The Asian Games diving list was announced: Quan Hongchan competed, Cao Yuan and Zhang Jiaqi lost, and there was little hope of competing in the Olympics
On the afternoon of June 30, the official website of the Chinese Swimming Association announced the list of athletes of the national team in the diving event of the Hangzhou Asian Games. The list was selected by the selection competition, the team committee research and the leadership team of the center collectively approved, Quan Hongchan, Chen Qianxi, Wang Zongyuan, Yang Hao, Chen Yiwen, Chang Yani and other main players participated, and the Olympic champions Cao Yuan and Zhang Jiaqi were defeated.
The official athletes of the Hangzhou Asian Games are as follows:
In addition, the team arranged substitute athletes in two events, namely Minjie Palm in the women's 10-meter platform and Long Doichi in the men's 3-meter springboard.
There is basically no suspense in the women's event, with the single 10-meter platform, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi competing to stage the "Splash Disappearance Technique" and compete for the gold medal; The duo 10-meter platform cooperated tacitly, and the fault was ahead of the opponent. In the three-meter board project, Chen Yiwen and Changyani are also absolute "double insurance". Not surprisingly, the above four girls will also be the candidates for the Chinese diving team to participate in the women's event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
On the men's side, the Hangzhou Asian Games roster has changed considerably compared to the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships roster.
At the Fukuoka World Championships men's singles and doubles 3-meter springboard, the Chinese team sent Wang Zongyuan and Long Daoyi. At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Wang Zongyuan and Zheng Jiuyuan were sent to the men's singles three-meter springboard, and He Chao/Yan Siyu were sent to the men's doubles three-meter springboard.
The 28-year-old veteran Cao Yuan has said he wants to compete in his fourth Olympic Games and compete for gold in the men's double 3-meter springboard in Paris. If he gets his wish, Cao Yuan will make history - he will become the first athlete in history to win four Olympic gold medals in singles and doubles.
However, due to age and injury, Cao Yuan basically did not participate in the official competition this year, both the World Championships and the Asian Games were lost, and the team also arranged a new partner for Wang Zongyuan, Long Daoyi.
Therefore, from the current situation, the possibility of Cao Yuan participating in the Paris Olympics should be unlikely. The World Championships and Asian Games are also an inspection of young athletes such as Zheng Jiuyuan, Long Daoyi, and Yan Siyu.
It is worth mentioning that veteran He Chao will also participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games and join hands with Yan Siyu to compete in the double three-meter springboard. He is the younger brother of Olympic champion He Chong, who won the men's singles 3-meter springboard title at the 2015 World Championships, but was knocked out in the preliminary round of the 2016 Rio Olympics. After that, He Chao retired for a time.
In addition, in the men's platform event, the Chinese team of the men's single 10-meter platform at the Asian Games sent Yang Hao and Bai Yuming, while the Fukuoka World Championships sent Yang Hao and Lian Junjie. The men's double 10m platform, the Asian Games and the World Championships, are Lian Junjie and Yang Hao.
Yang Jian, the men's singles 10-meter platform champion at last year's Swimming World Championships and Tokyo Olympic runner-up, missed this year's Asian Games and World Championships due to injury.
The diving competition at the Fukuoka Swimming World Championships will be held from July 14 to 22, and the Hangzhou Asian Games will be held from September 23 to October 8.