Original title: Olympic tickets are in hand (quote)
The Chinese diving team checks and fills in the gaps and makes meticulous efforts (theme)
As my country’s traditional advantageous event, diving has been one of the main forces for the Chinese sports delegation to win gold medals in all previous Olympic Games. At present, the Chinese diving team has completed the phased tasks of competing for Olympic qualifications and entered the critical stage of preparation for the sprint.
Quan Hongchan (left)/Chen Yuxi during the game.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Bowen
At the 2024 FINA Diving World Cup Finals in Xi’an, Shaanxi, the Chinese team won a total of 8 gold medals. As the highest-level diving event before the Paris Olympics, the Diving World Cup is of vital significance for Chinese divers to maintain their condition and test their strength. In the women’s event, the Chinese diving team continues to consolidate its advantage and dominate the competition, while the men’s event presents a fierce competition.
The Chinese diving team has received full qualifications for the Paris Olympics diving events at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. However, in the finals, the Chinese diving team still sent experts such as Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi, Yang Hao, Lian Junjie, and Wang Zongyuan. The purpose of forming a super strong lineup is mainly to maintain the state, check for leaks and fill in the gaps, test the strength, and select and determine the official lineup for the Paris Olympics.
In the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform final, Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan took the lead with a total score of 364.86 points and won the championship. In the women’s single 10-meter platform, Chen Yuxi won the gold medal with stable performance, and Quan Hongchan won the silver medal. The double insurance formed by the two people in this event has also made the women’s 10-meter platform a stable gold medal for the Chinese diving team in the Paris Olympics.
Due to Chang Yani’s absence due to injury, the Chinese team withdrew from the competition for the women’s double 3-meter springboard. Chen Yiwen played alone in the women’s single 3-meter springboard. She took a steady lead in the preliminaries and continued to perform steadily in the final, finally finishing with 376.05 Win the championship.
Compared with the women’s event, which easily won the championship, the men’s event was a bit thrilling. In the men’s 3-meter springboard final, Wang Zongyuan made a mistake in his third jump, but then he recovered and finally won the championship with 525.00 points. Chinese teenager Zheng Jiuyuan still lacked stability and made mistakes in the first few jumps. He finished fourth with 451.20 points.
In the men’s synchronized 10-meter platform competition, although Lian Junjie/Yang Hao made a small mistake in the last jump, they finally won the championship with a score of 472.92 points. It is reported that the physical condition of the two people was not ideal and they both had fever before the game. The Chinese team’s biggest competitors in this event at the Paris Olympics are the British and Ukrainian teams. This victory adds confidence to their campaign in the Paris Olympics.
In the men’s single 10-meter platform preliminaries, Lian Junjie performed abnormally. Only Yang Hao from the Chinese team entered the finals. Fortunately, Yang Hao withstood the tremendous pressure and did not let the gold medal fall by the wayside despite being unwell. But Japanese teenager Rikuto Tamai is hot on his heels. He is also one of the strong opponents of the Chinese diving team in the Paris Olympics in this event.
The World Cup finals has sounded a wake-up call for the Chinese diving team, which is about to participate in the Paris Olympics. In the following time, they must actively adjust their status, calm down and correct their deficiencies in the sprint stage of Olympic preparations.
Reporter Lee Dong-yeop
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