China News Agency, Beijing, June 9 (Reporter Xing Chong) The Chinese Swimming Association announced on the 9th the list of 17 Chinese diving teams that will participate in the 19th World Swimming Championships in 2022. Cao Yuan, Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi , Zhang Jiaqi, Ren Qian and Wang Zongyuan 6 Olympic champions will lead the competition.
The 19th FINA World Ice Swimming Championships in 2022 will be held in Budapest from June 18 to July 3. The swimming event will be held first, and the diving event will be held from June 26 to July 3.
This is also the highest-standard international competition that the Chinese diving team has ushered in after entering the Paris Olympic cycle.
After the Tokyo Olympics, veteran players such as Shi Tingmao, Wang Han, Chen Aisen, and Xie Siyi gradually faded out of the arena. The members of the Budapest World Championships this time are mainly young players.
In the 17-person entry list, including Wang Zongyuan, Zheng Jiuyuan, Cao Yuan, Yang Jian, Yang Hao, Lian Junjie, Zhu Zifeng, Duan Yu, Bai Yuming, 9 male players, as well as Li Yajie, Lin Shan, Chang Yani, Chen Yiwen, Quan Hong Chan, Chen Yuxi, Zhang Jiaqi, and Ren Qian are eight female players.
They will compete in all 13 events.
It is also worth mentioning that this will be the first time the teenager Quan Hongchan, who was born in 2007, will participate in the World Championships.
At the Tokyo Olympics held last year, Quan Hongchan became famous by winning the women's single 10-meter platform gold medal with a record-breaking result.
The Chinese Swimming Association stated that the Chinese diving team will aim at the Paris Olympics. Through competitions, it will train the team, identify problems and identify shortcomings, exercise the ability of young athletes to participate in international competitions, and improve the coaching level of young coaches in the international arena. Maintain the dominant position of Chinese diving and strive to achieve excellent results.
Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese diving team has completed a number of in-team tests and made full preparations for the World Championships.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese diving team won 7 championships in 8 events, and only missed the gold medal in the men's 10-meter platform diving event.
The World Swimming Championships will be held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary from June 18 to July 3. There will be five competitions in swimming, diving (altitude diving), synchronized swimming, water polo and open water. This is the FINA Swimming Federation. The highest level of individual events.
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