Original title: China’s diving “dream team” ends with 9 gold medals at the World Championships (title)
Yang Hao and Cao Yuan won the men’s stage championship and runner-up (theme)
Beijing Youth Daily reporter Liu Ailin
Early yesterday morning, Beijing time, in the men’s 10-meter platform final of the 2024 Doha World Swimming Championships, two Chinese athletes, Yang Hao and Cao Yuan, performed well and won the championship and runner-up, which was a perfect ending for the Chinese diving team. This is also the ninth gold medal won by the “Dream Team” at this competition. They participated in a total of 10 events. Except for the men’s 1-meter springboard event in the non-Olympic event, they failed to win the gold medal. Winning all the championships once again proved their strength and invincibility, and the list of participants for the Paris Olympics has basically been released.
At last year’s Fukuoka World Championships, the only gold medal the Chinese team lost was the men’s platform championship. The Chinese team represented Yang Hao at that time, and this time the men’s synchronized platform champion Lian Junjie. In order to regain the lost men’s platform gold medal at the World Championships, this time the Chinese team recalled Beijing veterans Cao Yuan and Yang Hao to partner, forming a new double insurance. Yang Hao, who just celebrated his 26th birthday, has participated in 6 World Championships, but has never won the men’s 10-meter platform single event. The 29-year-old Cao Yuan just celebrated his birthday in Doha a few days ago. He participated in the World Championships earlier than Yang Hao, dating back to Barcelona in 2013, but missed one session last year due to injury. This is Cao Yuan’s personal trip to the sixth World Championships. Although Cao Yuan has won gold medals in different events in three Olympic Games, he is the only one missing the men’s 10-meter platform championship at the World Championships. Both of them want to win in Doha. Achieve new career breakthroughs.
In the semi-finals, Cao Yuan and Yang Hao ranked first and third respectively, and were able to successfully advance to the finals. Among them, Yang Hao made an obvious mistake in the semi-finals, which was a bit worrying. But it turns out that as a seasoned veteran, Yang Hao adjusted himself very quickly, and his performance in the finals was outstanding. The same goes for Cao Yuan. He is nearly 30 years old and has many injuries. He is constantly undergoing treatment and recovery. He may not be at his peak anymore and therefore has not participated in competitions for more than a year. But once he comes back, he will still be the best in the world. The male platform jumper is worthy of being the gold medal winner in this event at the Tokyo Olympics.
As the competition progressed, the scores of the two Chinese players went from being in a stalemate with other competitors at the beginning to gradually taking the lead. After the fifth jump, they were basically in the “safe zone”. It all depends on who can win for the Chinese team. After winning the championship, Yang Hao was only about 2 points ahead of Cao Yuan. In the last jump, the two turned the game into a performance. Yang Hao performed his second over-100-point move in the finals on 109C (forward somersault with half-tuck), scoring a game-high 107.30 points. Won the championship with 564.05 points. Cao Yuan’s last two jumps were close to 100 points, and he finally scored 553.20 points and won the runner-up. The Ukrainian young player Selida, who is good at splashing, and the Mexican player Valdez, who is known for ultra-high difficulty, finished third and fourth respectively. These two players may pose a threat to Chinese players at the Paris Olympics, but this time at the World Championships , they were still convinced of their defeat.
2024-02-12 07:14:00
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