Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi won the World Cup women's 10m platform diving championship.
Image credit: Osports All Sports Media
Chinanews.com, Beijing, October 23 (Reporter Wang Yu) Berlin World Cup - the final battle of the 2022 world diving, Chinese diving once again showed its "dream team" qualities.
9 world champions played, won the gold medals in 8 competitions, and continued to defend the leading position with absolute strength.
Beijing time on the 23rd, the Berlin World Cup ended the last day of competition.
Chang Yani and Yang Jian won championships in the women's 3-meter springboard and men's 10-meter platform respectively, marking a successful conclusion to the Chinese diving team's trip to the World Cup.
In just four days of competition, on the top stage known as the "Three Diving Competitions" together with the Olympic Games and World Championships, the young Chinese diving players are using hard work to usher in a broader future. hope.
Healthy competition creates a new "ceiling"
From partners to opponents, 15-year-old Quan Hongchan and 17-year-old Chen Yuxi once again experienced a transition from fighting side by side to "hand-to-hand combat" in the international arena.
The high level of the two people's competition on the same field also created a new "ceiling" for the women's 10-meter platform event.
In the women's double 10-meter platform final, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi won their first World Cup championships in their careers, and they both completed the gold medal "Grand Slam" in the Olympics, World Championships and World Cup at the same time.
In the single match the next day, the two Chinese girls achieved a new breakthrough in themselves.
Data map: Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi are in the game.
Image source: Visual China
Chen Yuxi defeated her teammates again after the World Championships and won the women's 10m platform diving championship.
With a score of 449.85, she also created a new career high score; Quan Hongchan successfully broke through the troubles of 207C (backward tugging for three and a half weeks), making up for her shortcomings in the past.
The emergence of "Twin Stars" has made Chinese diving confident in women's platform diving. Chen Yuxi also has a clear understanding of this, "If you lose in competitive sports, you will win. When you lose, you want to improve yourself, and when you win, how do you think? Keep your mind steady. I hope we can both improve together and get on the top podium.”
The same healthy competition also appeared in the women's 3-meter springboard.
As a traditional advantage of diving in China, after the Tokyo Olympics, with the retirement of famous players such as Shi Tingmao and Wang Han, young players such as Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani took over the important task of defending their leading position.
Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen jointly won the World Cup women's 3-meter springboard championship.
In the Budapest World Championships, Chen Yiwen lived up to expectations and won the championship, helping the Chinese diving team to win the "eleven consecutive championships" in the event, and Chang Yani ranked third.
In this rematch, Chang Yani came from behind and won the gold medal with a high score of 363.75, and Chen Yiwen won the silver medal.
From the World Championships to the World Cup, Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, who are only 3 years apart in age, marched forward hand in hand and won four gold medals in the competition, which not only showed the profound talent reserve of the Chinese diving team, but also the tacit understanding and competition between the two will become the team's success in the competition. The Paris Olympic cycle continues to consolidate the guarantee of advantages.
The veteran insists on bitterness and sweetness
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.
In the men's 3-meter springboard in the World Cup, Wang Zongyuan once again showed his absolute control over the event and achieved the championship of the event in the world competition.
After the World Championships, veteran Cao Yuan, who once again finished runner-up, is world-class in board and table level, and is also a three-time Olympic gold medalist.
Helpless repeated injuries, so that his competitive state was affected.
Coupled with Xie Sizhen's fading out of the arena, Wang Zongyuan became more and more unstoppable.
In the four world competitions, he has all stood on the highest podium. In the era of new diving people, Wang Zongyuan took advantage of the trend and set off a wave of his own.
For Cao Yuan, although he regretted not getting the gold medal in the personal event in two consecutive competitions, his persistence and inheritance are "worth a thousand gold".
Wang Zongyuan and Cao Yuan won the World Cup men's 3-meter springboard championship.
Image credit: FINA
Yang Jian, who unfortunately won a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics, ushered in the "second spring" after entering the Paris Olympics cycle.
At the World Championships in Budapest, he came from behind to win the championship.
In the Berlin World Cup, he met his teammate Yang Hao again, and he still had the last laugh.
With a score of 537.7, Yang Jian's winning score even surpassed his score at the World Championships, and his state recovery is obvious to the naked eye.
Facing the Paris Olympics not far away, he is bound to become a strong contender for the Chinese diving team's seat.
List of World Cup results of Chinese diving team:
Women's 10m platform diving champion: Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan
Women's single 10m platform diving champion: Chen Yuxi
Men's 10m platform diving champion: Yang Hao/Lian Junjie
Men's single 10m platform diving champion: Yang Jian
Women's Double 3m Springboard Champion: Chang Yani/Chen Yiwen
Women's single 3m springboard champion: Chang Yani
Men's double 3-meter springboard champion: Wang Zongyuan/Cao Yuan
Men's single 3m springboard champion: Wang Zongyuan