On August 7, 2016 (July 6, 2016 lunar calendar), Zhang Mengxue won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympic Games. Zhang Mengxue won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympic Games. On the morning of August 7, 2016 local time, in the women's 10-meter air pistol final held at the Rio Olympic Shooting Center, Chinese athlete Zhang Mengxue won the championship with 199.4 rings, which is the first gold medal won by the Chinese sports delegation at the Rio Olympic Games. Born in 1991, Zhang Mengxue can be called a dark horse in this competition. With Guo Wenjun, the two-time Olympic champion and the favorite to win the championship, out of the preliminary round, Zhang Mengxue, who only advanced to the final in the seventh round of the preliminary round, became the only hope for the Chinese team in the event. In the first six rounds of the final, Zhang Mengxue's state was flat in fifth place. After entering the elimination stage, Zhang Mengxue gradually regained her touch and scored more than 10 rings, stabilizing her ranking in the top two. In the key penultimate shot, Zhang Mengxue hit 10.9 rings, which is the highest score that can be obtained in theory in the shooting event. Zhang Mengxue used this to establish the victory and finally won the first gold medal of the Olympic Games for the Chinese delegation with 199.4 rings. On the 6th local time, in the first competition day of the Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese sports delegation won a total of two silvers and three bronze medals. In the 400-meter freestyle event, Chinese athlete Sun Yang swam 3:41.68 to win the silver medal. Chinese athletes Du Li and Yi Siling won silver and bronze medals in the women's 10-meter air rifle competition with 207 rings and 185.4 rings respectively. Another shooter, Pang Wei, won the bronze medal in the men's 10-meter air pistol with 180.4 rings. In the three-and-four-place competition in the women's epee individual competition, Sun Yiwen, who made his debut in the Olympic arena, defeated the French player Rabbi 15:13 to win the bronze medal. Zhang Mengxue won the first gold medal at the Rio Olympic Games. Zhang Mengxue was born in Jinan City on February 6, 1991. In 2004, she entered the shooting team of Jinan Sports School for training. She was the runner-up of the women's 10-meter air pistol at the South Korean World Cup in 2015 and won the championship for the first time in 2016.