After the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese diving team immediately threw itself into the preparation of the new cycle, and the personnel also made certain adjustments, Wang Han and Shi Tingmao retired as coaches, some old athletes also faded out of the team, and the double partner was reorganized.
The key competitions of the 2022 Chinese diving team are the Swimming World Championships and the Hangzhou Asian Games, which were originally scheduled to be held in Xi'an from April 21 to 26, but the National Diving Championships and World Championships Asian Games Selection Tournament were postponed due to the epidemic.
As the "Dream Team", the Chinese diving team has not slackened its efforts to hold a four-day team quiz from April 20 to keep athletes in good competitive shape. The quiz also set a special standard score, and in the four double project tests held on the 20th, a total of three items reached the standard.
In the women's doubles 10m platform competition, Quan Hongchan returned from injury, and partner Chen Yaoxi scored a total score of 349.74 points, exceeding the 340-point mark. In the game, their prescribed moves were slightly flawed, but the three self-selected moves played at a very high level, especially the 407C scored 85.44 points. Quan Hongchan commented that her performance was "average", no different from training, and it was better when training.
In the women's doubles 3m board event, Chen Yiwen / Chang Yani jumped 330.45 points, exceeding the standard line. In the men's doubles 3m board competition, Cao Yuan/ Wang Zongyuan scored 462.54 points, which also easily reached the standard. Cao Yuan, a 27-year-old veteran, said he was confident in the duo.
The only one that didn't meet the standard in the four doubles events was the men's double ten-meter platform, which was the only event in which the Chinese diving team did not win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and the number one combination was changed from Cao Yuan/Chen Aisen to new partners Yang Hao/Lian Junjie.
In this team test match, when the two completed the 407C, Lian Junjie made a major mistake, and this jump only scored 74.88 points. Their overall score was 452.31 points, which was 7.69 points away from the standard line. At the Tokyo Olympics, the British duo won the championship with a score of 471.81 points.
After the game, Lian Junjie took all the responsibility on himself, saying that he may be too excited, his body is a little out of control, and he has not adjusted. The 21-year-old Lian Junjie is a key player in the Chinese men's 10-meter platform in the Paris Olympic cycle, and his head coach is Olympic hardware winner Chen Ruolin.
Finally, Zhou Jihong, the leader of the Chinese diving team, summed up, saying that from the perspective of high standards and strict requirements, the double project should be honed, and the degree of tacit understanding and consistency of synchronization is still lacking.