Chapter 1,357 World Record!
The results of the drug test came out quickly.
In order to prevent the drug testing agency from playing tricks, the organizer's Olympic organizing committee and the athletes' accompanying physicians will be accompanied on site to participate in the drug testing process. If there is any doubt about the A test results, the athletes can also pay thousands of dollars at their own expense to apply for a B test reexamination.
But there was no need to go to such trouble, because Jiang Chen did not use anything as low as stimulants.
The test results came out soon. All doping-related test results were negative, and the accusations of doping against Jiang Chen were not established.
The accusation of using auxiliary equipment is even more ridiculous, because the equipment worn by all athletes during competitions has been strictly inspected and it is impossible to take it to the shooting range. With great disappointment, the Medical and Scientific Committee of the Olympic Committee signed the examination results of Jiang Chen and rejected Matthew's report.
The results of contestant No. 14 Jiang Chen are valid and the finalist list will not be changed.
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The finals of the ten-meter air rifle will be that afternoon.
As a competition for the first gold medal, the first gold medal in the Olympic Games was either decided in the women's ten-meter air step, or it was born in the men's ten-meter air step that started almost at the same time.
After eating the bento prepared by Qianxia in the lounge, Jiang Chen walked lightly onto the battlefield and walked to the field. Due to his amazing performance in the qualifying round, he attracted the attention of almost all the audience as soon as he appeared on the stage. There was thunderous applause in the audience, and both the Chinese and New Zealand audiences cheered for him. Although the American audience mostly booed, they were still buried in the warm cheers.
After waving to the supporters behind him, Jiang Chen confidently walked to his shooting position, grabbed the rifle and put it on his shoulder.
Starting from the Rio Olympics, the specifications of shooting competitions have been changed from a scoring system to an elimination system. The error tolerance rate of the competition is even lower. A slight mistake may lead to elimination.
The final process consists of two sets of 150-second 3-shot scoring shots, a total of 6 shots. After these two sets are completed, each finalist fires 14 50-second single-shot scoring shots. Elimination starts from the 8th round, and then one player is eliminated every 2 rounds until the gold and silver medal winners are finally determined. Without the need for extra rounds, the two players competing for the championship and runner-up shot a total of 20 rounds in the final.
In the final, he was drawn number eight, a very auspicious number.
The No. 7 player standing next to him is named Elvin Skerton. He is an American player like Matthew and qualified second in the qualifying round. At only 22 years old, Erwin is hailed as a genius in the American shooting community.
Before participating in the Olympics, he had won several gold medals in multiple international shooting events.
Further to the left are Chinese players and Russian players. As athletes from two traditional shooting countries, the strength of these two guys should not be underestimated. They are both veterans of the competition who have experienced hundreds of battles.
"It's time to run out of your good luck," Erwin grinned provocatively as he walked next to Jiang Chen, "I will keep an eye on you, don't try to play tricks under my nose."
"Staring at me?" Jiang Chen laughed, "Then you have to keep an eye on me, don't wait until I finish the fight."
Erwin was about to say something, but before he could, the game had already started.
In the first two groups of shooting, Jiang Chen put the air rifle on the shooting stand as he did in the qualifying round, turned on the unparalleled gun, and quickly fired six shots. Except for one shot which was 10.6, all five shots ended with a score of 10.8. This time he controlled his strength a little and did not achieve too shocking results.
However, even so, there was a commotion in the audience.
No one has ever been able to carry out shooting sports at such a fast pace. After seeing such a wonderful performance, even the foreign audience couldn't help but applaud his performance. Especially the New Zealand spectators who came to Tokyo specifically to cheer for their athletes would almost shout with excitement if they were not worried about affecting the performance of the players on the field.
"This rate of fire is cheating!"
"I'm just telling you! How could Director Jiang be doping? And how can you do doping in shooting sports? What on earth are those idiots at the Olympic Committee thinking?"
"I heard that the whistleblower is Matthew, the one ranked ninth in the qualifying round."
"Let me tell you, it turned out that I wanted to report the top players so that I can enter the finals. Such people are not worthy of participating in the Olympics and have no sportsmanship at all!"
The discussion on the stage could not reach the audience. Standing in front of the shooting position, athletes from various countries also adjusted their air rifles and put the guns on the shooting stands.
They are worthy of being world-class shooters. They had already experienced Jiang Chen's rapid shooting skills in the qualifying competition, but their mentality was not affected by his firing speed and incredible hit rate in the finals.
Focusing on aiming and pulling the trigger, the other seven players fired a total of six bullets from the two groups within three hundred seconds. Although not as fast as Jiang Chen, his results are basically hovering at a high level.
The warm-up of the two groups has ended, and almost every player has achieved good results of more than 10 rings.
Next comes the exciting elimination phase.
Unlike the long qualifying round, the next 14 shots must be completed within 50 seconds. For Jiang Chen, this was nothing. Even if he was asked to fire 14 shots in 50 seconds, he could do it easily.
But for other athletes, this level is not so easy. The single-shot timing design amplifies the pressure that athletes need to endure when shooting countless times. This means that once a mistake is made, there is not even a chance to correct it. At this stage, players' results often fluctuate greatly, and a slight mistake may lead to elimination.
It is precisely because of this that this is the most exciting part of the entire game.
The first seven rounds were quite satisfactory, but starting from the eighth round, the competition became fierce in an instant.
One person is eliminated every two rounds until there is only one champion left on the field.
Looking at the loser's leaving figure, everyone's heartbeats involuntarily accelerated, and they completed every operation from aiming to shooting as if walking on thin ice.
Until finally, only two people were left on the field.
Without looking at Jiang Chen next to him, and ignoring the sound of gunshots and faint applause next to him, Erwin took a deep breath and focused all his attention on his target. He simulated the bullet's falling point in his mind like a formula, and after confirming it was correct, he pulled the trigger.
boom--
The sound of the gun drifted away and immediately left the sight. Erwin hurriedly looked at the reading on the electronic target. When he saw the number clearly, he suddenly felt happy and almost cheered!
10.6!
This result appearing in the first nineteen shots is nothing, but appearing in the last shot is very rare. After going through the exciting elimination phase, even an iron man will inevitably have some mental fluctuations. In this kind of game, even if the heart rate is half a beat faster, it may affect the final result of the score.
The last shot was able to score 10.6. Counting the previous rings, he won a total of 208 rings. Although there is still a slight gap from the world record, the gold medal is no longer in suspense.
Looking proudly at Jiang Chen next to him, Erwin was about to make a sarcastic comment, but at this moment, his eyes fell on Jiang Chen's total number of rings...
Erwin was stunned.
His first reaction was that he had seen it wrong.
Just when he wanted to rub his eyes and look again, the referee's voice announcing the winner of the game completely shattered his last fantasy.
"This is impossible!" Erwin exclaimed.
The exclamation was quickly drowned out by the thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.
Facing the audience, Jiang Chen smiled and waved, responding to the cheers from the audience.
A dark horse emerged from nowhere, and the first Olympic gold medal was unexpectedly won by the new country.
With a score of 216 rings, Jiang Chen broke the world record of 210.6 rings set by Qian Xuechao at the Munich International Shooting Sports Federation, and improved the world record by 5 rings...