covered his mouth with both hands and stared at the scoreboard. When 86.40 points appeared on the big screen, he always responded with a smile to Wang Zongyuan, who won the championship. clenched his fists and excitedly welcomed his own moment. In the early morning of July 1st, Beijing time, the diving competition of the 19th FINA World Championships ended in Budapest on the fifth day of competition. In the men's single 1-meter springboard final, Wang Zongyuan, who had already won two gold medals, continued his heroic performance and won the championship with a rare high score of 493.30 to defend his title. Before heading to Budapest, he set himself the goal of winning three gold medals. Now that the goal has been achieved, Wang Zongyuan won the 9th gold medal in this world championship for the " dream team " and also became the first person in the history of Chinese diving team .
The perfect process and amazing results
Three years ago, at the age of 17, Wang Zongyuan became the youngest world championship champion in the men's 1-meter springboard event. At that time, the 1-meter springboard was the only competition he participated in. Before embarking on the journey to defend his title this time, Wang Zongyuan had danced 5 times (including the preliminaries) and won two gold medals in the men's singles and doubles 3-meter springboard. You can imagine the physical exertion. In his sixth appearance, he made a mistake in the last jump of the 1-meter springboard preliminaries and advanced in second place with 380.95 points. "I was a bit poor at mobilizing myself in the preliminaries, and there were some problems with the whole set of movements. After the game, the coach and I also summarized the reasons for the mistakes and prepared for the finals." Wang Zongyuan said.
The flaws in the preliminaries did not affect his performance, but instead became a process of accumulating experience. Standing in the finals of the defending match, Wang Zongyuan, who has a "big heart", once again showed extremely trustworthy stability, with each jump getting better and better. At the end of 6 rounds, he scored 493.30 points, which he had never reached before, leading the British player Ravl by 66.35 points, and once again won the third gold medal. Another Hubei player Zheng Jiuyuan won 8th place.
"I have never skipped such a high score. It was very unexpected." Regarding the high score approaching 500 points, Wang Zongyuan said after the game, "Every time I jumped in the game, I didn't pay attention to the score. I was thinking about the next one." Action. After the last jump, I was shocked when I saw the total score. "
A successful start to the journey to Paris
htmlWinning three championships in 7 games in 15 days, the 20-year-old Wang Zongyuan copied the dazzling results in the team test during the preparation for the World Championships. The world has demonstrated its hard power. As for his performance on the field, he believes that his sustained and stable performance in different events is due to the pre-match system simulation training and testing. "The schedules of these three events are very close. Through the team's simulation test before the game, I felt the challenges in many aspects such as physical fitness. When preparing for the game, I learned how to allocate physical fitness and energy, how to adjust, and did a lot of homework in advance. Only then can I Good results today." Wang Zongyuan said.
stood on the highest podium for the third time at the Danube Stadium, and Wang Zongyuan showed a relaxed smile. After the award ceremony, he hung the gold medal around the coach's neck, interacted with the audience, and enjoyed the moment of achieving a small goal.
As the first major test in the Paris Olympic cycle, Wang Zongyuan fulfilled his pre-match wish in Budapest and ended the trip perfectly by winning three gold medals. At the same time, he also embarked on the Paris Olympic cycle with a proud attitude. Now, with a complete set of moves with a difficulty index of 21.7 in the men's 3-meter springboard, and a "normal mind" that becomes more stable as the competition progresses, Wang Zongyuan is showing his kingly demeanor as the world's leader in men's springboard.
Source: Lake News Sports
