On April 4, Beijing time, diving Olympic champion Shi Tingmao had the latest movement. The Chongqing Municipal Sports Bureau announced the recruitment of directly subordinate units in 2022, and Shi Tingmao was selected as a coach. In addition, there was no Shi Tingmao in the recent Chinese team diving test match. This also means that Shi Tingmao has transformed into a coach.
Shi Tingmao won double gold in two consecutive Olympic Games, belonging to another queen of Chinese diving, and his achievements directly chased Fu Mingxia, Guo Jingjing, Wu Minxia and Chen Ruolin.
Shi Tingmao belongs to the late stage of the great instrument, and she is 30 years old this year. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Stingmao won gold medals in both the women's singles 3m and the double 3m. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, in addition to winning the gold medal in the women's singles 3m board, Shi Tingmao also cooperated with Wang Han to win the double event 3m board championship.
It can be said that in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Shi Tingmao is a sister of the Chinese diving team. With the departure of two veterans, Shi Tingmao and Wang Han, the female leader of the Chinese diving team in the Paris Olympic cycle has been replaced.
Among the remaining female diving athletes, Quan Hongchan was the only one to win the women's single Olympic championship, and in the women's 10-meter platform event, Quan Hongchan's level was indeed higher than that of Chen Taoxi and Zhang Jiaqi. At the Tokyo Olympics, Quan Hongchan achieved a record-breaking score of 466.2 points, and this world record is likely to be difficult to break in the future.
Quan Hongchan at last year's National Games, in the case of mistakes, still scored 419.25 points to force Chen Taoxi to win the championship. In the women's 3m board event, today's leader was replaced by Quan Hongchan's sister Chen Yiwen in the Guangdong team.
Obviously, Quan Hongchan is the new sister of the current Chinese diving team, both in strength and fame. However, Quan Hongchan is still the youngest player in the Chinese diving team.
The Chinese diving team has carried out a major blood change, and only 3 of the 18 players currently in training are post-90s and 15 are post-00s players. Of course, the athletes who stormed the Paris Olympics would not be just these 18 people. There should be fresh blood joining the national team this year and next year. Just like Quan Hong Chan only became famous in October 2020 for winning the national championship, and finally shined at the Olympic Games.
As the new sister of the women's diving team, Quan Hongchan cannot be taken lightly. You know, even if you have the status of an Olympic champion, you may not be able to guarantee that the next Olympic Games will be able to participate. Ren Qian won the Rio Olympics at the age of 15, but she declined after ushering in a period of development and failed to participate in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Quan Hong Chan needs to pay attention to passing the development barrier, and also pay attention to maintaining health. She did not participate in the test match due to injury, and if she wants to become a real new generation diving queen, Quan Hong chan still needs to overcome many difficulties.