Wu Siluo (blue) of the Shaanxi team in the men's-67kg karate competition. (Photo by reporter Hao Zhongyu)
From September 17 to 19, the karate project of the 14th National Games was held in the Cultural and Sports Building of the Lintong Campus of Xi’an Polytechnic University. 8 gold medals will be determined in the competition. On the first day of the competition, Shaanxi team athlete Wu Siluo won the -67 kg bronze medal, creating the history of Shaanxi karate winning medals in the National Games.
141 athletes compete for 8 gold medals
The karate event of the 14th National Games has a total of 141 athletes from 24 provinces and cities across the country (including Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions) participating in 8 competitions. Among them, the "group of hands" competition adopts individual rivalry, and the qualifying rounds and finals adopt the single defeat resurrection competition system; the "type" competition adopts the group stage method. This competition is divided into two groups.
In August 2016, the International Olympic Committee voted to add karate to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In order to better prepare for the Tokyo Olympics and promote the competitive level of domestic karate, in July 2017, the State Sports General Administration decided to include karate as an official event of the National Games.
Gong Li , who won the bronze medal in the women's +61 kg class at the Tokyo Olympics, represented the Beijing team. Tokyo Olympics women-61 kg silver medalist Yin Xiaoyan played for the Henan team. Not only did she have the reputation of "Chinese Karate Sister", she also won the runner-up of the World Championships in 2018. In the 14th National Games, she has targeted the +61 kg champion.
In June this year, in the 14th National Games karate event qualifying competition, Shaanxi athlete Yang Benji won first place in the men's -75 kg class, Wang Yulan won the second place in women's individual type, and Dang Mengyan won women's +61 kg. Ranked 2nd, Huang Changguang won the 3rd place for men's individual type, and 4 of them successfully advanced to the finals of the karate event of the 14th National Games. With the addition of Zheng Qianqu, Luo Huiwen, Wu Siluo and Chen Miaoting who have advanced to the 14th National Games with their points in recent years, there are 8 athletes from Shaanxi competing in the 14th National Games. In the karate competition of the 14th National Games, 8 athletes will compete for honor in five competitions including men’s individual type, women’s individual type, men-67 kg class, men-75 kg class, and women’s +61 kg class.Fight for medals.
Shaanxi teenager Wu Sibrand in the first National Games won the bronze medal
On the first day of karate, the Shaanxi team's journey to the 14th National Games can be described as ups and downs. At 9 o'clock, the women's individual karate event of the 14th National Games kicked off. In the fierce competition, the Shaanxi team athletes Wang Yulan and Chen Miaoting were eliminated in the group stage, and the Shaanxi team lost in the women's individual competition.
As the event progressed, at 13 o'clock, the men's-67kg karate competition of the 14th National Games began amidst the cheering of the audience. In the competition, he participated in the National Games for the first time. This year's 20-year-old Shaanxi athlete Wu Siluo took advantage of his offensive advantages and made a strong attack. In the 1/8 finals, he defeated Tianjin player Yu Hao 2-0 and successfully advanced. Immediately afterwards, he defeated Beijing's Zhou Yuze 2-0 in the quarter-finals and advanced again. The fierce battle on the field was raging, and the shouts of cheering for the Shaanxi team were one after another off the field. In the 1/2 final, after encountering Wang Zhiwei, the champion of karate-67kg in the previous National Games and the Anhui team, Wu Siluo responded calmly in the game, but still lost 0:4.
At 18:47, the karate men's -67 kg class entered the bronze medal match. Wu Silao faced Wang Weicheng of the Zhejiang team to start the battle for the bronze medal. After a fierce duel, Wu Siluo and Wang Weicheng failed to attack effectively, and finally the four referees unanimously judged that Wu Siluo won. He and suddenly, thunderous cheers rang out in the arena. This glory belongs to Wu Siluo and belongs to the Shaanxi karate team. They are constantly refreshing the history of Shaanxi karate with their strength.
In the match of the day, Wang Zhiwei of Anhui won the gold medal, Xiang Jiahao of the Zhejiang team won the silver medal, Wu Siluo of the Shaanxi team, and Cheng Zeyu of the Henan team won the bronze medal.
The young Shaanxi team keeps refreshing its history
"The Shaanxi Karate Team is a young team formed in January 2018. After more than 3 years of training, the players have emerged in many competitions across the country. The players participating in this competition are full of confidence in achieving better results." After the game, Shaanxi team coach Wang Zhiwei said.Since the establishment of the karate team, with the support of all walks of life, they have forged ahead and constantly honed in the competition. It is not easy to win 8 "tickets" for the 14th National Games in one fell swoop.
Regarding Wu Siluo's record of winning the bronze medal, coach Wang Zhiwei said: "It is the first time for Wu Siluo to participate in the National Games. A strong opponent, but he played very well overall. For the Shaanxi team, Wu Siluo's winning the bronze medal is just the beginning. I believe that in the next games, our karate players will have more exciting games."
On that day, In the karate women's individual finals, Shanghai team's Tang Bing won the gold medal, Chongqing team's Tao Yiwei won the silver medal, Beijing team's Liao Yilin and Fujian team's Ye Zhenyu won the bronze medal.
In the final of the karate women-55kg class, Li Ranran of Henan team won the gold medal, Ding Jiamei of Henan team won the silver medal, Shen Jiaxin of Beijing team and Xie Yu of Zhejiang team won the bronze medal.
Wang Tao, an all-media reporter of Xi'an Newspaper
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