(Tokyo Olympics) Tournament Highlights: Women's Singles Finals National Table Tennis Wants "Vengeance"

　　China News Service, Tokyo, July 28 (Reporter Wang Zumin) 17 gold medals will be produced at the Tokyo Olympics on the 29th. Diving and weightlifting double-off competitions have suddenly reduced the gold points of the Chinese Army.

But in the swimming and table tennis arenas, the Chinese team will still stage a good show of "grab gold".

　　For Chinese fans, what will be more touching than the gold medal match will be a group match: the Chinese women's volleyball team vs. the Russian Olympic Committee team.

The Chinese women's volleyball team, which has lost two games in a row, will face a battle of life and death.

Jin Guoping wants revenge for his first swim rush

　　The swimming arena, which has attracted much attention, will have 5 gold medals in the women's 200m butterfly, 4x200m freestyle relay and men's 100m freestyle, 800m freestyle and 200m breaststroke on the 29th.

Among them, the women's 200-meter butterfly is the biggest gold medal in Chinese swimming in this Olympics.

On July 28, local time, Chinese player Zhang Yufei was in the game.

On the same day, the women's 200-meter butterfly semifinal of the Tokyo Olympics swimming competition was held at the Tokyo Aquatic Center. Chinese athlete Zhang Yufei advanced to the final with a time of 2:04.89.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

　　The women's 200-meter butterfly has always been the strength of the Chinese swimming team. The world record and Olympic record are still held by Chinese stars Liu Zige and Jiao Liuyang respectively.

This year, the 23-year-old Zhang Yufei, who has created the world's best result and just won the silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly, will take over the predecessor's "relay baton" in his main event.

　　In the women's 200m butterfly semi-finals on the 28th, the "easy swim" "Feiyu" once again refreshed his best results in this field and advanced to the final as the first place.

Another Chinese "post-00" Yu Liyan also successfully advanced, and the two young players will fight for the first gold medal in the swimming event of this Olympic Games for the Chinese Legion.

　　The table tennis competition will be held in the semi-finals and finals of women's singles.

After accidentally losing gold in the newly added mixed doubles event of this Olympics, the Chinese team is bound to defend the honor of the "Dream Team" in the Olympic "traditional event".

　　In the women's singles semi-finals on the 29th, two Chinese players Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha will face off separately. The world's number one Chen Meng will face the dark horse of this tournament and Yu Mengyu, who represents the Singapore team. It is reasonable to win. Among.

　　The other semi-final was even more eye-catching-"Little Witch" Sun Yingsha's opponent was the Japanese star Mima Ito who had just "robbed" the mixed doubles gold medal from the Chinese team.

For Guoping, this is a "revenge" battle.

　　Sun Yingsha and Ito Mima are both outstanding representatives of the international table tennis "post-00" players.

In previous battles between the two sides, Sun Yingsha had an absolute advantage.

Not surprisingly, the two Chinese players are expected to meet in the final.

　　The men's singles semi-finals will also be held on the same day.

In the quarter-finals, Chinese famous players Fan Zhendong and Ma Long eliminated their opponents 4:0 and 4:1 respectively, and are expected to lock this gold medal in advance for the Chinese team.

Chinese women's volleyball team must take care of the mixed doubles of life and death warring states

　　After losing to Turkey and the United States with two 0:3 in the first two games of the group stage, the Chinese women’s volleyball team ranked fifth in the group stage (with two consecutive losses to the Argentina team at the bottom), making the next three games (Against Russia, Italy, Argentina) has become a battle of life and death, the most critical of which was the battle with the Russian women's volleyball team on the 29th.

The picture shows the Chinese women's volleyball team blocked.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang

　　In Group B where the Chinese team is located, the United States and Italy have both won two wins and are in a relatively favorable position.

Turkey and Russia have 1 win and 1 loss, temporarily ranking third and fourth.

The Turkish team will also face the weakest Argentina team in this group on the 31st. It is reasonable to win, so they can have at least two wins.

　　If the Russian team beats the Chinese women’s volleyball team, it will have at least two wins. Even if the Chinese team wins the last two games, they can only have two wins. Not to mention the strength of the Italian team. thing.

　　Therefore, against the Russian women's volleyball team, the Chinese team can only be in a relatively favorable position in the promotion process if they win, and try their best to win 3:0.

Otherwise, it will be possible to encounter the embarrassment of the defending champion not being able to qualify.

　　On the 29th, the badminton field will be held in the mixed doubles semi-finals, men's and women's doubles quarter-finals and men's and women's singles 1/8 finals.

　　In the mixed doubles quarter-finals on the 28th, two Chinese pairs advanced.

In the semi-finals, the top seed Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong will face the Hong Kong group Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue, and the second seed Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping will face the fifth-ranked host combination Watanabe/Arisa.

　　As the most important gold point for the Chinese badminton team, the goal of the two pairs of Chinese teams is to meet in the finals and win gold and silver medals for the Chinese team in advance.

Can the Chinese Women's Gymnastics All-Around make history when the overlord retires?

　　After the American gymnast Simon Byers announced his withdrawal from the women's individual all-around competition at the Olympic Games on the grounds of "focusing on his own mental health", the situation of the final to be held on the 29th became a bit delicate.

On July 27, the Tokyo Olympics gymnastics competition ended the women’s team final competition. The Chinese team consisting of Tang Qianjing, Lu Yufei, Zhang Jin and Ou Yushan ranked seventh with a total score of 161.196 points.

The picture shows Tang Qianjing in the uneven bars competition.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang

　　Since Byers' stunning appearance at the 2013 World Championships, the women's all-around gold medal in the World Championships has never been encroached on.

The women’s individual all-around gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics was also labelled "Exclusive to Simon, Do Not Disturb Others" by the outside world early.

After Byers announced his retirement, the fate of the gold medal was in suspense.

　　The Chinese team will be played in the women's individual gymnastics individual all-around competition by two "post-00s" Tang Qianjing and Lu Yufei.

At the 2019 World Championships, Tang Qianjing lived behind Byers and tied the best result of the Chinese gymnastics women's individual all-around with a silver medal, and is considered to be expected to win a medal in Tokyo.

　　Now that the absolute overlord Byers retires, the two Chinese teenagers have also ushered in a further opportunity.

Chinese gymnastics has never won the women's all-around world championship. It is worth looking forward to whether it can make history in Tokyo this time.

　　In the Judo arena, there will be two gold medals in the men's class under 100 kg and women's class under 78 kg.

Ma Zhenzhao, a 23-year-old player who won the third place in the 2021 World Judo Grand Slam, will hit the medal in the women's 78 kg class.

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