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This arrow makes dawn appear! Remember that precious first gold medal in archery?

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which of China's 5/kloc-0 precious gold medals was the most difficult? I think there is no more powerful answer to this question than Zhang's individual gold medal in women's archery. How difficult is Zhang's gold medal?

We must first understand a background. Korean archery, especially the women's archery team, can be said to represent the highest strength of human archery on this planet, and there is no one. Since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, the Korean women's archery team has won almost all the gold medals of individuals and groups in the Olympic Games and is the only overlord in this field. Until now, the world record of women's archery and the Olympic record are still firmly controlled by the Korean team. In other words, beating the Korean archery team is just like beating the China table tennis team.

But at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, China athlete Zhang boarded the ladder and gave the overlord a heavy blow. Before the individual archery competition began, the Korean men's and women's teams had beaten China in the team competition and won the Olympic gold medal. In the following individual events, the Korean team also played a team competition. More than half of the individual event schedule, South Korea's team members participating in individual events are still neat, only a few athletes remain in other countries, leaving only Zhang in China.

Zhang's previous best performance was the individual first in the archery World Cup final in 2006, and the best team performance was the silver medal in the women's team at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, while her arch-rival Park Sung Xuan won two gold medals in succession at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, becoming the first female archer in the world at that time.

Back in the competition, Zhang, who is shouldering the hope of women's archery in China, is still brave and triumphant in the semi-final. Finally, in the last scene, Zhang met the Korean Trident headed by Park Sung Hyun and composed of Zhu and Yin Ruji. This means that if Zhang wants to win the championship, he will face off three national players of South Korea on the afternoon of February 14, 2008. It's raining in Mao Mao, and the stands are crowded with Chinese and Korean audiences. Cheers broke out, Zhu and Yin Yuji were eliminated one after another, and Zhang and Park Sung Xuan were eliminated one after another.

There are four rounds in the final, and the one with the highest number of three arrows in each round wins the championship. At the beginning of the final, Park Seung-hyun, who shot three arrows in the first round, was worthy of being Park Seung-hyun, playing extremely stably, and his achievements were Jiuhuan, ten ring and ten ring respectively. Although Zhang shot ten ring and the Ninth Ring Road in the first and third films, the second arrow was influenced by the flash in the audience and only shot the Seventh Ring Road.

After one round, Zhang scored 26 points, Park Sung-hyun scored 29 points, and Zhang was three points behind.

At the beginning of the second round, Zhang slowly but surely, in the first nine rings, Park Sung-hyun usually started the second round, with one arrow and eight rings. Zhang, hold on. The second arrow is nine rings, and Park Sang-hyun continues to be depressed. Two arrows on the eighth ring road, go up a storey still higher, Zhang. The third arrow, ten ring and Park Sung-hyun, found the state. The third arrow, ten ring. After the second round, Zhang's total score was 53 rings, adjusted to the previous 55 rings, still two rings behind.

At the beginning of the third round, we made a good start, and the first arrow was ten ring. This is park seung-hyun's hand. The first arrow is the ninth ring, and Zhang chases it. The second arrow, nine rings, Park Sung-hyun's mentality fluctuates. The second arrow, the eighth ring, Zhang continues to exert his strength. The third arrow, ten ring, PiaoChengXian a face of serious. The third arrow, nine rings, after three rounds, Zhang scored 82 rings, Park Cunxian scored 8 1 ring, and Zhang advanced to the final round with a slight advantage of leading one ring.

At the beginning of the last round, Park Sung-hyun hit ten ring with his first arrow. Not to be outdone, Zhang's first arrow hit ten ring. The second arrow, Park Sung Hyun was obviously impatient and hit the eighth ring, and the Korean audience on the sidelines was also full of sadness.

Zhang is not without external influence, and it is done at one go, nine chains! The last arrow, PiaoChengXian aimed for a long time, and finally shot ten ring.

Pay attention here, Park Sung-hyun's final score has come out, the first 109 ring. In other words, Zhang's last arrow mistake can only win the championship in Jiuhuan or ten ring. At this time, all eyes were focused on Zhang. Did his last arrow make history or missed the gold medal?

In an instant, with a bang, it landed firmly on the ninth ring, and the audience cheered like thunder. Zhang finally smiled and put his hands in the air. He surpassed himself and made history, winning the first Olympic archery gold medal for China and ending the myth that Korean archery was unbeaten for 24 years. At the award ceremony, Park Sung-hyun looked lonely. For 24 years, they have dominated the podium every time with their proud archery. But this time, China athlete Zhang stood the tallest. After years of tempering, she once bloomed a light that surprised the world.

When the time comes to the next century of Olympic history, we will remember this gold medal that rewrote the Olympic history of China.

At the same time, Zhang also told us that there is no so-called fate in the Olympic Games, only constant breakthroughs, and so is life.