The last jump, difficulty coefficient 4.1, stretching, smooth aerial movements, perfect water control, the highest score of 112.75 points in the whole game! With Yang Jian's jump, with Cao Yuan still having one last jump, the Chinese delegation has locked in the 38th gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in advance!
On August 7, in the final of the men's 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chinese Yang Jian, born in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, won the second place with a total score of 580.40 points, and his teammate Cao Yuan won the championship with 582.35 points, which was also the 10th time that Chinese athletes won the championship and second place in this Olympic Games! Britain's Daly won the bronze medal with 548.25 points.
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".
In the final of the men's 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics, Yang Jian competed. Image according to IC photo
He was expelled from the Municipal Sports School for being naughty
Debut is to create history and usher in the peak
From the age of 4, Yang Jian entered the Luzhou Sports School for gymnastics training. You know, here also cultivated the "Olympic hardware king" Zou Kai, can be said to be the cradle of champions.
According to Yang Jian's own recollection of the scene at that time, when he first started gymnastics training, he was expelled from the team because he was too naughty! Yang Chaojia, his gymnastics initiation coach, said, "Yang Jian cried while practicing when he was a child, but after crying, he would still come to the training hall on time the next day. ”
At that time, Yang Jian had to go to the training hall every day after school, practicing from four or five o'clock in the afternoon to going home at 7:30 p.m. However, by chance, after practicing gymnastics for 4 years, when he went to the Sichuan Provincial Team for training with the Luzhou Gymnastics Team, he was favored by the coach of the diving team and began his own path of diving glory.
When Yang Jian was 18 years old, he received a notice to go to the national team to report, which was undoubtedly the best coming-of-age gift for him after nearly 10 years of training. In his own words, the feeling was "as exciting as being admitted to Peking University at Tsinghua University."
In the next two years, Yang Jian gradually began to show his prominence in international competitions, and the Grand Prix became an important stage for him to accumulate experience, polish his skills and mentality.
In 2014, the 20-year-old Yang Jian made a splash in the LONDON leg of the FINA Diving Series, scoring 10 out of 10 points in six test jumps in the whole game, and finally the total score of 616.50 was the highest score in the history of the project.
Yang Jian competed in the semifinals of the Olympic diving men's singles 10m platform. Image according to Visual China
Growing from the setbacks of losing to Rio
Kiss the jump after winning the Gwangju World Championships
In fact, after the london match, the outside world is full of confidence that Yang Jian will qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. However, he only finished 10th at the Kazan World Championships, and the young Yang Jian did not qualify for the Rio Olympics because of his unstable mentality and technical actions.
Until the Rio Olympics was transferred back to the national team for a long time, Yang Jian was constantly digesting the setbacks and troubles of those years, and his mentality became very calm. According to Yang Jian himself, "a strong mentality is the most important thing for diving, and technology can actually rank second." ”
After the defeat at the Kazan World Championships, Yang Jian finally found his once proud self at the Gwangju World Championships in the Tokyo Olympic cycle. In the final of the men's 10-meter platform, Yang Jian won the title of the first world championship single event of his career with a high score of 598.65.
Yang Jian is known as the "King of Diving Difficulty" (infographic). Image according to IC photo
"Jump down and I'll know I'm going to win!" Yang Jian passionately kissed the pool and jumped off the stage after he won the championship, and this kiss was more like he dedicated himself to the self who was not complacent and did not accept defeat in the face of highs and lows.
After being selected for the Tokyo Olympics squad, Yang Jian said: "The Olympic Games feel like a love that has never met, we seem to be able to listen to each other's voices, but we have not yet met." [I] want to feel it for myself, I want to meet her in person, and then I have a lover who will eventually become a family. ”
After six jumps in the final on August 7, Yang Jian took to the Olympic podium. Although only a fingertip away from the champion seems slightly unwilling, Yang Jian has conquered the world with his own performance and defended the honor of China's diving "Dream Team".
Red Star News reporter Li Bo Pei Han
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