Whilst the audience was worried, Tang Yan, who was in the arena, was extremely calm. In fact, he had enough reason to be calm.He walked up, blinked and looked over at the target in the distance, he pulled out an arrow from the arrow pot, placed it on the bowstring and after he drew the bowstring back, he shot.
Unlike Im Dong-hyun"s slow and steady shooting method, his shooting speed was the complete opposite.
This quick shot attracted the audience"s wonder.
The effect of the smoggy weather on visibility was large enough that even Im Dong-hyun had to prepare for a long time to shoot but Tang Yan didn"t even bother.
Tw.a.n.g!
The arrow shot through with a burst of air and flew straight towards the target.
With the advent of the arrow, the fears and disappointments in the eyes of the audience gradually disappeared.
Boom!
After Tang Yan"s arrow hit the target, their dread was completely gone, and instead they were cheering in excitement.
10 points!
Before the audience calmed from their excitement, Tang Yan pulled out an arrow and followed it up.
The arrow once again pa.s.sed through the layers of fog, straight into the center of the bullseye.
Another 10 pointer!
Like Im Dong-hyun, 2 arrows for 20 points!
And unlike Im Dong-hyun, he didn"t make any adjustments to his own rate of fire.
This approach gave the impression that such hazy weather had no effect on him.
Yesterday it was the chain of arrows, today he directly ignored the hazy weather, how could Tang Yan"s abilities be so abnormal...
This performance from Tang Yan also attracted the focus of the Korean team, especially Im Dong-hyun. He knew how much effort he had made to overcome his situation. How many lonely days and nights he had spent training, but Tang Yan this 18-year-old made it look like nothing.
He felt shocked and feared from the bottom of his heart.
Tang Yan glanced at Im Dong-hyun"s expression, smiled faintly, then turned back.
Li Guang fought in the northern gra.s.slands of Xiongnu. Foggy weather there was a normal occurrence, after multiple military campaigns he was forced to adapt.
Although the fog and smog were different, the effect on your line of sight was essentially the same.
At the end of the first round, the South Korean team led 56 to 55, but such a weak lead did nothing to ease the tension.
"Just maintain this rhythm, we have the leading edge." Before the start of the second round, Im Dong-hyun said to encourage his teammates.
His position as captain came through at this time, the emotions of Park Ji-hyun and Kw.a.n.g-seok quickly stabilized.
After the start of the second round, the two of them still maintained their previous level.
However, at this time, the Chinese team"s Qiu Tian and Ning Ze showed a different mental outlook.
Archers weren"t machines, their emotions would fluctuate, from positive and negative. Tang Yan"s outstanding performance was obviously a positive motivator. After they came up for this round, they shot better than before. Shooting 18 points and 19 points respectively, actually allowing them to claim the lead from South Korea by 1 point.
Then up came Im Dong-hyun. He took several deep breaths before he began. As a direct opponent of Tang Yan, the pressure he had to bear was naturally the greatest.
However, Im Dong-hyun was a rare archery genius. Under the great pressure, maintaining his slow rate of fire, he still shot a score of 20-points.
The pressure came to Tang Yan.
Because of Tang Yan"s outstanding performance, the audience didn"t have any doubts at this time, but they were full of expectations.
Tang Yan was still calm, holding up the recurve bow and aiming at the target and then raising his hand to shoot.
There was no suspense, he went on to shoot two 10 pointers.
Regardless of the opponent, or how his teammates changed, his rhythm and skill was still the same. He maintained his accuracy irrelevant of everything else.
In the third round the two sides kept the balance and the Chinese team managed to maintain its lead, 168 to 167.
After the third round, the two sides entered the halftime break.
The atmosphere in the stadium at this time was exhilarating. Although the Chinese team was full of expectations, before the game, they didn"t actually think they would be in the lead at halftime.
Even if the match was not over yet, their performance so far was enough for them to be included in Chinese archery history.
"Keep calm and just stay stable, keep to your own rhythm." Tian Zhenzhe said to them during the break, he knew this was a critical moment. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
After he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked over at Tang Yan unconsciously. Tang Yan perked up to hear his guidance.
"You....just keep doing what your doing, I believe in you."
"Coach, rest a.s.sured." Hearing Tian Zhenzhe say this, Tang Yan broke into a smile.
Tian Zhenzhe nodded then turned walking back to his seat.
Now, he needed to calm his own mind down.
.....
After a short break, the match between the two sides continued for the second half.
However, at this time the smog that was originally dispersing begun to suddenly thicken.
But the match having reached this point, unless it was absolutely necessary, was unlikely to be suspended.
Qiu Tian and Kw.a.n.g-seok, took the lead to resume the show. The scores of the two were 16 points and 17 points.
Ning Ze and Park Ji-hyun followed up also showing a decline in accuracy, with 18 points and 17 points.
When the two"s set ended, there was a pause in play due to a situation by the side of the field.
The head coach of the Korean team ran up to the technical station and applied for the suspension of the game. Siting the smoggy weather as an issue, he argued it was unsuitable conditions to continue as it was skewing the results and disrupting play.
However, his request was rejected. With the reply that the conditions for both sides were the same and as such whatever scores came out depended on the archers themselves to show their skill.
With the request rejected, the game continued.
Walking up to shoot, Im Dong-hyun was frowning at this time.