On January 23, Beijing time, in the men's three-meter springboard finals of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and World Cup trials (second stop), the 19-year-old Wang Zongyuan jumped out of a super high score to win the championship and became the biggest dark horse in this competition.
This men's three-meter springboard final can definitely be described by the gathering of masters, and the gold content does not even lose the World Series. Participants include the men's three-meter springboard singles at the World Championships for two consecutive championships, and Xie Sicheng, the strongest champion of this event in this Olympic cycle, the first Chinese men's diving post-00 World Championship champion Lian Junjie, two Olympic gold medal winners, and Taiwan The all-around Cao Yuan, as well as the world championship 1-meter springboard champion Peng Jianfeng, etc. Being able to stand out from the hands of four world champions, Wang Zongyuan's abilities and strength are staggering.
What makes diving fans happy is that Wang Zongyuan was able to win the championship not because of other people's mistakes, but in a very close encounter. The runner-up Xie Siyu's score of 593.3 points is already much higher than his single-game score in the last two World Championships finals, but he was left behind by Wang Zongyuan's terrifying 609.55 points. What does it mean to jump 609.55 points in the men’s three-meter single event? It means that Wang Zongyuan’s average score of six jumps in the final exceeded 100 points, which means that he is not only difficult to complete, but also means that as long as he is included in any of the Olympic Games There is a certainty of winning the gold medal in every world competition.
The birth of Wang Zongyuan, who is only 19 years old, is definitely a great benefit for the Chinese diving team. Because in the past three Olympic cycles, the men's three-meter springboard has been the most severely impacted event by the opponents of the Chinese diving team known as the "dream team". The "double insurance" formed by Wang Zongyuan and Xie Sicheng is expected to secure the gold medals for the Chinese team in the men's single three-meter springboard and double three-meter springboard for the Tokyo Olympics.