Source: Xiaoxiang Morning News
In the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics diving women's 10m platform final, Quan Hongchan won the championship with three excellent scores of 96 points! This is the 33rd gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at the Olympic Games.
Quan Hongchan is the youngest player in the Chinese delegation to the Olympic Games, and the only non-world champion athlete in the 10-person list of the Olympic diving team, the Guangdong girl is only 14 years old this year, less than a year after being selected for the national team.
At the first selection competition in October last year, Quan Hongchan came up with a stunning performance of zero mistakes, pressing Zhang Jiaqi and Chen Taoxi, the two world champions, to win the women's single 10m platform championship in one fell swoop.
On May 13, at the third trial in Shanghai, she once again shined the whole field, leading the whole field from the second round, and once again won the championship with a high score of 440.85 points.
What is the concept of this score? Back at the 2016 Rio Olympics, China's Ren Qian won the championship with 439.25 points in the women's 10-meter platform event, and in this Olympic selection competition, Quan Hongchan has surpassed the Olympic champion's performance.
At the Rio Olympics, Ren Qian became the youngest gold medalist at the Olympic Games at the age of 15 years and 108 days. Quan Hongchan is only 14 years old this year, and she has to lament the talent of the Chinese diving team.
For Quan Hongchan, who entered the Guangdong provincial team in 2018 and only debuted in the national competition in the Olympic Selection Tournament and had no previous experience in international competitions, such a good result was really unexpected: "I didn't think about getting the top three or how, I just thought about jumping my own action, and after jumping an action, I wanted to think about the next action." ”
Quan Hongchan represented China at the Olympic Games.
I was "tricked" into diving
In fact, compared with many young geniuses in the diving industry, Quan Hongchan's contact with diving is late, she was selected by the coach to start diving at the age of seven or eight, and she has not practiced other sports before.
However, the road of sports, for the active her is an unexpected fit.
"I felt as if I had been 'tricked' into diving, mainly because I didn't like to go to school myself, and my grades were poor."
Usually in her training leisure, she also likes to play mobile games like many children, such as "eat chicken" and "king": "Unfortunately, I am too young to be limited to play time by the game, and I can only play for an hour." Mentioning her own private little fun, Quan Hongchan couldn't help but laugh.
A national champion who came out of the farmhouse
Recalling how I felt when I first started practicing diving, Quan Hongchan's description was two words: fun.
For children who are new to the jump platform and springboard, jumping into the water from a high place needs to suppress the fear generated by instinct. But there is a kind of "rushing" in Quan Hongchan's personality, and she is very open in training. The coaches at the sports school saw in her the possibility of becoming a professional player.
So people asked her, "Do you want to be a champion athlete?" ”
Quan Hong Chan thought about it and said, "No! ”
Why not? At that time, Quan Hong chan replied: "(To be a champion elsewhere) is not fun, here is fun!" ”
"It's a cool feeling to jump on." That's why she fell in love with diving. But there is no doubt that from a beginner to a first-class athlete, it is not possible to achieve it by interest alone, and it is bound to require a lot of sweat and effort.
"In the middle, you will also feel afraid, if you don't jump for a day or two, you will be afraid to stand on the 10-meter platform again, and you will feel afraid of falling, so you need to practice jumping every day." Quan Hongchan told reporters.
However, Quan Hongchan also slowly adapted to such a life: "When I came to the national team, everyone was very good to me, usually guided me how to train, and would tell me some funny and funny things, and some people gave me candy to eat." ”
Quan Hongchan told reporters that her parents are farmers for a living, and her mother's health is not too good: "My mother was a little sick before, had a traffic accident, and was hospitalized two or three times, but sometimes the family did not tell me." ”
"I called my dad, he told me this, he told me not to care too much, but my mother has to spend a lot of money to treat the disease, I feel that I have to earn money, so I can send it home to my mother for treatment." 」
For her daughter's hard work, Quan Hongchan's parents can only send her instructions in the most simple way: "They will generally tell me not to think too much, no matter what the coach says, just listen to the coach, do as the coach says." I didn't dare to tell them about the suffering in training, lest they know. ”
"Dad doesn't have time to work, he may not be able to watch my game, my mother should not be free, she has to cook and do housework, after the game I will call them to tell them that I got the first place." 」
"Splash Disappearance" of "Genius Girl"
Some time ago, a diving video of Quan Hongchan burst the circle of friends, and her "splash disappearance technique" made netizens like it: Yatou is good! Bullish on you!
For the title of "talented girl", her provincial coach He Weiyi revealed that Quan Hongchan practiced more than 400 jumps every day and trained hard to get her current results.
For the Olympic Games, Quan Hongchan herself is also more optimistic: "It's the same with anyone, no matter what, you have to jump yourself." The Olympic Games is to jump five actions, think about each action, and dance your own action well. ”
Quan Hongchan has participated in less than 10 official events so far, but her performance in the Olympic Games has been very good.
Today, Quan Hongchan completed every action of hers with perfect results, and her teammate Chen Yaoxi also won the silver medal with excellent performance.
Let's congratulate the girls! The future can be expected!
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