Last night (September 14), when Tokyo's "difficult to reconcile" veteran Yang Jian withstood the pressure to win the gold after tears, the Olympic trial runner-up Lian Junjie, who regretted losing the Tokyo ticket, fought until the last moment to win the silver, and Chen Aisen, the rio double gold king of the East Olympic single event, won the bronze with the last jump, and the three world champions who had regrets in this Olympic cycle presented a high-energy and touching summit showdown for the audience at the National Games.
The finale of the men's 10-meter platform competition, a rare seven-person competition for cards, was named "the best looking and the most touching diving" by netizens, and the unremitting fighting spirit of the three top players made people feel the charm of competitive sports.
Yang Jian hugged and cried with the coach after winning the gold
On the evening of September 14, at the swimming and diving hall of xi'an Olympic Sports Center, the 14th National Games ushered in the final competition of diving - the men's 10-meter platform final.
Among the 12 finalists, Yang Jian, runner-up of the 10-meter platform of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chen Aisen, the "double golden king" of the Rio Olympics, and Lian Junjie, the first "post-00s" world champion of the Chinese diving team, are all gold-winning favorites, and behind them, there is a group of rising stars chasing after them.
In the first jump, the three championship-winning hot players collectively made mistakes, the countdown to Guangdong team Chen Aisen, Shandong team Lian Junjie, Sichuan team Yang Jian successively played abnormally, after the first round, Chen Aisen ranked tenth, Lian Junjie ranked fifth, Yang Jian ranked fourth.
The youngsters performed extraordinaryly, with Guangdong's Zhu Zifeng ranking first with 81.60 points on the 407C (churning inwards for three and a half weeks), Tianjin's Huang Zigan's same 407C ranking second with 80 points, and Shanghai's Duan Yu's 407C ranking third with 78.40 points.
At the beginning of the second round, Yang Jian, who has the reputation of "difficulty king", found his rhythm and temporarily ranked first with a jump of 94.50 points, "Big Eye" Lian Junjie followed closely behind and came to the second position, and Yang Ling of tianjin team came later, from the first to last round (twelfth) directly to third.
Chen Aisen has been in a bad state, in the face of backward situation, this Olympic cycle has experienced a low point in his expression is relatively calm, try his best.
In the shot, Chen Aisen's main joints are wrapped in thick bandages, and the performance of the third jump is still unsatisfactory.
Chen Aisen's third jump
Subsequently, Lian Junjie opened the position accurately, fell vertically into the water, and the near-perfect performance set off the first small climax of the whole field.
Lian Junjie's third jump
Yang Jian is steady and steady, and continues to exert his personal characteristics - strong ability, difficulty, and maintain the first.
Yang Jian's third jump
In the fifth round, Chen Aisen finally jumped out of his own level with the action of 109C difficulty 3.7, but after this round, he only ranked sixth, and he was about to miss the medal.
Unexpectedly, in the sixth round, Chen Aisen took out his world-class action completion degree, staged a shocking reversal, scored 100.80 points with perfect aerial posture and falling water, and finally "broke the hundred" to lock the medal with a total score of 512.55.
Chen Aisen made the last jump
Chen Aisen's six-round ranking change
Seeing this scene, his Guangdong teammates Quan Hongchan, Fan Zhendong, Xie Sibei and others stood up excitedly and cheered for him.
Quan Hongchan (3rd from right), Fan Zhendong (2nd from right) and Xie Sibei (1st from right) cheered on Chen Aisen
In the last jump, Lian Junjie took out the 409C difficulty 4.10 action, after five rounds, he and Yang Jian were less than 20 points apart, and the sixth round was still fully committed, ending perfectly with a jump of 110.70 points, with a total score of 555.15.
Lian Junjie made the last jump
Yang Jian withstood the pressure and won the gold medal with a 109B difficulty of 4.10, and finally won the gold medal with 574.20 points.
Yang Jian made the last jump
Lian Junjie, who won the silver medal, gave Yang Jian applause while untying his bandage.
After the game, 27-year-old Yang Jian had mixed feelings, hugged and cried with the coach on the sidelines, and at this moment, he finally released himself.
Not long ago in the Tokyo Olympic Games 10 meters jump platform lost to teammates Cao Yuan, Qu ranked second Yang Jian, once because of the "can't laugh" expression when the championship was hopeless, was hit by the Internet storm, he was hit a lot, and afterwards he issued an apology to explain his mental journey.
For this National Games, Yang Jian has maintained high-intensity training after the Olympic Games, and finally realized his dream in Xi'an, which is also the first time he has won a gold medal in the individual event of the National Games.
After the game, Chen Aisen, who is also a teammate of the national team, also came to hug Yang Jian, and they both knew how hard the other side's medals were.
For the players who once stood on the top of the world, how much they were depressed when they were in bad shape, only they themselves knew.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Chen Aisen, then 21 years old, was the first player in history to win two gold medals in the men's 10-meter platform jump single and double events, and when he came to this Olympic cycle, due to his age, increased injuries, and obvious ups and downs, it was not easy to be selected for the Tokyo Olympic team.
In the preparation of the whole season, Chen Aisen is very hard, as CCTV commentator Zhang Mengmeng introduced, everyone pays more attention to Chen Aisen's performance in the double event, in fact, he has never given up the fight for a single place. In the Tokyo Olympic Trials, Chen Aisen jumped a total of 570+ in two stops, and he has played to the extreme in his current state, but Chen Aisen only ranked third in the comprehensive three-station selection competition, and finally missed the Olympic single event, and his partner Cao Yuan won the silver medal in the Tokyo Olympic Double 10m Platform.
Compared with the regrets of the two brothers, Lian Junjie is even more regretful that he did not get on the field of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Born in 2000, he is the first "post-00s" world champion among the male athletes of the Chinese diving team, and in combination with the results of the three Tokyo Olympic Trials, Lian Junjie ranked second with one champion and two runners-up points. "I've imagined myself standing on the Olympic jumping stage many times." Lian Junjie once revealed his yearning for the Olympic Games in an interview.
Now, all three of them have proved themselves in the final battle of the diving event of the National Games.
Some netizens lamented that for these three players, this medal is "not only the honor of domestic events", but also a witness of self-transcendence.
Netizens said that this is "the best looking and the most touching diving", "competitive sportsmanship will always make people's blood boil", "as if people who thought they could not see the Paris Olympic Games can still see it".
In the mixed mining area, Yang Jian, who won the gold medal, sang "Glorious Years" and said that he would strive to fight for the Paris Olympic Games again and realize the dream of olympic champions, when he would be 30 years old.
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