Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan once again won the competition, this time on the stage of the World Cup.

　　On the evening of the 22nd, Beijing time, the 2022 FINA Diving World Cup continued in Berlin, Germany.

In the high-profile women's single 10-meter platform final, Chen Yuxi won the championship with 449.85 points, and another Chinese girl, Quan Hongchan, won the runner-up with 430.45 points.

Data map: In the 2022 Berlin Diving World Cup, in the women's doubles 10-meter platform final, Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi won the championship.

Image source: Osports All Sports Club

Chen Yuxi's first performance with two gold medals was perfect

　　This is the World Cup debut of Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan.

In the women's double 10-meter platform final that ended the day before, Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan perfectly performed the double "Splash Disappearance Technique". They were in the lead throughout the whole process, and finally won the championship with nearly 90 points more than the runner-up. The diving team won the first gold of the World Cup.

　　Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan were on the top podium of the World Cup, and the young women gathered gold medals in three major competitions including the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup.


Data map: Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan in the game Photo source: Osports All Sports Club

　　After the double race, Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan, the gold medal partner, had a peak matchup again. This was the biggest attraction on the world women's single 10-meter platform in the past two years.

The two Chinese girls swept the top two at last year's Tokyo Olympics and this year's World Championships in Budapest, and each won the other once.

　　This World Cup is no exception.

In the preliminaries, 15-year-old Quan Hongchan and 17-year-old Chen Yuxi performed stably, scoring 418.50 and 404.85 points respectively after five jumps, far ahead of other opponents.

　　In the final, the two continued to perform "Splash Disappearance".

In comparison, Chen Yuxi's performance was even better. In the end, she won the championship, and Quan Hongchan won the runner-up.

　　She won two gold medals in her first World Cup, and Chen Yuxi's performance was perfect.

Data map: In the women's 10-meter platform finals at the Tokyo Olympics, Quan Hongchan, who was only 14 years old at the time, jumped out of full marks three times in the competition and won the gold medal with her excellent performance.

Overcome the weakness

　　Although he failed to show his best state in the single match, for Quan Hongchan, this World Cup has a special meaning.

　　At one time, 207C (3-and-a-half back tucks) was seen as an action that troubled Quan Hongchan.

　　For players, it is relatively easy to make mistakes in backward flipping because it is difficult to observe the target when the body is unfolded.

The 207C with a difficulty factor of 3.3 is the top level of difficulty for women's platform diving, which requires high comprehensive abilities of athletes in all aspects.

In addition, Quan Hongchan has been growing her body, so she was slightly lacking in the stability of 207C in the past.

　　In the Tokyo Olympics final, Quan Hongchan scored a super high score of 95.70 in 207C, which helped her finally win the championship by breaking the Olympic record (466.20 points).

But in fact, in the preliminaries and semi-finals, Quan Hongchan's interpretation of 207C was not in place, in which he only scored 47.85 points in the preliminaries.

　　A similar situation happened in the Shaanxi National Games last year.

In the women's team final, Quanhongchan 207C scored less than 60.

Data map: Quan Hongchan's official photo for the 14th National Games during the game

　　At the Budapest World Championships held at the end of June this year, Quan Hongchan scored in the early 60s in the three challenges of 207C.

Even if the other moves are close to perfect, they can't help her win the single-player championship.

　　After a few games, it is not difficult to understand that 207C is regarded as the "soft underbelly" of Quan Hongchan.

　　It is understood that after returning from the World Championships, completely "conquering" 207C has become a key topic in Quanhongchan's training.

In less than 4 months, she completed another self-transformation.

　　In the preliminaries of this World Cup, Quan Hongchan's 207C scored 92.40 points, and a referee gave a full score.

In the final, she scored 94.05 points for this action.

Continuous high-quality presentations prove that Quan Hongchan has won 207C, which is her biggest gain in this competition.

Data map: Photo courtesy of the Quan Hongchan Chinese Swimming Team in daily training

　　For Quan Hongchan, who has become a Grand Slam winner in the world's three major competitions and is still young, her future is worth looking forward to after the shortcomings are made up.

　　Beijing time on the 23rd, this diving World Cup will usher in the last competition day.

The goal of the Chinese diving team is to win the championship in 8 competitions.

Up to now, the 6 gold medals that have been produced have all been won by the Chinese team.

Chinese diving dream team, keep going!