Chapter 257 First Gold (3/3)
Tang Hao's performance was no different from the previous rounds. He had 30 arrows with no suspense in three rounds, easily crushing Li Chengxuan to advance to the top 8 in the afternoon.
Tang Hao is in good shape, which is definitely not good news for his opponents.
In the 200m backstroke semifinal in the afternoon, Tang Hao performed extremely stably. Although he had preserved his strength, he still advanced to the final in the evening with the third place in the group.
In another archery competition, Tang Hao encountered the strongest opponent since his personal competition, the fourth-ranked Korean veteran Wu Zhenxi.
The Korean team's top player Lin Dongxian was unexpectedly eliminated in the second round, making Wu Zhen the biggest hope for the Korean team to win the championship.
This is also called by the audience an early preview of the final of this Olympic individual archery competition, and it is a wonderful battle between dragons and tigers.
Wu Zhen's performance was indeed outstanding enough. He shot three full rings of 30 rings in four rounds, and the only 3 arrows that missed also shot 29 rings, which was perfect.
But like Li Chengxuan, Wu Zhen’s only misfortune was meeting Tang Hao.
Tang Hao shot 4 sets of full rings cleanly, thus eliminating Wu Zhen's score 5-3 and entering the semi-finals of the individual archery competition.
After the game, the audience and the media's evaluation of Tang Hao had reached another level.
Although the rules have changed, Tang Hao has not lost a single game so far. With the whole game full of energy, he is likely to create an undefeated myth after the rules have changed.
Many media even suggest increasing the distance of Olympic archery to 90 meters to increase the suspense of the competition.
After all, no one wants to know the result before the game begins...
The influence of Tang Hao in competitive archery is reaching a height that his predecessors have never reached.
And our Tang Hao, under such a background, also ushered in the double finals on the fifth match day.
On this night, he will play in the 200-meter backstroke and breaststroke competition.
Tang Hao won all the events he participated in before and had won three championships in single swimming. Whether he could break Phelps' record of 8 gold medals in a single Olympic Games is also particularly eye-catching.
The Olympic venues that night were truly crowded, and local British spectators flocked to this swimming pool that could only accommodate more than 10,000 people.
The competition has not started yet, but in the British online media, there have been a lot of accusations from spectators who cannot enter the scene about the venue's capacity and doubts about the London Olympic Organizing Committee.
This is people, they are the same everywhere. When they have little to do with themselves, most people will choose to remain silent. Once they are related to themselves, they can throw away everything else.
The London Olympic Organizing Committee was scolded for a few days, but no one expected that the scolding would reach a climax just because it was a one-night swimming final.
In contrast, those who successfully squeezed into the swimming pool were very excited, as if they were drawn by the faithful Jesus or God.
And in this context, the fifth day of the swimming competition officially kicked off.
The first women's 400-meter medley race was held.
The members of the national swimming team arrived at the scene to cheer for Ye Shiwen.
After Zhao Jing and others lost, Ye Shiwen became the last hope of the women's team.
"Qua!"
Along with the cheers of the audience, the women's 400-meter butterfly swim officially kicked off.
Ye Shiwen has lived up to expectations and remains in the top three in butterfly and backstroke events. By the end of breaststroke, he has already won the first place among all the players.
The final freestyle was her strongest. Amid the cheers of the audience, Ye Shiwen not only kept widening the distance between her and other contestants, but also pressed the Olympic record line under her.
In the end, her score was frozen at 2 minutes, 07 seconds, and successfully won the personal Olympic gold medal with a record-breaking Olympic record. It was also the first gold medal for the Chinese women's team.
After winning, Ye Shiwen's expression was very calm. She just waved her arm and then went ashore. The awards were presented as if it was an easy thing to complete. Even when interviewed by the media, the 18-year-old girl was surprisingly calm and was saying some polite words.
This attitude also filled Ye Shiwen, who was only 18 years old, and filled the media and the audience with speculations about her.
Ye Shiwen's condition continued until Tang Hao appeared, and she ended the award ceremony and returned to the locker room and Tang Hao, who was wearing competition uniforms, was unexpectedly met.
Ye Shiwen rushed into Tang Hao's arms and cried. It was obvious that she was holding her emotions.
Tang Hao reached out and patted Ye Shiwen's back, and he could feel that these were tears of excitement.
Because of what Tang Hao said at the beginning, Ye Shiwen maintained a serious image in public, but in fact, how could she not be excited after winning her first Olympic gold medal?
"Ahem, Brother Tang, it's time for us to compete."
It was not until Xu Jiayu reminded him that Ye Shiwen came out of Tang Hao's arms, wiped her tears, smiled and made a cheering gesture to Tang Hao, and then ran back to the locker room.
Tang Hao shook his head helplessly. Although he was only 2 years younger, Ye Shiwen was actually a child who had not grown up in his eyes.
Ye Shiwen broke the Olympic record and successfully ignited the passion of the audience, and the arrival of the 200-meter backstroke final once again pushed the venue to a new climax.
"Lan 1, Xu Jiayu, from China!"
As the host began to introduce the contestants, the audience suddenly cheered.
"The third lane, Tang Hao! From China!!"
The live commentator instinctively lengthened the volume, which also made the audience's emotions reach orgasm in an instant.
When Tang Hao came out from behind the advertising wall, the cheers went higher.
"Jesus! Jesus!"
Local British audiences kept waving their arms to cheer for Tang Hao.
After Tang Hao, Rochett, Matsuda Joshi and Clarry all appeared.
"Who do you think is more likely to win the final gold medal in this game?" After the contestant appeared, the live commentator also started to follow up immediately.
"It must be Tang. Tang gave people a shocking impression. He won him to participate in all the competitions and did something that no one had ever done before." The commentator was a little excited, and it was obvious that he admired Tang Hao quite a lot.
"I don't think so." The commentator suddenly said at this time.
"What? Are you more optimistic about Rochet or Matsuda Joshi?" The commentator's eyes were full of doubts.
"No, Matsuda is in good condition, and Rochett is a little out of shape, but they need some luck to attack this medal." The commentator deliberately kept it in the air.
"Then are you referring to?"
"Taylor Clary, he will be the dark horse of this game." The commentator said in a affirmative tone.
"He... does have great potential, but LeClose, who had performed better before, lost to Tang Hao. Why are you sure he will succeed?" the commentator said in confusion.
"The sixth sense, why don't we make a bet?" The commentator became interested for a moment.
"What are you betting on?"
Chapter completed!