On August 7, 2021, Cao Yuan won the gold medal in the men's 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics, and Yang Jian won the silver medal. This is the 38th gold medal won by the Chinese delegation in this Olympic Games, and the total number of gold medals has been equaled by the London Olympic Games! This is also the 10th time that the Chinese delegation has won gold and silver medals in the Olympic Games.
7 gold and 5 silver medals ended, congratulations to the Chinese diving team again!
China Diving, yyds!
China's Cao Yuan at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Xu
China's Yang Jian at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Xu
Cao Yuan, 26, is his third Olympic participation. At the 2012 London Olympics, Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan won the double 10m platform championship, and at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, he won the men's 3m board championship. In this Olympic Games, Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen teamed up to win the second place in the double 10 meters platform. "Difficulty King" Yang Jian is 27 years old this year, and the Tokyo Olympics is his first Olympic trip.
China's Cao Yuan in the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Jianli
China's Yang Jian in the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Xu
"Difficulty King" Yang Jian shocked the world!
Yang Jian's last jump, difficulty coefficient 4.1, taking off and stretching, smooth aerial movements, perfect water control, the highest score of 112.75 points in the whole field! The title of "Difficulty King" is worthy of the name for Yang Jian.
Born in 1994 in Luzhou, Sichuan, Yang Jian has already won the World Championships. Before coming to the Tokyo Olympics, Yang Jian's goal was to win the Olympic gold medal. Although the first jump into the water made a slight mistake and finally finished second with a slight gap of less than two points, Yang Jian still showed the world the style of "difficulty king".
Yang Jian began to practice gymnastics from the age of 4, and after 4 years, he went to the provincial gymnastics team for training but was favored by the diving team coach, and since then he has changed to diving. Perhaps because of the gymnastics foundation laid by him as a child, this gave Yang Jian the conditions to become the "king of difficulty" in diving. When Yang Jian first came out, he shocked the world because of the difficulty, which can be called "the peak of debut".
In the 2014 FINA Diving Series London Battle, Yang Jian was famous in one battle. He completed two difficult moves, the 409C and 109B, scoring 10 out of 10 points in six rounds of the tournament, and finally won the championship with a total score of 616.5, while setting the highest score in the history of the project. "Oh my God, this is the last jump of magic. We want to stand up and salute because we have witnessed history. I don't know how to evaluate it, it's so exciting! This is the evaluation of Yang Jian's performance by FINA commentators at the scene of the competition.
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