Original title: The Chinese team performed well in the 2024 Synchronized Swimming World Cup (Beijing Station) – (Quote)
Adapting to new rules to prepare for the Olympics (theme)
Guangming Daily reporter Wang Dong
On the evening of April 7, the three-day 2024 Synchronized Swimming World Cup (Beijing) ended. The Chinese team ranked first with 6 gold medals and 3 silver medals. This competition brought together 14 teams, with nearly a hundred athletes competing in 11 events. Powerful synchronized swimming countries such as China, Italy, and Spain all sent athletes to participate.
Zhang Xiaohuan, head coach of the Chinese synchronized swimming team, said in an interview after the game that although the Chinese team has achieved good results so far, there is still a long way to go when looking at the Paris Olympics. “This participation in the World Cup (Beijing) is the first time that the Chinese team has participated in a home game with a large lineup. The team has both experienced first-line players and new young players, some of whom are making their first appearance in international competitions. This is a good promotion for the sustainable development of synchronized swimming in China.”
The reason for sending such a lineup, Zhang Xiaohuan explained: “The purpose of our participation is mainly to conduct actual combat training. After several changes in the rules and mechanisms, we must try our best to adapt, run-in, and improve in the limited competition opportunities before the Olympics, and strive to be the best. It’s absolutely foolproof.”
Zhang Xiaohuan introduced that in order to prepare for this competition, the Chinese synchronized swimming team conducted corresponding systematic training and arrangement according to the new rules before the competition. She said: “For the Chinese team, this is a good opportunity to adapt to the new rules. As the rules change again, we have made more detailed adjustments in the judging scale of artistic impressions, judging details requirements, etc., so that The arrangement is more interesting and retains more artistry.”
Regarding competing at home, Zhang Xiaohuan said: “We are particularly happy to compete locally. This will not only show the beauty of the flower tourism project to the elders in our hometown, but also show China’s different cultural atmosphere to athletes, coaches, and referees from other countries. After they came to the competition venue, they also discovered that the Water Cube is really beautiful and Beijing is really big. It is through everyone’s joint efforts that this event became wonderful.”
Zhang Xiaohuan and the team members are very excited about the Chinese team’s performance in this World Cup. “Whether it is training or competition, the coaches and players are full of energy.” Zhang Xiaohuan said that as the head coach, she can feel that the athletes are excited about playing at home but also bear a lot of pressure. “Especially before the game, the rules of flower games were revised again. Some moves that were done at the Doha World Championships can no longer be used. This change also brings challenges to the team.”
Zhang Xiaohuan believes that the Chinese team has many competitors, and each strong team is trying to adapt to the changes in the rules of flower games, and a stable strength pattern has not yet been formed. “The Chinese team currently has a strong sense of crisis. We have ‘chasers’ behind us and we need to set higher goals.”
At the World Swimming Championships in Doha at the beginning of this year, the Chinese synchronized swimming team created the best results in the history of the World Championships with 7 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and topped the synchronized swimming medal list at the current World Championships. This also gives people high hopes for the performance of the Chinese synchronized swimming team at the Paris Olympics. Zhang Xiaohuan believes that the current event rules limit the difficulty of the movements and refine the judging criteria for the artistic impression. The Chinese team needs to re-examine the originality of movement combinations and connections.
Regarding the upcoming Paris Olympics, Zhang Xiaohuan said that although the World Championships and World Cup have won excellent results and increased confidence, the tasks in the next few months are still arduous. “The collective events of the Olympic Games are three-in-one, including technical self-selection, free choice, and skills competition. The total score of the three sub-items is the final result. We cannot have weaknesses.” She said, “Before the Olympics, the World Cup scores There are also stations in Paris and Canada, and the Paris station is a field trip. Our main players will definitely go to participate and strive to get more points so that they can get the ideal order in the Olympic draw.”
2024-04-08 07:24:00
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