On January 6, Beijing time, the British media news, the famous Beijing coach Chen Wen died at the age of 80. Previously, Coach Chen Wen had led the British diving team, and many masters, including Tom Daly, were his beloved apprentices.
Although he won bronze medals at the past 2 Olympic Games, last summer, Daley finally stood on the top podium.
British media evaluation: If there is no coach Chen Wen, there can be no British diving brother today.
After the Chinese diving team became the dream team, they sent a large number of coaches to other teams. For example, Ma Jin of the Mexican diving team, Tong Hui of the Australian diving team, and Chen Wen and Li Peng of the British diving team.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Coach Chen Wen insisted on leading Tom Daley, Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow, who were only 13 years old at the time, to the Beijing Diving Summer Camp. Even the British media said that this visit benefited the entire British diving team a lot.
After finishing third at the London Olympics and the Rio Olympics, Daley finally stood in Tokyo to win the 10-meter platform double, fulfilling his and The British team's dream of winning the championship.
In addition to Daley, Chen Wen has also brought players such as Scarlett Mew-Jensen and Maria Papworth.
British diver Julian Bellan praised Coach Chen Wen's influence on the British diving team. Jack Buckner, one of the British diving team's brothers, paid tribute to Coach Chen Wen, believing that this father-level figure taught everyone everything by hand.
ST diving champion Daly said they were sad to learn that Coach Chen Wen had left. He left a valuable legacy, and in this sport he has trained countless players.
Before 2008, the British diving team was average, and they had poor results in many competitions. Many people don't know that in the early Olympic Games, the British team was the absolute king of this project. However, they quickly lost their advantage.
Without Chen Wen and other Chinese coaches, the British team would not have been able to achieve today's results. They also have a hard time standing out from the crowd of second-rate diving teams and becoming favorable contenders for the title.
As a result of winning the title in Tokyo, Daly finished second in last year's All England Sports Personalities Competition, behind Emma Raducannu, the first Chinese-British woman to win the US Open in 43 years.
Many fans hate coaches like Chen Wen because they taught the British team the way to train and play, making them a fierce rival of the Chinese diving team.
However, before the 1990s, there were only 4 gold medals in the Diving event at the Olympic Games. After that, the double program was expanded. The increase in diving medals means that if they are packaged, they are likely to be marginalized and become non-core projects, just like lifting weights.
The wolf raising plan of Chen Wen and other coaches outside has given the Chinese diving team a competitor. If there are representative teams against diving into the Olympic Games, the British team will certainly be the first to stand up against it.
There are many talents in the Chinese diving team, and young Wang Zongyuan, Quan Hongchan and others have already won the Olympic championship.
Relatively speaking, we are more worried about whether diving can stay in the Olympics for a long time. Chinese coaches such as Ma Jin and Chen Wen cultivate opponents for the Chinese team, and diving projects can last a long time.
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