Data map: In the women's final of the Jakarta Asian Games trampoline competition, the last Chinese "trampoline goddess" Liu Lingling used the highest difficulty factor of 13.800 to get 55.270 points and won the women's individual online gold medal.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
Chinanews client, Beijing, July 13 (Reporter Xing Rui) There are still 10 days before the Tokyo Olympics kicks off. Today's "Tokyo Gold" column focuses on trampoline events.
The trampoline event of the Tokyo Olympics has only two days on July 30 and 31, and the women's team takes the lead.
In the entry list announced by the Gymnastics Management Center of the General Administration of Sports, Liu Lingling and Zhu Xueying will participate in the women's online competition; Dong Dong and Gao Lei will participate in the men's online competition.
Data map: In 2019, the torch of the 2nd National Youth Games was successfully collected in the torch park at Xihoudu Ruins, Ruicheng County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and the prelude to the torch relay of the Second National Youth Games kicked off simultaneously.
The picture shows the first torchbearer and trampoline athlete Dong Dong.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wu Junjie
The 34-year-old veteran Dong Dong will start his fourth Olympic journey in his career, and he will also become the first male trampoline athlete to participate in the 4th Olympic Games.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Dong Dong won a bronze medal, and in the London Olympics and Rio Olympics, he won gold and silver medals respectively.
Earlier in an interview with the International Gymnastics Federation, Dong Dong expressed that he looked forward to winning the Tokyo Olympics and drawing a successful end to his career.
World champion Gao Lei is also competing for the gold medal with Dong Dong this time.
In the Rio Olympic finals, Gao Lei failed to play his normal level because of tension, and finally regretted winning a bronze medal.
Although he did not win the Olympic Games, Gao Lei's skills have steadily improved after entering the Tokyo Olympic cycle.
After winning the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships, he became the first person to win four consecutive men's online individual events at the World Championships.
Data map: In the men's final of the Jakarta Asian Games trampoline competition, Olympic champion Dong Dong won 59.925 points with a difficulty factor of 17.100 and won the men's individual online gold medal. Teammate Gao Lei won the silver with a difficulty factor of 17.500 and 59.200 points.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
From a strength point of view, if nothing happens, Gao Lei and Dong Dong can at least win a medal for the Chinese trampoline team.
But on the road to the championship, the Chinese men's team also faces challenges from Belarusian players.
In the last Olympic Games, Dong Dong lost to the Belarusian boy Khan Chalo, and finally passed the gold medal.
And his compatriot Ivan Litvinovich also rose during the Tokyo Olympic cycle, and won a silver medal in the 2019 World Championships.
Compared with the men's team, the challenges faced by the Chinese women's trampoline team are more severe.
On the one hand, the Japanese trampoline team is gaining momentum.
In the 2019 World Championships, the Japanese women's team won the championship and runner-up in one fell swoop.
The gold medalist Mori Mitsu said in an interview that he would continue to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
By then, the Japanese women's team will be playing at home again, and they are the opponents of the Chinese team that cannot be underestimated on the road to gold.
Data map: In the women's final of the Jakarta Asian Games trampoline competition, the last Chinese "trampoline goddess" Liu Lingling used the highest difficulty factor of 13.800 to get 55.270 points and won the women's individual online gold medal. Teammate Zhu Shouli won the bronze.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
On the other hand, Liu Lingling, who is most likely to hit the gold medal in the Chinese women's team, has been plagued by crotch injuries as she grows older.
In the semi-finals of the 2019 World Championships, she slipped one foot into the gap of the trampoline bracket when she jumped and missed the final.
Fortunately, after a period of recovery, Liu Lingling successfully stood on the court again.
After the Olympic trials, she finally entered the Tokyo Olympics list with the highest score.
As a new generation of athletes, Zhu Xueying also won a place for the competition thanks to her outstanding performance in the Olympic trials.
In the past four Olympics, the Chinese trampoline team has all been awarded medals. In 2008 and 2012, they won a total of 3 gold medals.
In the Rio Olympics, the Chinese trampoline team encountered "Waterloo" and only won 1 silver and 2 bronze results.
In the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, I hope that the athletes can make up for Rio's regret and create another good result for the Chinese trampoline team.
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