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Chapter 221 Another Sixty Rings...

In the archery preliminaries, no athletes will be eliminated. It is just a qualifying competition, but it is still quite important, because it is not only a qualifying match for individual events, but also a qualifying match for team events.

Each archery team has three athletes, and the three athletes will participate in the team competition together, and the sum of the scores of these three athletes in the preliminaries is the total score of the team.

The top four teams in the group can directly advance to the quarterfinals, and the next eight teams will play a knockout round first. The rules of the match are No.12 on the fifth and No.11 on the sixth.

Before the start of the preliminaries, Wang Wenlong specially urged every athlete to perform to the best.

The results of the preliminaries often also affect the mental state of athletes in individual events. If the results of the preliminaries are worse, the opponents they encounter will be stronger, and their performance will be easily affected.

Shen Yang, Yong Fujun, and Zhang Haifeng listened carefully to Wang Wenlong's instructions, and each received their own numbers.

Shen Yang's number is 'Thirteen'.

This means that he will play No.13 in the preliminaries. There are a total of 64 players, and his ranking is still relatively high.

Yong Fujun and Zhang Haifeng received the rank numbers '28' and '46' respectively, and they will appear later.

The first of the three to play will also have a little pressure.

However, Shen Yang was smiling all the time, and Wang Wenlong wasn't too worried. In his opinion, Shen Yang was more mature and stable than himself, so he shouldn't have any problems in the competition.

64 athletes will participate in the preliminaries. It sounds like they are too busy, but the speed of the preliminaries is still very fast. There will be two athletes competing on one target.

After the first round of athlete preliminaries was over, it was Shen Yang's turn to play. He handed the number sheet to the referee, and immediately picked up the longbow and walked to his position in the competition.

He sat down next to him, took a sip of water, and then looked at the athletes in front of him.

It was a tall and strong Russian player.

This Russian player is not bad. He shot six arrows very quickly and scored 53 rings. After reading his results, he turned around and went back to his seat to rest. When he saw Shen Yang, he smiled and was kind. A reminder, "It's up to you."

"Thank you."

According to the referee's instructions, Shen Yang walked to his position with a bow.

The target was 70 meters away, and it seemed to be right in front of him. Shen Yang calmly drew an arrow, pulled it on the bowstring and aimed at the target.

The first arrow is very important!

Even though he had done a lot of archery training, Shen Yang was not sure that the first arrow would hit the bull's-eye, but he was sure that the distance beyond the ninth ring would not be unexpected. He frowned slightly, closed his left eye, and aimed for about ten seconds. , and then let go of his fingers.

"Whoosh!"

Accompanied by a soft sound, the arrow branch traversed a distance of 70 meters and plunged into the target.

Then it's much easier.

Shen Yang continuously took out arrows from the quiver and shot directly at the target with his bow. His movements were almost uninterrupted, but he appeared calm and graceful in the middle, and the self-confidence on his face made people feel full of confidence.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh..."

After shooting five arrows in a row, Shen Yang breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and returned to his seat, and smiled at the Russian player, "It's your turn."

The Russian player was taken aback, and said in sloppy English, "You came back a bit early, and the results haven't come out yet."

"Do you still have to wait for the results?"

"Of course, you don't have to wait...but the referee will confirm your score before I can go to the game."

At this moment, Shen Yang's result was displayed on the number plate behind the archery target, "yang-shen, China, 59, 1", the last number '1' indicated the number of contestants, and one round indicated only A round of archery was conducted.

The Russian player was a little surprised, "59 rings? Awesome!"

"Thank you!"

Shen Yang thanked with a smile, feeling a little regretful, the first arrow still only hit the nine rings.

Then it was the turn of the Russian players.

This Russian player is called Poros, and he is also a very good athlete. In the world ranking of archery, South Korea ranks first, China ranks second, and Russia ranks third.

Poros is a world-class player and the best of the three Russian archers. He hopes to make a breakthrough in the Athens Olympics, preferably be able to beat South Korean players and win the individual archery championship.

When it was discovered that the player who was competing with him was a Chinese player, Poros had a new contest. Although it was only a preliminaries qualifying match, it was precisely because he had to shoot 36 arrows in one round of the preliminaries and reached 72 arrows in two rounds, which showed the athlete's personality even more. overall strength level.

Poros had just finished the first set of archery, and the second set was about to start next.

Holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right, he aimed carefully at the crosshair.

"Whoosh!"

The first arrow, steady red heart!
Although the referee will not confirm the result midway, Poros is still very sure of his result.

Next is the second arrow.

Poros' hand trembled for a while, the arrow was mediocre, but it was definitely within the nine rings.

