After the end of the third day of competition of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Chinese delegation ranked third in the medal table with 5 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals. In the "Pool War", Chinese players won 3 silver medals in a row. Entering the 4th match day, the Chinese team continued to challenge for medals in multiple events. Table tennis, shooting men's skeet, men's 4x200m freestyle relay, women's competitive gymnastics team, etc.
The first gold point appeared in the table tennis mixed doubles event, and the national table tennis ace combination "Shatou" debuted. The Chinese team unfortunately lost the mixed doubles gold medal in the last Olympic Games, and the national table tennis team in this Olympic Games sent Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, a pair of world No. 1 pairs, vowing to win this gold medal in Paris to achieve a zero record.
Looking back on the promotion of the two, it can be described as full of twists and turns. In the quarter-finals, they reversed Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru/Chen Siyu 4-2, and in the semifinals, they reversed Korea's Lin Zhongxun/Shin Yubin 4-2 to advance to the final. Facing the pair of dark horses of North Korea in the final, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha did not play well. The two sides drew 1-1 in the first 2 games, and were chased to 8-9 by the North Korean team in the 3rd game. After the pause, "Shatou" withstood it, scored 2 points in a row to win this crucial game, and finally won the mixed doubles gold medal with a score of 4-1. It is not only the first gold of national table tennis, but also the sixth gold of the Chinese delegation! At the same time, it is also the first Olympic table tennis mixed doubles gold medal in national table tennis, and the first battle of "Shatou" will go down in history!
In the subsequent shooting men's skeet final, Chinese player Qi Ying also has the strength to rush for gold. In the end, Qi Ying scored 44 points, breaking the Olympic record (43 points), but lost to United Kingdom's Hales. Hales is the world record holder in the event and is the favourite to win gold. In the end, Hales conceded a total of 2 shots in 2 rounds, and the final score was 48 points, which was quite obvious. It is worth mentioning that this is also the sixth silver medal for the Chinese delegation.
But then the Chinese delegation missed the podium one after another in the events that had the hope of winning medals! In the women's team event of competitive gymnastics, the Chinese team scored a total of 162.131 points, and finally only finished sixth. The gold medal was won by the United States team with a total score of 171.296. The silver medal went to Italy with a total score of 165.494. The bronze medal went to Brazil with a total score of 164.497.
In the bronze medal match of the women's epee team, the Chinese team composed of Sun Yiwen, Yu Sihan, Tang Junyao and Xu Promise lost 31-32 to Poland and only won the 4th. The two sides fought to a 31-all draw in regulation time, and the Chinese team lost in the play-off tiebreaker and missed the podium.
In the finale of the "Pool Battle", in the semifinals of the men's 100-meter freestyle, Pan Zhanle swam 47.21 seconds, ranking first overall and advancing to the finals! In the semifinals of the 200m breaststroke, Qin Haiyang's final score was 2:09.96, ranking 10th overall and missing the final. Another Chinese player, Dong Zhihao, swam 2:08.99 and ranked second in the group, third overall, and successfully advanced to the final; In the semifinals of the women's 100m freestyle, Yang Junxuan ranked 4th to advance to the final, and He Shibei of the Hong Kong, China team ranked 1st to advance. At this point, the Chinese team ended all the games on the 4th match day, and finally got 1 gold and 1 silver, ranking second in the medal table with 6 golds, 6 silvers and 2 bronzes.
In first place was the Japan team, who won another gold medal on this match day. In the judo men's 81kg competition, Takaki Nagase won the championship. So far, the Japan team's results have reached 7 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze.
Australia won one more gold and one bronze in swimming, finishing third with six golds, four silvers and one bronze. France won 1 silver and 1 bronze again, ranking 4th with 5 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze. Behind him are Korea 5 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze, United States 4 gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze, and United Kingdom 4 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze.