Chengdu World Games | Germany won two gold medals in the World Games kayak event

Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, August 16 (Reporters Zhang Wuyue and Xu Shihao) In the kayaking match of the Chengdu World Games that ended on the 16th, Germany showed its dominance in this event, winning two gold medals in the men's and women's competitions. In the men's competition, the Italian team and the British team won the silver and bronze medals respectively, while the second and third places in the women's competition were won by the New Zealand team and the Netherlands team respectively. In the women's final, the German team encountered a high-intensity defense from New Zealand at the beginning. They patiently looked for opportunities, took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the court, and took a 1:0 lead. Shortly after the second half began, the German team continued to make efforts on the offensive end, quickly expanded their lead in a short period of time, and won two consecutive games, rewriting the score to 3:0. In the last moment, the German team scored another goal and won the final victory with a score of 4:0. In the men's final, the German team also showed strong strength against the Italian team. The two consecutive fast breaks shortly after the start helped the German team to take a 2:0 lead. With 3 minutes and 39 seconds left in the first half, the German team scored again to expand the lead. At the beginning of the second half, Italy scored a goal. After that, the Italian team had another excellent counterattack opportunity, but the ball hit the goal frame and missed the goal. In the end, the German team won 3:1.

"We have a very good league, and every player, both men and women, is eager to play in this league. Therefore, many excellent national team players from European countries have joined the league, which makes the league excellent and is also the reason why the German team is strong." German team leader Lucas Enzo Richter said in an interview before.

The Chinese men's and women's teams showed a good mental outlook and a spirit of daring to fight, but due to the large gap between the strength of the world's strong teams, they only achieved eighth place in this competition.