Who is the champion of archery mixed team competition in the 13th National Games?

In the mixed archery team final of the 13th National Games held on September 2nd, Shandong team narrowly beat Zhejiang team through play-offs and won the gold medal. The host team Tianjin beat Guangdong to win the bronze medal.

According to the rules, each player must shoot two arrows in each round of the final. In the battle for the gold medal, the first round between Shandong team and Zhejiang team was very fierce. Shandong team scored 4 arrows with 37 rings, but Zhejiang team played better, with 4 arrows hitting 3 rings 10, 1 ring 9, and Zhejiang team temporarily led 2-0. In the second round, the male players of Shandong team played steadily, hitting two rings 10, while the female players of Shandong team played ups and downs, only hitting one ring 7 and one ring 8, but the female player of Zhejiang team Ji also made a mistake and hit seven rings. Shandong team tied the total score to 2: 2 with 35: 34.

In the third round, the Zhejiang team played well, hitting the 10 ring with four arrows and getting a perfect score of 40 points. Shandong team also hit three 10 rings in the first three arrows, but Wang Dapeng only hit eight rings in the fourth arrow, and Zhejiang team got the match point at 40: 38 and 4: 2 in the next city. In the fourth round, the Shandong team equalized the score again at 37: 34, keeping the suspense of the gold medal in the play-off. In the play-offs, two female players from Shandong and Zhejiang both played 9 rings. The performance of the male players of the two teams will ultimately determine who will win the gold medal. As a result, Wang Dapeng and Zhejiang team's Tao Jin hit two more 9 rings, but Wang Dapeng's 9 rings were closer to the bull's-eye. In the end, the Shandong team narrowly beat the Zhejiang team to win the gold medal, which is the second gold medal that the Shandong team won in this archery competition.

Wang Dapeng and Meng Fanxu told reporters after the game that their partners had participated in some competitions before, but they didn't win the championship. This competition is for the gold medal, and they are very happy to win this gold medal. Meng Fanxu said: "I have a small wish to continue to compete with Wang Dapeng at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games."

The host team Tianjin and Guangdong also fought fiercely in the bronze medal battle, and the two sides drew 4-4 in the first four rounds. In the play-offs, Tianjin defeated Guangdong and won a bronze medal.

As a new event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the archery mixed group has also become one of the new events of the National Games.

On the morning of the 2 nd, the men's and women's archery teams held one-eighth knockout and one-quarter knockout. Xinjiang, Beijing, Shanxi and Shandong entered the women's team semi-finals, while Shandong, Fujian, Zhejiang and Shanghai entered the men's team semi-finals. The semifinals and finals of the men's and women's teams will continue on the 3rd.