Then Poros shot the remaining four arrows one after another.

When the last arrow was shot, Poloz heaved a sigh of relief. He waited for the referee to confirm the result with a smile on his face. Soon the number board showed the result, "Matry-Poloz, Russia, 111, 2".

Poros smiled with satisfaction.

The first group was 53 rings, and the score he got in the first group was 58 rings, which is quite an excellent result.

Although Shen Yang's score was 59 just now, it is impossible for any athlete to perform so well every time. In the preliminaries, the players have to shoot twelve sets of arrows, which is a challenge to physical fitness and energy. The performance will be worse.

Poros returned to his seat and made a 'please' gesture to Shen Yang.

Shen Yang picked up the bow with a smile, walked to the position, took out an arrow from the quiver, took a simple aim, and within three seconds he let go of his fingers.

"Whoosh!"

In the same position, Shen Yang had already memorized the feeling, he didn't need to do adjustments at all, he didn't need to aim carefully, as long as he shot the arrow according to the feeling just now, it was enough to guarantee the result.

Shen Yang quickly shot six arrows without making any adjustments in the middle. In less than a minute, he finished shooting the second set of six arrows. After that, he returned to his seat without even looking at the results. superior.

"It's your turn again."

Shen Yang smiled and said to Poros.

Poros looked a little dazed, "Don't you care about the results?" In his opinion, this Huaxia player didn't take the game seriously just now. He picked up the arrow branch and shot it without using a scope. Afterwards, he didn't even look at the results. The individual preliminaries will not be eliminated, but it will also affect the team's points ranking. If the score is too poor, the points of the entire team will be pulled down, and the Huaxia Archery team may have one more round of competition, or even encounter embarrassment. disuse.

Shen Yang replied with a smile, "I'm quite confident in my quasi-consciousness, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be..."

"110 nine rings!? You just got sixty rings?"

Poros opened his mouth in surprise when he saw the score on the number card.

The contestants who were competing next to him also noticed Shen Yang's results. It is absolutely impossible for the 110 nine rings to be achieved by three groups. It is too scary for only two groups to get the 110 nine rings.

They couldn't help but look over in surprise.

Even in the Olympic archery competition, it is not easy for the two groups to get 110 nine rings. Almost no mistakes are allowed in the middle, and the requirements are too harsh.

The audience also noticed it.

Most of the spectators can't understand the archery competition, they can only watch the results from a distance, but there are also "professional" spectators who will bring binoculars to look at the arrows on the target and the results on the number plates.

In many events, the differences between national boundaries of athletes are very small. For example, in swimming, an American player is not necessarily good, unless he (she) is Phillips.

Archery is different.

As long as they are Korean athletes who can participate in the Olympic Games, they will be the top archery players in the world, and their status is almost equivalent to that of Chinese table tennis players. As long as they are Chinese table tennis players, even if they are not a substitute, they will be valued by foreigners.

Chinese players and Russian players are very interesting.

A lot of people paid attention to the match between Shen Yang and Poros. Both China and Russia are populous countries. There were many Chinese and Russian spectators who came to Athens. They noticed the match between Shen Yang and Poros. , all gave support one after another, especially when Shen Yang's two groups reached 110 nine rings, the shouts of support became even louder.

Poros started the third group of archery.

In the preliminaries, the players are ranked. There is no opponent. Basically, they are compared with each other, but Poros still feels the pressure. The Huaxia player scored 110 and nine rings in both groups, and he performed really well.

Not to mention in official competitions, even in daily training, it is difficult for him to achieve that kind of result.

Poros' third group score was 54 rings.

This time he couldn't laugh.

Shen Yang still had a smile on his face, with a very calm expression, and when Poros returned, he immediately got up and started his own game.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh..."

After quickly shooting six arrows, Shen Yang directly returned to his seat.

This time, many people paid more attention to the results than himself. After the results were displayed on the digital board, the audience and the players next to him all made incredible voices, "How is that possible?"

"Sixty rings again?"

"How did this Huaxia player do it?"

"so amazing!"

"..."

Shen Yang didn't seem to hear the voice in his ears, but just looked at Poros with a smile on his face, "It's your turn."

Poros looked at the number card with surprise on his face, and then a wry smile appeared on his face. He took the initiative to shake hands with Shen Yang, "Look at the number card, your name is Shen? Is it okay to call you that? I've never heard of it. I said that Huaxia still has such an outstanding archery player like you. But what I can be sure of is that my luck today is really bad. I actually went with you in the first six groups! Your results make me wonder how to aim next It's..."

(End of this chapter)