Chapter 35: Crushing Strength
The charm of the individual archery competition is that compared with the team competition, it is more simple and direct, and it is the most direct confrontation between the players. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This is also the reason why the audience prefers to watch the individual competition over the team competition.
A total of 16 teams participated in the team competition, while in the individual competition, the top 64 players in the qualifying round entered the knockout round.
Compared with the team competition, Tang Hao obviously has more advantages in the individual competition, and the first place in the qualifying round allows him to encounter the least resistance on the road to promotion.
However, the opponents that should be met will still be encountered, Cao Yan, Han Tianfu, and Qiu Tian, the three bitter masters who were eliminated by him in the team competition yesterday, can't run away.
Before the game, Cao Yan, who had a big personality, said directly that he wanted to hold the hatred of yesterday's elimination and educate Tang Hao in the individual competition.
Although Han Tianfu and Qiu Tian did not express their position directly, it can be seen from their solemn expressions during pre-game training that they will never admit defeat easily.
In contrast, Tang Hao is the one with the most relaxed mentality, this relaxation comes from the confidence in his own strength, 70% of the power of a hundred steps through Yang, unless the top players in South Korea come, otherwise no one can really pose a threat to him.
The individual competition also attracted more spectators, and the stadium was packed, and people came from far and wide to see the talent of a talented player.
This is the same as when Liu Xiang made a breakthrough in the 110m hurdles, when a sport that was originally a weakness has a top-level athlete, it is difficult to avoid attention.
Especially since this person is only 18 years old.
The individual knockout stage is played sequentially in a single group, which means that only one group of players will compete on the field.
This time, the knockout tournament adopts a single-arrow alternate system, that is, players shoot one arrow at a time, and each arrow is limited to 30 seconds.
Tang Hao was the first place in the qualifying round, and he naturally became one of the players in the first group.
His opponent is Zheng Zhun from Province Y, a young player with quite good talent and potential.
Zheng Zhun and Tang Hao, both are only 18 years old, and they entered the knockout stage with a thrilling advantage of 1 ring in the qualifying round, and are expected to compete for a place in the Youth Olympic Games, which can be said to be quite lucky, but meeting Tang Hao in the first round is also his most unfortunate thing.
Facing this newcomer of the same age as himself, Tang Hao performed quite easily, and he eliminated his opponent in only 3 minutes and easily advanced to the next round.
In the second and third rounds, Tang Hao's performance was the same as in the first round, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he didn't use his full strength, but the results were easily eliminated by the opponent.
Tang Hao's relaxed freehand also doubled the sense of expectation of the audience on the sidelines.
After the competition entered the fourth round, the quarterfinals of this year's individual competition were also released.
Tang Hao, Qiu Tian, Han Tianfu, Cao Yan, Dong Jie, Ning Huanyu and other famous players all successfully broke into the quarterfinals.
Tang Hao's opponent in the fourth round was Dong Jie.
The historic two people in Province Z reached the quarterfinals, but they encountered in the first round, and Song Feng on the sidelines really felt a little crying and laughing.
But all of this has actually been decided after the qualifying rankings come out.
This is also expected, the audience and the head coaches of other provinces even think that Dong Jie will choose to give up and escort Tang Hao to the top four.
But when the real game started, they found out that it was not the case at all.
Dong Jie's performance was as good as yesterday's team competition, and he shot 74 rings in the first 8 arrows, which was on par with Tang Hao.
This kind of play also made Tang Hao serious, and under the gaze of the audience, he shot 38 rings with 4 arrows behind him, and eliminated Dong Jie by force.
After the game, the two players from Province Z hugged in the venue for more than ten seconds, attracting a burst of cheers from the audience.
After eliminating Dong Jie, Tang Hao successfully broke into the top four of this year's National Archery Championships, as long as he wins one more opponent, he will break into the top three, and he will be able to lock a place in the Youth Olympics.
And his opponent in the semifinals is Cao Yan.
In the previous qualifying match, the two of them had a kind of almost direct competition, Tang Hao had 72 arrows and 661 rings, crushing Cao Yan with an advantage of nearly 20 rings, and now they meet again in the semifinals, it can be said that the enemy is very red when they meet.
This can be seen from Cao Yan's words before the game, he is determined and wants to prove himself again in this game.
At the signal of the referee, the two entered the field of the game.
Cao Yan held back his strength, slapped the bulging chest muscles in his chest twice before going on the court, and then turned his head to look at Tang Hao on the side.
He put on a full posture, held back his strength, and showed his 100% state, and turned his head this time, hoping to see the nervous and prepared look from Tang Hao.
But as a result, Tang Hao's expression was relaxed, after experiencing the game with Dong Jie, instead of becoming focused, he returned to the ease he had at the beginning of the game.
His brow furrowed, and the bruises on his hands and face flared up.
"Boy, you'll pay for your underestimating enemies!"
He roared in his heart, then turned his head with anger on his face.
After the referee's signal, the duel between the two was staged.
The audience at the scene was all looking forward to it, because of Cao Yan's ruthless words, they were looking forward to how Cao Yan would play, and how Tang Hao would respond.
Tang Hao shot first.
Tang Hao had no good impression of Cao Yan, a muscular man, and after the referee signaled to start, he pulled out the arrow from the quiver, and after taking aim with the string, he directly used all his strength.
"Bang!"
Hit the nail on the head.
The scene suddenly erupted in a burst of excited cheers.
10 rings!
Tang Hao's first arrow gave Cao Yan a dismount.
Cao Yan's brows furrowed unconsciously.
Tang Hao only took less than 10 seconds, and after he finished shooting, it was Cao Yan's first arrow.
Cao Yan adjusted his breathing, let himself calm down, and after pulling the strings, he aimed for a while before making a move.
One arrow and 9 rings.
After seeing the number of targets, he pressed a fist hard with his right hand in front of him.
9 rings and 10 rings, the difference is not much.
Tang Hao's second arrow was still a series of skillful technical movements, and it was still completed within 10 seconds, and he almost didn't aim much.
"Bang" hit the target with one arrow, and another 10 rings!
The scene was followed by an exclamation.
The corners of Cao Yan's mouth couldn't help twitching, he didn't expect Tang Hao to be in excellent shape as soon as he started.
His second arrow.
This time he took a deep breath and walked briskly to the field.
It's just 2 10 rings......
He kept comforting himself in his heart, and after adjusting to breathe, he aimed at the target, calmed down his whole body, and let go.
"Bang!"
9 rings!
Another 9 rings!
Seeing the number of targets, he lowered his head and roared twice.
2 9 rings, he has done his best, he doesn't believe that Tang Hao can hit 3 10 rings in the opening game, and he is only 2 rings behind, in the round of 12 arrows, he still has a chance to catch up with the rings.
Tang Hao's third arrow.
He obviously adjusted his arrow speed this time, although he obtained 70% of Li Guang's ability and greatly increased his strength, but it was not a simple matter to shoot 10 rings in a row.
After adjusting the angle, he held his breath so that the arrow and the target were always on a parabolic trajectory, and then let go.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow made a burst of air.
"Bang!"
There was a muffled sound, and the scene erupted in cheers.
Song Feng jumped up from his seat even more excitedly, looking indescribably excited.
10 rings!
It's 10 rings again!
Tang Hao opened with 3 consecutive 10 rings!
The pressure of 10,000 people, the pressure of the semi-finals, the pressure of deciding the places, as if nothing could affect him, and he, just so easily, shot 3 consecutive 10 rings!