Chapter 54 Heroes
Kim Chung-ji, one of the South Korean team players, his opponent in the quarter-final knockout is Kennedy Birom from Nigeria, who has performed well in both the qualifying and previous team matches.
As an existence second only to Park Tae-an in the Korean team, Kim Chung-ji is already much stronger than Rom. Losing by Rom is not a shame, and it is normal.
However, the problem is not the outcome itself, but the athletes' performance on the court.
The individual competition is divided into 4 rounds, with 4 arrows per round.
After three rounds of the game, Kim Zhongji had already made more than Rom's 4 rings at 89 to 85. According to the previous performance of the two, it was almost impossible for Birom to turn the tables.
Perhaps because the semi-finals were going to be held in the afternoon, Kim Chung-ji wanted to end the game early when he was determined to win, which could be clearly felt from the speed of his archery.
But Birom, this Nigeria, or the last contestant in Africa, obviously doesn't want to give up easily. He was originally a archer who was slow to shoot. Now, in the face of the last chance, his shooting speed was even slower, almost for 30 seconds.
But perhaps because of the pressure, his grades are not ideal.
The contradiction happened in this situation.
In order to end the game as soon as possible, Kim Zhongji was able to retain enough energy for the next game, but Birom did not want to give up and was still making the final efforts. This contradiction was inevitable, but Birom's short ring count made Kim Zhongji feel particularly unhappy, as if Birom was deliberately delaying time.
In addition, Kim Zhongji's opponent in the next round is Tang Hao, and Birom and Tang Hao had a sympathy in the team competition before. The scene of hugging after the game made him even more confirm this.
And in this context, Kim Zhongji made an unexpected move after eliminating Birom.
He first called Birom's name, then stretched out his hand, and made a thumbs downward contempt at him.
Birom was angry at that time and rushed forward and punched him. The two of them immediately fought together.
The organizing committee imposed a punishment for the conflict, and the result of the punishment was also an uproar.
Birom was denied the qualification to participate, and his previous results were invalidated, while Kim Zhongji only received a verbal warning.
The official explanation is that the move was first made by Rom. Such a result is obviously unsatisfactory, but because South Korea is in archery, or national strength, it is incomparable to African countries like Nigeria, this bias is not uncommon even in formal Olympic competitions.
The punishment result cannot be changed, but the audience naturally has a scale in their hearts, and a potential emotion has been suppressed in their hearts.
After a short break at noon, the semi-finals of men's archery officially started in the afternoon. There were two groups in total, Park Tae-an vs. Kwon Ji-tiao and Tang Hao vs. Kim Jong-ji.
Which final between Park Tae-an and Kwon Ji-ping was the first to start? However, this Korean civil war was obviously not the focus of audience and media attention. Of course, the result was expected. Park Tae-an easily defeated his teammate Kwon Ji-ping and advanced to the finals.
After this group of games, another group of Tang Hao and Jin Zhongji's matches became particularly eye-catching due to the previous fight.
Perhaps because of the punishment result, Kim Jong-ji looked relaxed and even felt a little proud when he came on stage. This biased punishment by the organizing committee made him deeply proud of the Republic of Korea where he was.
On the other side, Tang Hao looked serious.
Originally, he did not have much emotional fluctuation against Kim Chung-ji. After all, after gaining 80% of the ability to pass Yang with a hundred steps, let alone Kim Chung-ji, even Park Tae-an would not pose any threat to him.
But all this changed because of the Birom incident. Whether it was because of his previous life or the previous team competition, he had a good impression of Rom. The obvious partiality of the organizing committee made him feel angry and disgusted from the bottom of his heart.
He couldn't vent this emotion directly to the organizing committee, so he could only vent it into the game in front of him.
After the referee signaled that the game could start, Tang Hao quickly drew the arrow and shot it, and the action was completed in almost five seconds. And with one arrow, it was 10 rings in the middle, which attracted a lot of marvels from the audience.
After hitting 10 rings, Tang Hao had no emotional fluctuations on his face. After the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps increased from 70% to 80%, in addition to the increase in strength, the biggest change he could feel was his control over the sport of archery. Those technical movements were like being engraved in his bones. The most intuitive manifestation was the increase in archery speed.
Five seconds is just the time he used without deliberately training.
Seeing Tang Hao's perverted and fast firing rate, Jin Zhongji's slightly swollen face twitched unconsciously, and then there was a pain.
He took a deep breath to calm down his emotions and took the arrow forward.
9 rings, a pretty good result.
After Jin Zhongji finished shooting the first arrow, Tang Hao walked forward and another series of rapid movements.
With a "bang", another 10 rings without any suspense.
Kim Zhongji's face turned pale at this time.
Tang Hao narrowly defeated Schneider before, Wu Quantai and the South Korean team's coaching staff both believed that Tang Hao's previous performance had a lot of luck, which set him up the idea of defeating Tang Hao, and even discussed the title of the championship in the subsequent finals.
But after really confronting each other head-on, he knew that winning Tang Hao was a fool, and this Chinese who emerged from some unknown place was completely superior to the strength of the Korean national team, and may even be even more terrifying than the perverts of the Korean national team.
"Chongji, come on!" At this moment, the Korean team coach Wu Quantai on the sidelines got up and shouted at Kim Chungji.
Kim Jong-ji was woken up and shook his head. After throwing away those thoughts, he followed him to draw the arrow.
7 rings.
God has come back, but the pressure from Tang Hao is obviously not so easy to disappear.
At this moment, a boo and whistle sounded from the audience on the sidelines.
The audience could not interfere during the contest, but after the competition, they could no longer resist the dissatisfaction with the organizing committee.
The audience's reaction attracted dissatisfaction from the Korean team. Wu Quantai went directly to the sidelines to appeal. The staff on the scene quickly dissuaded, but in the end, the more they dissuaded, the louder the boo.
Such things that are within the rules are at most a quality issue. The organizing committee really has no choice but to drive all the audience out, right?
As a result, the protests of the South Korean team were ignored.
This booing continued until Tang Hao took the field. When Tang Hao walked on the schedule, the scene soon became quiet without the staff's dissuasion.
This gap made the coaching staff of the South Korean team feel bloody.
What made them even more crazy was that after Tang Hao came on the field and shot 10 rings again, deafening cheers suddenly sounded at the scene.
Chapter completed!