Data map: Wang Zongyuan is in the game.
China News Service, Beijing, October 22. The world diving competition in 2022 is destined to be deeply imprinted on the name of the next 20-year-old Chinese teenager-Wang Zongyuan.
On the evening of the 21st, Beijing time, in the World Cup, which is also known as the "Three World Diving Competitions" together with the Olympic Games and the World Championships, Wang Zongyuan once again showed absolute control over the men's 3-meter springboard, winning the championship with a high score of 562.2, achieving the world's highest level of diving. The competition is the re-election of the champion of the project.
As early as before the Berlin World Cup kicked off, FINA stated on its official website that the two "China Derbys" in this event are the most worthy of attention, including the three Olympic gold medalist Cao Yuan and the single World Championship "Triple Crown" Wang Zongyuan. Men's 3m springboard duel.
At the World Championships in Budapest three months ago, this new generation of Chinese diving force became the final winner in a direct dialogue with his predecessors.
And Wang Zongyuan is also regarded as a rising star in men's diving with his perfect performance in the Tokyo Olympics and World Championships.
Data map: Cao Yuan is in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Now at the World Cup in Berlin, the men's 3-meter springboard final that night was the same as the World Championships.
With his impeccable difficulty and stability, Wang Zongyuan firmly held the leading position from the beginning of the game, and finally won the championship with a 48.35-point lead over Cao Yuan.
In fact, since Wang Zongyuan appeared in the diving dream team's list for the Tokyo Olympics as a rookie, when will this young player, who has already become famous in the domestic arena, be able to shoulder the traditional strength of the team in the men's 3-meter springboard , has become the focus of attention.
Under the heavy attention, Wang Zongyuan seamlessly connects to international competitions, and there is absolutely no fear of newcomers standing in the spotlight.
He won one gold and one silver in the Tokyo Olympics, and won three world championships to become the "first man in history". Wang Zongyuan's progress is like a springboard with great resilience, and his high leap is due to the accumulation and polishing of the past few years.
FINA has made no secret of its expectations for the Chinese star, arguing that "even though Wang Zongyuan is only 20 years old, he has become one of the best divers and his career has just begun."
Data map: Wang Zongyuan is in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Olympic champion, world champion, and now the World Cup champion, Wang Zongyuan, who "has just started his career", has already achieved achievements and honors that many divers have devoted their entire careers to, but for him, everything It has only just begun.
On the 22nd, Beijing time, Wang Zongyuan will join forces with Cao Yuan to compete in the men's double 3-meter springboard final.
If he can successfully win the championship, he will unlock the grand slam achievements of the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup in this project.
It took him only one year and two months to achieve all these achievements.
In the three world competitions, he has stood on the highest podium. In the era of new diving players in the world, Wang Zongyuan took advantage of the trend and set off his own trend.
Looking back at the budding 2021, spanning the legendary 2022, his preparations for the second Olympic cycle have entered the second half.
When the Tokyo Olympics were announced to be postponed, he once expressed the hope that he would "leave no regrets and give himself the best answer".
But at the Tokyo Aquatic Center, the teenager's "unforgettable" failed to wait for the response he was looking forward to.
The Paris Olympics two years later will be Wang Zongyuan's second challenge to the men's 3-meter springboard Olympic champion.
Now that there is a tiger in his heart, the best answer in his heart is "unfinished".
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