Who won China s first medal in Olympic sailing

It is Xu Lijia, a native of Shanghai, born on August 30, 1987, with a height of meters and a weight of 68 kilograms.

On August 19, 2008, in the Beijing Olympic Sailing Women's Laser Raider Medal Round, China's Xu Lijia played steadily, crossed the finish line for the third time, and won a hard-won bronze medal. This is the first medal won by the Chinese in the Olympic sailing event, achieving a breakthrough of zero.

Xu Lijia, who won the 2006 World Championships, is ranked second in the world and has been favored by the outside world. However, she was inconsistent in the first nine rounds of the Beijing Olympic sailing series, finishing 24th in the first round and finishing at the bottom of the rankings. She then fought her way up to the top of the standings, moving from 14th to 3rd after nine rounds, laying the groundwork for a medal.

The gold medal was won by world number one Anna Tennicklife of the United States, who was penalised for a foul on the start but was so experienced that she was able to catch up with her in just a quarter of the flight and move from ninth to third to retain the gold. The silver medal went to Lithuania's Quintale Volengvičut, who finished second in nine rounds and third in the medal round.

Xu Lijia. Won the bronze medal in the women's laser redier class medal round competition at the Beijing Olympic Games.

At the Beijing Olympics, Xu Lijia won China's first medal (bronze) in Olympic sailing.

Xu Lijia (bronze, 19 August 2008).

Can anyone help analyze why China is at the top of the medal table, is it that we are really strong this time, or is it the first Olympic medal won by the Chinese team in the Olympic sailing event. Not even a lot of viewers.

In 1896, the first Olympic Games of sailing were included in the competition, but they could not be held due to bad weather conditions. In 1900, the second Olympic Games were held in Paris, France. With the exception of the 3rd Olympic Games in St. Louis, USA, where there were no sailing events, the rest of the Olympic Games featured this event.

Result calculation: Based on the athlete's Olympic sailing competition in each round.

The results are accumulated to calculate the position of each sailboat. The score for each round is 1 point for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd place, 3 points for 3rd place, 4 points for 4th place, and so on.

The top 10 boats advance to the finals. That is, the medal round, at this time, the score of the game is multiplied by 2 and merged into the total score of the budget score. The ranking points of each boat in each round are summed up, with the worst result of one round being subtracted to be the overall result of the boat.

The lower the overall score, the higher the ranking.

Modern sailing began in the Netherlands, and in 1660 the mayor of Amsterdam in the Netherlands named a line"Mary"The sailing ship was given to King Charles II of England. In 1662, Charles II hosted a sailing race between England and the Netherlands. In 1720, Ireland established the Royal Cork Sailing Club.

In 1851, the Tour of Wight International Regatta was held in England. In 1870, the United States and Great Britain held the first America's Cup across the Atlantic.