China News Agency, Beijing, October 23. On the 22nd, local time, the Chinese team took two more seats for the Paris Olympic Games at the 2022 Shooting (Rifle) World Championships, and the number of Olympic seats obtained in this competition increased to seven.
On the same day, the 2022 Shooting (Pistol) World Championships continued in Cairo, Egypt, among which the two events that attracted the most attention were the women's 25m sports pistol and the men's 50m rifle three-position competition that generated tickets for the Paris Olympics.
In the women's 25m sports pistol competition, the Chinese team sent Chen Yan, Xiao Jiaruixuan and Liu Rui to compete, and only Chen Yan entered the qualifying round.
Fortunately, Chen Yan performed well in qualifying and won the runner-up. The Korean and German players won the first and third respectively.
According to the rules, this competition will distribute 32 seats for the Paris Olympics in 8 individual Olympic events (the top four of each individual event will be awarded), but each association can only get a maximum of 8 seats (1 for each event). indivual).
Therefore, Chen Yan, who took the silver medal, also won a seat for the Chinese shooting team in the Paris Olympics.
In the men's 50m rifle three-position competition, Chinese players Liu Yukun, Zhang Changhong and Zhao Zhonghao played together.
In the first qualifying round, Liu Yukun, who was ranked first, made the cut, but the Tokyo Olympic champion Zhang Changhong was upset and missed the qualifying round, and Zhao Zhonghao also stopped the qualifying round.
In qualifying, Liu Yukun performed poorly and only ranked fifth. Players from Ukraine, Poland and Norway won the top three.
Because the Norwegian shooting team has won an Olympic seat in the men's 50-meter rifle three positions at this year's European Championships, the Olympic participation in this event at the World Championships has been postponed by one place, making the fifth-ranked Liu Yukun also lucky for China. The shooting team wins an Olympic ticket.
So far, the Chinese shooting team has won all 7 Paris Olympic tickets in the 7 Olympic individual events that have ended in this competition.
In the past few days, the Chinese team has won an Olympic seat in each of the five events of the men's and women's 10-meter air rifle, the men's and women's 10-meter air pistol, and the women's 50-meter rifle in three positions.
The 2022 Shooting (Pistol) World Championships will be held in Cairo, Egypt from October 13th to 27th, local time. The competition is divided into two groups: youth group and senior group.
As of the 22nd local time, the Chinese team has won 4 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes in 9 Olympic events in the senior group.
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