The 2024 Synchronized Swimming World Cup Beijing Station is in full swing, and on the first final day, the host Chinese team blossomed in individual and collective events, winning 3 golds and 1 silver. Among them, Xu Huiyan won the women's singles technical self-selection championship, and the 19-year-old girl injected new vitality into the Chinese Huayou singles event. In the mixed doubles technical free selection final, the Chinese combination Guo Muye and Ji Heyue won the gold strongly, and the Chinese team composed of Guo Sitong, Lin Yanhan, Liu Jinhan, Wu Jingyan, Zhang Xiaoyou, etc., also won the championship of the collective technical free selection.
Netizens commented, "Amazing, it seems that you want to win all the gold medals at home!" "How did the Chinese synchronized swimming team become so strong?" "Some strong teams did not participate, and the pressure on the Chinese team to compete for the championship is much less!" According to reports, the World Cup has set up a total of 11 events, including men's and women's single technical selection, mixed double technical selection, women's double technical selection and free selection, collective technical selection and free selection.
In addition to the Chinese team, nearly 100 athletes from Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Mexico and other teams will also fight for the gold medal. The Chinese Huayou team has won 7 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, and is the biggest favorite to win the World Cup. On the first day of the finals, the women's singles technical freestyle, mixed pairs and team technical freestyle events competed. In the first women's single technical free selection final, Xu Huiyan, who represented the Chinese team, played well, and finally won the championship with 244.9183 points, winning the first gold medal of the World Cup for the Chinese Huayou team.
The women's singles technical selection is not the traditional strength of the Chinese team, and Xu Huiyan's emergence surprised the coaching staff. At the recently concluded Doha World Swimming Championships, Xu Huiyan won a valuable bronze medal in the women's single technical optional event. In the mixed doubles technical optional final, the Chinese team sent Guo Muye and Ji Heyue to participate. The duo lived up to expectations and went strong to win the title with a high-quality set of moves. In addition, Guo Mu also won a silver medal in the men's singles technical free selection event, and the 16-year-old is also considered the future star of China's men's Huayou event.
It is worth mentioning that many netizens have proposed that synchronized swimming should be included in the Olympic event, and in their opinion, this individual event seems to be more interesting than women's doubles. In the women's collective technical free selection final, the Chinese team sent Guo Sitong, Lin Yanhan, Lin Yanjun, Liu Jinhan, Wu Jingyan, Xu Huiyan, Zhang Haiya and Zhang Xiaoyou to participate.
(Shopkeeper Luo)