FINA announced the latest world rankings of women's divers, Chen Yuxi ranked first with 110 points, Australia's Madison Kennedy won second with 90 points, Chen Yiwen was third with 80 points, Quan Hongchan was fourth with 75 points, Italy's Perakani was fifth with 73 points, and Britain's Spandolini was sixth with 65 points.
The world rankings are based on the athletes' results in various competitions in 2024. Quan Hongchan won the women's single and double 10m platform championships at the Doha World Championships in 2024, the women's 10m platform double event and the women's 10m platform single runner-up at the Diving World Cup Montreal station, and the women's 10m platform championship at the Diving World Cup Berlin station. In addition, in the Diving World Cup Finals, Quan Hongchan won the women's double event championship and the single event runner-up.
Chen Yuxi defeated Quan Hongchan in the 2024 Montreal and Xi'an finals, and Chen Yuxi participated in the mixed team competition in Montreal and Xi'an finals, and won the championship, which also allowed Chen Yuxi to increase his points.
Quan Hongchan's sister Chen Yiwen in the Guangdong team is also the main force of the Chinese diving team to participate in the mixed team competition, and also relied on this to win the championship twice, thus getting points.
Australia's Madison Kennedy won the women's double 3m springboard championship in the Xi'an Diving World Cup Finals, because China's Chang Yani withdrew from the competition due to injury, China's original combination of Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani in this event could not participate, and the Australian pair missed the championship. Kennedy's individual ability is not as good as Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani, but she participates in more competitions.
For example, at the World Championships in Doha, she participated in four competitions, finishing fourth in the women's single 3m springboard, second place in the women's double 3m springboard, winning the men's and women's double 3m springboard, and third place in the mixed team competition. Kennedy participated in many competitions and accumulated relatively high points, which allowed her to get more points, beating Chen Yiwen and Quan Hongchan, ranking second in the world.
Quan Hongchan is still showing her unstable side in 2024, and she needs to summarize and polish her skills about 3 months away from the Paris Olympics. Quan Hongchan is very popular and has become the face of Chinese women's diving, and she has to undertake more business activities in Chinese diving, which will inevitably affect her training and preparation.
In the past two or three years, Quan Hongchan, Wang Zongyuan, Yang Hao, Chen Yiwen, Chen Yuxi and Chang Yani are more players in the Chinese diving team who represent Guodu in business activities, and Quan Hongchan is the most frequent player. Quan Hongchan has no personal business endorsement so far, and the advertisements and business activities she shoots are all assigned by the Chinese diving team.
But too much commercial activity will certainly have an impact on athletes. This requires the Chinese diving team to weigh it carefully, after all, athletes have to speak with their results in the final analysis.