists can hit a maximum of 60 targets, grouped into 20 targets, 10 targets, 10 targets, 10 targets, and 10 targets.
After finishing the first 20 targets, one player will be eliminated from the last.
After that, one player will be eliminated for every 10 targets, until the final champion and runner-up are determined.
At present, Wei Meng holds the world record in the finals. She scored 59 in 2019.
In the final, Wei Meng played poorly in the first group of 20 targets. He missed the 10th, 13th and 20th targets successively. He only shot 17 out of them and fell to fourth place.
After that, she missed the 40th target. Although she hit all the last 10 targets and squeezed out a few opponents to enter the top three, she still lags behind the top two opponents 47 out of 50 with 46 out of 50 targets. Finally won a bronze medal.
In the subsequent championship and runner-up decisive battles, American player Ingrich won the gold medal in the event with a score of 56 in 60 targets.
The defending champion and Italian star Baxie hit 55 of them and won the silver medal.
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