The 141st gold of the Chinese team! Zhu Xueying won the gold and Hu Yicheng won the silver, and China won the runner-up and the women's trampoline championship
On October 2, the trampoline event of the Hangzhou Asian Games ended the women's individual competition, and China's Zhu Xueying and Hu Yicheng won the championship and runner-up. This is also the 141st gold medal of the Chinese sports delegation in this Asian Games.
At this Asian Games, the Chinese team sent Zhu Xueying and Hu Yicheng to compete in the women's competition. The 25-year-old Zhu Xueying rose to prominence in her last Olympic cycle, winning the women's trampoline title at the Tokyo Olympics, and this Olympic cycle, she continues to maintain a high level of competition. Hu Yicheng, who was born in the same year as her, is a late bloomer, winning a double synchronized gold medal at the 2021 World Championships, and then grew into the main player of the women's team. Zhu Xueying has better stability, Hu Yicheng is more difficult, and the two girls joined hands in this year's World Cup series, competing for gold and silver in the competition, and also got the opportunity to compete in the Asian Games. This is the first time the two have participated in the Asian Games.
At the last Asian Games in Jakarta, Dong Dong and Liu Lingling helped the Chinese team win two gold medals for men and women. In this Asian Games, the trampoline women's individual event took the lead, only six athletes participated, Hu Yicheng appeared first, Zhu Xueying appeared fourth, and the two only completed a set of movements to lock the final qualification, scoring 55.500 points and 56.590 points respectively, ranking second and first to advance to the final.
In the final, Zhu Xueying appeared second, she scored 56.720 points and won the championship. Hu Yicheng appeared in third place, with a score of 55.790 points, and won the second place. Kazakhstan's Butolina finished third with 52.600 points.
On October 3, at 14 pm, the men's individual qualification will be held, followed by the final, Yan Langyu and Wang Zisai will represent the Chinese team.