China's Deng Shudi (C), Xiao Ruoteng (L) give military salute after winning gold and silver medals in floor exercises of artistic gymnastics at the Military World Games in Wuhan of central Chinese province Hubei, October 25, 2019. /VCG Photo
Chinese athletes made history on Friday by reaching 100 gold medals at the Military World Games in Wuhan. This is the first time for any team to achieve such honor in the 24-year history of the world sports event.
Having sent a total of over 500 athletes to the Military World Games at home, China is aiming for something special, and the country's athletes have been performing remarkably well. For example, the team won 27 swimming golds while breaking 19 records of the event.
When China finished the competitions on Thursday, the team continued to rank No. 1 on the medals table with 88 golds, 46 silvers and 21 bronzes.
Yang Jiayu wears Chinese national flag after winning gold medal in women's 20-kilometer walk race at the Military World Games in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, October 25, 2019. /VCG Photo
On Friday, Chinese athletes continued to be invincible. In the morning, Yang Jiayu and Yin Hang won the title and the runner-up of women's 20-kilometer race walk. Soon Xu Hao and Wang Qin won the gold medal of men's 20-kilometer and 50-kilometer race walk. Another three golds and one silver were added under China's name from track and filed.
China also shined in boxing and naval pentathlon. Wu Yu (women's fly, 48-51kg), Liu Piaopiao (women's feather, 54-57 kg) and Dou Dan (women's welter, 64-69 kg) all defeated their rivals in the finals respectively, winning another three gold medals for their country. Meanwhile, China also claimed four titles in naval pentathlon of men's team, women's team, men's individual and women's individual.
Cao Bo taking the gold medal in individual 300-meter military rapid fire rifle put China only on gold away from 100.
China's Wang Qin competes in men's 50-kilometer walk race at the Military World Games in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, October 25, 2019. /VCG Photo
As Deng Shudi, Zou Jingyuan and Liu Yang carried the championships in the artistic gymnastics finals of floor exercises, pommel horse and rings, respectively, and Huang Xiaohui won the diving title in women's 1-meter springboard, China's gold number surpassed 100, an achievement worth the efforts of all the athletes.
During the rest of the day, Chinese athletes won nine more gold medals that came from the women's javelin throw (Zhang Li), the women's light boxing (Xu Zichun), the men's 3-meter synchronized (Xie Siyi) and the men's synchronized platform (by Lian Junjie/Yang Hao), individual's shotgun men skeet (Wang Yang), the women's -62kg taekwondo (Song Jie), and mixed doubles tennis (Wu Di/Ye Qiuyu).