On October 20, the 2022 FINA Diving World Cup will officially kick off in Berlin, Germany. As one of the three world competitions in the diving event, the World Cup has become another major competition opportunity for all athletes to strive for the world championship. As the absolute overlord of the World Cup, the Chinese Diving Dream Team will once again play all the main players, playing in 8 of the 9 events, and striving to win the eight championships. However, judging from the official list of FINA's participation, only 58 athletes from 13 countries participated in the World Cup this year, which is really a bit dismal.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the FINA World Swimming Championships, which were originally planned to be held in Fukuoka, Japan last year, was forced to postpone it and was changed to Budapest, Hungary in June this year. Chinese diving team performed well, winning gold medals in all 13 events in one fell swoop, showing super dominance. More than three months later, the World Cup of Swimming came and was staged in Berlin, Germany. For the Chinese diving team, it is really not easy to go overseas to participate in the competition again in a complex international environment.
In fact, in the diving World Cup, the Chinese diving team is definitely the Dream Team , the gold medal harvester . Currently, with 126 gold, 57 silver, 30 bronze, a total of 213 medals, far ahead of other opponents. The second place is the 11 gold medals of the Russian team and the 10 gold medals of the US team. The total number of medals of the two teams is only 45 yuan. At this year's World Cup, the Chinese team sent all the main lineups to compete in 8 Olympic events, including men's three-meter board, veteran Cao Yuan and Wang Zongyuan to compete in individual and doubles, men's 10-meter platform, Yang Jian and Yang Hao to compete in individual events, and Yang Hao and Lian Junjie to compete in two. Women's three-meter board is Chen Yiwen and Chang Yanni , women's 10-meter platform , both individuals and doubles are Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan .
Perhaps it is due to the continued impact of the epidemic, and this year there has been a competition for the World Swimming Championships, and most of the opponents are in the offseason, thus giving up preparations for the World Cup and participating in the competition. So only 14 countries including Australia, Brazil , Canada, China, Colombia, France, Georgia , Germany, Jamaica , Japan, Malaysia , Romania , the United States, etc. sent athletes to participate, and other more competitive national teams, including the United Kingdom, Mexico, etc., were absent. The reduction in participating countries means that the number of athletes has decreased, with only 58 people in total, and the number of participants in each event is even smaller. For the Chinese diving team, which is all the main players, it is like Dugu Qiubai, and it is more like his own internal training match. The competition in individual events will be a battle between the two Chinese teams, and the double events are basically no suspense, and you can lock in the championship by performing normally. Therefore, this year's Diving World Cup is destined to be an exhibition match for the Chinese diving team, and we look forward to the performance of the champion team.
