Quietly, there are only two months left before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Although the Chinese diving team has not yet announced the final list of participants. However, after the end of the Xi'an Diving World Cup, the list of participants of the Chinese diving team has been basically determined.
As we all know, diving is a highly watched sporting event. Athletes jump high from the platform or springboard, complete a series of movements in the air, and enter the water with the most perfect posture. This series of actions, done in one go, is extremely beautiful.
At the same time, as the king of the Chinese sports corps, there have been many outstanding athletes in the history of the Chinese diving team. Well-known people include Wang Zongyuan, Chen Aisen and so on. These athletes have all stood on the world's highest podium. However, there are many people who only see the shining side of them when they stand on the podium, but they also have a lot of unspeakable secrets.
1. Vision loss
For divers, they are professionally trained from an early age. For the same technical moves, they need to be done thousands of times. And when an athlete jumps high from the jumping platform or springboard and enters the water, the huge impact force will cause irreversible damage to the eyeball. Many people may wonder why athletes need to keep their eyes open when entering the water. Because only then can they find the best place to fall into the water, and at the same time, they can adjust their entry position to perfection. As a result, there are a lot of athletes who experience vision loss after retirement.
2. The swim trunks are too small
Of course, the athletes' competition uniforms are tailor-made for athletes by FINA and professional teams. So the question is, why are athletes' swim trunks designed so small? There are two main reasons for this.
First, diving is a highly watched event. In order to better present the posture and technical movements to the audience, the design of swim trunks should not be too long.
The second is to get better results. The smaller the contact surface between the swim trunks and the body, the smaller the splash will be when entering the water, and the better the corresponding results. But again, because the swim trunks are so small, many athletes are afraid of being noticed.
3. Chen Aisen pulled his swim trunks before the game
For swimming fans who like Chen Aisen, you must have noticed this. Before every competition, Chen Aisen always habitually pulls his swim trunks, why?
Because Chen Aisen almost encountered the situation of swimming trunks falling off more than once in the competition. This is because when the athlete has completed all the movements and exits the water, the surface of the water will exert a downward pull force on the swim trunks. If you are not careful, your swim trunks will slip off. And in addition to the above unspeakable secrets, what else do you know?