On April 3, Beijing time, the Chinese diving dream team is recently in a closed training state, according to CCTV interviews, the current diving team is preparing for the game in Xi'an, and will play in the team selection tournament about the Asian Games and the World Championships in April. And because it is to enter a new Olympic cycle to prepare, the diving national team this time also has a big change in personnel, team leader Zhou Jihong will be the previous 10 people participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games to a big change of blood, 10 people out of 5 people positions were replaced, including 4 Olympic champions, Zhou Jihong under the fierce hand to reorganize the team.
In the specific personnel changes, the women's double three-meter board, 23-year-old Chen Yiwen and the 20-year-old Chang Yani, both of whom are young players, replacing the Olympic champion group Shi Tingmao and Wang Han. Then there is the men's double 10m jump, which was originally Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen, which have been replaced by Lian Junjie and Yang Hao at this stage. In the men's double three-meter board, Cao Yuan replaced Xie Sibei and formed a partnership with Wang Zongyuan.
In terms of the women's 10-meter platform that has attracted the most attention from the outside world, Quan Hongchan, who has just passed her 15th birthday, is still the main player, and even needs to be both, in addition to the original women's single 10-meter platform, she also has to partner Chen Taoxi to compete in the women's double 10-meter platform project. At the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Taoxi's partner was Zhang Jiaqi, and the two won the women's double 10m jump together, and now Quan Hongchan has replaced Zhang Jiaqi.
The 17-year-old Zhang Jiaqi is also an excellent player in the field of diving in China, before the birth of Quan Hongchan, Zhang Jiaqi and Chen Yaoxi had long been sitting on the throne of the top two places in the women's 10-meter platform, but they were finally defeated by Quan Hongchan at the Tokyo Olympic Trials. At that time, Quan Hongchan ranked 1st, Chen Taoxi ranked 2nd, Zhang Jiaqi was 3rd, Rio Olympic champion Ren Qian was 4th, and the women's single 10-meter platform of the Tokyo Olympic Games had 2 places, and Zhang Jiaqi had no chance to play.
Fortunately, Zhang Jiaqi also won the Olympic championship in the double event, not for nothing, and the 17-year-old Zhang Jiaqi chose to leave the national team at this time, but also for better development of his future. It is reported that Zhang Jiaqi is returning to campus to study, has been admitted to Beijing Sport University, in the case of such a large competition within the diving team, Zhang Jiaqi chose another track to work hard there is no problem.
Replacing 5 athletes in one go, including 4 Olympic champions, the operation of the Chinese diving team perfectly reflects the serious infighting of the Dream Team, and behind the overly strong overall strength is the cruel and fierce competition between athletes. Of course, competitive sports strength is the last word, and if it is not strong enough, it can only be eliminated.
At present, the diving team is training, the much-concerned Quan Hongchan has recently been injured, and can only watch his teammates train by the pool, but I believe that at the Asian Games and the World Championships, Quan Hongchan is still the favorite to win every major competition, and I believe in the strength of Quan Hongchan!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)