Paris Olympics | Modern pentathlon starts, Chinese athletes perform normally
2024-08-11
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Xinhua News Agency, Paris, August 8 (Reporters Xie Lin and Zhang Zhaoqing) The modern pentathlon of the Paris Olympics kicked off on the 8th. The first day was a fencing round-robin competition, and the three Chinese athletes performed normally.
There are 36 male and female contestants in the fencing competition, which adopts a single round-robin system. The contestants use epees, and each contestant fights one-on-one with 35 other contestants. The winner is determined by one sword within 1 minute, and the points are accumulated according to the number of wins and losses. The fencing competition will not eliminate contestants, and their scores will be combined with the fencing arena scores to form the individual fencing scores.
On August 8, Chinese athletes Luo Shuai (left) and Li Shuhuan competed. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li JingThe Chinese team has three athletes participating in the modern pentathlon competition of this Olympics. In the fencing competition that day, male athlete Li Shuhuan ranked 16th with 19 wins and 16 losses and 220 points, Luo Shuai ranked 20th with 17 wins and 18 losses and 210 points; Zhang Mingyu ranked seventh in the women's fencing competition with 20 wins and 15 losses and 225 points.
Modern pentathlon consists of five events: fencing, swimming, equestrianism and laser run (running + shooting). The Paris Olympics implemented a more compact competition system. In addition to the fencing cycle, athletes need to complete the equestrianism, fencing competition, 200-meter freestyle and laser run (running + shooting) events in 90 minutes.
