At the 2024 FINA Diving World Cup Finals, Chinese divers once again shined and won the championship. Chen Yuxi and Yang Hao won the women's 10-meter platform and the men's 10-meter platform respectively, winning honor for the Chinese delegation. Their outstanding performance not only allowed the Chinese diving team to win 8 golds and 1 silver in this World Cup, but also added confidence to the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Chen Yuxi and Yang Hao won the World Cup
In the women's 10-meter platform final of the 2024 World Diving World Cup Finals held in Xi'an, Chen Yuxi rode the dust, ranking in the whole field in five attempts, especially the jump with a high score of 56.40, and finally won the championship with a total score of 443.20 points. Yang Hao and his partner Lian Junjie performed well in the men's double 10m platform competition, in which six judges scored perfect scores, and the two added one gold to the Chinese team with a total score of 472.92 points.
Chen Yuxi said after the race: "I am very happy to play on home and win the first gold medal for the Chinese team, but our performance today was not particularly perfect, and there is still room for improvement in terms of synchrony and some details. Yang Hao said: "I am very happy to return to Xi'an to compete. I am quite satisfied with being able to play at such a level. With less than 100 days to go until the Paris Olympics, I hope that the players on the field can continue to do their best. ＂
The Chinese diving team won 8 golds and 1 silver
In addition to Chen Yuxi and Yang Hao, other members of the Chinese diving team also performed eye-catching in this World Cup. In the men's double 3m springboard final, Wang Zongyuan/Long Daoyi won the championship with a total score of 474.75 points, which was 53.94 points higher than the famous Mexican pair. In the mixed team finals, the Chinese team sent a strong team composed of Chen Yiwen, Wang Zongyuan, Yang Hao, and Chen Yuxi, and the four lived up to expectations and won the gold medal. The Chinese diving team won a total of 8 gold medals and 1 silver medal, which ended perfectly. This not only demonstrates the overall strength of the Chinese diving team, but also lays a solid foundation for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
I am confident in preparing for the Paris Olympics
This World Cup is the last world-class diving event before the Paris Olympics, which has an important impact on the allocation of quota places for the Olympic Games. Chen Yuxi and Yang Hao, as the leaders and main players of the Chinese diving team, their outstanding performance in the World Cup will undoubtedly add confidence to the preparation for the Paris Olympics.
The Chinese diving team has won the full qualification for the diving competition of the Paris Olympics at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, and the main purpose of participating in the diving World Cup finals is to observe the opponent, maintain the condition, test the strength and select and determine the official lineup for the Paris Olympics. For the preparation for the Paris Olympics, Chen Yuxi and Yang Hao are full of expectations. Chen Yuxi has partnered with Quan Hongchan since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and has not tasted defeat so far, winning the women's double 10m platform championship at the World Championships three times in a row. Yang Hao and his partner Lian Junjie are the men's double 10m platform champions at the World Championships, and they will be the hope of the Chinese team to win the gold medal in Paris.
The Chinese divers won 8 golds and 1 silver at the 2024 World Diving World Cup, which not only once again demonstrated the strong strength of the Chinese diving team, but also added confidence to the preparation for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Chen Yuxi and Yang Hao won the World Cup, and their outstanding performance will become the hope of the Chinese diving team to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. As the leaders of the Chinese diving team, the two are looking forward to defending their title in Paris, and they will continue to go all out to win glory for their country and motherland.