Chen Meng won 4 gold medals in two Olympic Games.
In the Paris Olympics, Shandong had 45 athletes (32 women and 13 men) participating in 17 major events, 20 sub-events and 50 minor events, including table tennis, shooting, gymnastics, fencing, swimming, canoeing, rowing, judo, sailing, track and field, wrestling, volleyball, basketball, rugby, modern pentathlon, taekwondo and skateboarding. The number of selected athletes ranked first in the country, and the number of major and minor events also ranked first in the country. After tenacious struggle, Shandong athletes achieved good results of 5 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze medals in this Olympics, continuing to rank among the top in the country, showing the “Shandong Power” and “China Power” to the world, and reflecting Shandong’s responsibility and commitment as a major sports province.
5 gold medals
The “gold content” is very high
At the Paris Olympics, Shandong athletes won a total of 5 gold medals, all of which were of high value.
On July 29, in the men’s synchronized 10-meter diving competition at the Paris Olympics, Shandong athlete Lian Junjie and his teammate Yang Hao won the gold medal without any suspense, winning the first gold medal for Shandong in this Olympics. This is the first time Shandong diving has won an Olympic gold medal in 16 years. It is worth mentioning that this gold medal is the 49th Olympic gold medal won by Chinese diving. The Chinese diving dream team has also surpassed the US team to become the team with the most gold medals in Olympic diving events.
On the evening of August 10th, Beijing time, the Chinese women’s table tennis team, composed of Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, defeated the Japanese women’s team in the women’s table tennis team final of the Paris Olympics and successfully defended their title. The Chinese women’s table tennis team won five consecutive Olympic women’s team championships and all five gold medals in the table tennis events of the Paris Olympics. With the Chinese women’s table tennis team winning the gold medal in the Paris Olympics, the 300th gold medal in the history of the Chinese delegation’s participation in the Summer Olympics was born.
Previously, Chen Meng overcame many difficulties and unexpectedly defeated her teammate Sun Yingsha, who was highly favored to win the championship before the game, in the women’s singles final and successfully defended her title. After winning the women’s team gold medal, Chen Meng also became the first person in the history of Olympic table tennis to win both the women’s singles and women’s team championships. After winning her fourth Olympic gold medal, Chen Meng surpassed her senior sister Li Xiaoxia’s three gold medals and became the Shandong player with the most Olympic gold medals.
On August 5, Beijing time, the shooting event of the Paris Olympics ushered in the final day. In the men’s 25-meter rapid-fire pistol final, Li Yuehong from Jinan defeated all the masters and won the championship. This is the first time that a Chinese athlete has won the gold medal in the men’s 25-meter rapid-fire pistol at the Olympics.
On the afternoon of August 9th, Beijing time, in the women’s 500m double canoe final at the Paris Olympics, Shandong canoeing star Sun Mengya and her teammate Xu Shixiao performed well, breaking the Olympic best result in this event and winning the championship again. This is the 30th gold medal won by the Chinese sports delegation in this Olympics.
More flowers
Multiple projects achieved new breakthroughs
In addition to the above 5 gold medals, Shandong athletes also achieved new breakthroughs in many events.
In the early morning of August 6, Beijing time, in the women’s discus final of the Paris Olympics, Shandong discus champion Feng Bin, who participated in the Olympics for the third time, won the runner-up with a score of 67.51 meters in the third throw, breaking the best record of Chinese athletes in the Olympics. Feng Bin said that these three Olympic Games witnessed her three stages of growth, and she hopes to make a breakthrough in the next one to make up for the regrets of this one.
In the early morning of August 2, Beijing time, in the women’s 78kg bronze medal match of the Paris Olympics, Shandong athlete Ma Zhenzhao defeated the German athlete and won the bronze medal, which was also the only medal won by Chinese judo in this Olympics. Ma Zhenzhao was moved to tears after the game, “This is the best game in my life. At this moment, I feel that I have not let down my country and everyone. I have tried my best.”
In the bronze medal match of the 130kg class in Greco-Roman wrestling, Meng Lingzhe, a Shandong player who was participating in the Olympics for the first time, defeated Egyptian player Mohammed to win China’s first Olympic medal in the major class of Greco-Roman wrestling, writing a new history for Chinese and Shandong wrestling.
Three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, Shandong swimming star Yang Junxuan and her teammates won the women’s 4×200m freestyle relay championship. In this Olympics, “model worker” Yang Junxuan participated in six events, two individual events and four relays, winning the silver medal in the men’s and women’s 4×100m medley relay, and the bronze medals in the women’s 4×100m, women’s 4×200m freestyle relay, and women’s 4×100m medley relay, winning four medals alone.
Shooting is a traditional strong sport in Shandong. In this Olympics, in addition to Li Yuehong winning the gold medal, Qi Ying won the runner-up in the men’s skeet shooting competition. This silver medal is the first Olympic medal won by a Chinese athlete in this event, and Qi Ying’s result also broke the Olympic record.
Shandong’s competitive sports have won gold medals in seven consecutive Olympic Games, which is the glory of Shandong sports. Taking the Paris Olympics as a new opportunity, Shandong will continue to work hard to promote the higher-quality development of competitive sports, implement the Olympic glory strategy in Shandong with greater efforts and determination, accelerate the practical actions of building a strong sports province, and make more contributions to the construction of a strong sports country.
Author: Jinan Times·New Yellow River Client Reporter: Li Fujie
Editor in charge: Gao Yuan
