On April 21, Beijing time, in the women's 10-meter platform diving preliminaries of the 2024 Diving World Cup Finals, Quan Hongchan played well and won the first place to enter the final with 429.45 points. Chen Yuxi was second with 416.50 points, and Britain's Spandolini was third with 351.00 points.
Quan Hongchan ranked first in every jump in the preliminaries, of which the fourth jump 207C tied for the first place, and the other 4 jumps ranked first alone. Quan Hongchan played well in the preliminaries, but the key lies in the finals. Quan Hongchan had an excellent performance in the preliminaries, but lost to Chen Yuxi in the finals, and also had the experience of not playing well in the preliminaries, but defeating Chen Yuxi in the finals.
In the first jump of 107B, Quan Hongchan scored 78.00 points, the lowest score was 8.5 points, and the total score was 78.00 points, which is not bad but not particularly excellent for Quan Hongchan's level. Chen Yuxi's performance was average, and he only scored 72.00 points in the first jump, 6 points behind Quan Hongchan all of a sudden.
In the second jump of 407C, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi both played at a high level and got the highest scores of the two in this game. Quan Hongchan scored 2 10 points, and finally scored 91.20 points. Chen Yuxi scored 1 10 points and finally scored 88.00 points.
In the third jump, Quan Hongchan maintained a high level, scoring 88.00 points, and the three judges scored 9.5 points. Chen Yuxi scored 87.45 points on the third jump, which is also a relatively high score.
In the crucial fourth jump of 207C, Quan Hongchan overcame the curse, with a minimum score of 8.5 points and a maximum score of 9.5 points, scoring 87.45 points. Chen Yuxi also scored 87.45 points.
In the fifth jump of 5253B, Quan Hongchan scored 84.80 points, Chen Yuxi scored 81.60 points, and Quan Hongchan finally scored 429.45 points to win the first place. The preliminaries are just a stepping stone for Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi to enter the finals. The final will be a real fairy fight.
Chen Ruolin was quite satisfied with Quan Hongchan's performance in the preliminaries, and she was smiling and applauding Quan Hongchan. Can Quan Hongchan reach the top in the Diving World Cup Finals?
Previously, the media reported that Quan Hongchan had achieved a Grand Slam, but strictly speaking, she had not completed the Grand Slam, because she won the championship in the Diving World Cup sub-station, and in the Diving World Cup Finals, Quan Hongchan has not yet won the championship.
Quan Hongchan has won the Olympic champion, the National Games champion, the Asian Games champion and the World Championships champion, if she wins the diving World Cup finals, Quan Hongchan will really complete the Grand Slam, and Quan Hongchan will become a "Grand Slam". However, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi are at the same level, and everything depends on the on-the-spot performance.