According to People's Daily Sports, Chen Yuxi won the gold medal in the women's 10-meter platform final, but in fact, she was fighting with injuries. Under such circumstances, Quanhongchan still lost and must be convinced. This gold medal makes Chen Yuxi create a 28-year history.
After arriving in Budapest, Chen Yuxi was not used to the low temperature of the venue's air-conditioning, so she pulled her waist when doing the 207C jump in training. In subsequent training, she basically did not practice this movement too much, but she still performed well in the competition. , successfully defended the title.
Chen Yuxi lost to Quan Hongchan in both the Tokyo Olympics and the domestic National Games last year. Soon, Quan Hongchan became a popular star, while Chen Yuxi was a little quiet.
However, Chen Yuxi is only 16 years old and Quan Hongchan is 15 years old. There is actually not much age difference between the two. In this World Championships, Chen Yuxi is in good condition. In previous test matches, Chen Yuxi defeated Quan Hongchan twice. On the stage of the World Championships, from the preliminaries to the semi-finals to the finals, Chen Yuxi defeated Quan Hongchan.
Whatβs even more remarkable is that Chen Yuxi still fought with injuries to win the gold medal. Chen Yuxiβs performance in 207C was not perfect and she scored 80.85 points. Quan Hongchan was even worse, scoring only 61.05 points in 207C.
Chen Yuxi was able to win this gold medal, and the People's Daily praised it - congratulations to the dream team! FINA World Championships Diving Women's 10-meter platform final, Chinese team player Chen Yuxi won the championship in this event at the World Championships!
It is worth mentioning that Chen Yuxi broke a 28-year-old historical record and became the second player after Fu Mingxia to defend the women's single platform championship at the World Championships.
Therefore, when the outside world's attention is on Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi is actually also a genius. Moreover, Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan are both in the developmental stage, but it seems that development issues are less confusing to Chen Yuxi. Defeating Quan Hongchan on a big stage like the World Championships gave Chen Yuxi confidence. At the Paris Olympics two years later, the competition between Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan will be even more intense. The two are actually equally matched in strength.
