The Sports Department of Xinhua News Agency selected the top ten athletes in 2023, led by Wang Chuqin, a post-00 generation of national table tennis, and other selected personnel include Ding Liren, Chinese women's basketball team, Wen Xiaoyan, Liu Qingyi, Zhang Yufei, Dong Hongjuan, Qin Haiyang, Xie Zhenye, and Zhang Zhizhen.
As the double champion of the women's diving platform at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Quan Hongchan's personal results in 2023 are outstanding, but unfortunately the "hard honors" of the athletes selected for the list this time are also very sufficient. For example, Wang Chuqin, a post-00 national table tennis player, won 4 Asian Games gold medals in one go, and was the first 4 Asian Games champions in the history of national table tennis, Qin Haiyang and Zhang Yufei of the swimming team won the title of MVP of the Asian Games, and the Chinese women's basketball team won the Asian Cup and the Asian Games in 2023.
On the whole, there is a reason why Quan Hongchan was defeated, and the athletes on the list do have better results. In addition, there are other outstanding athletes who were not selected, such as Winter Olympic champion Gu Ailing, whose popularity and influence are no worse than Quan Hongchan, but there are few ice and snow events in the entire 2023, and Gu Ailing lacks personal honors this year, so she did not make the list.
And now Quan Hongchan's focus is on the Paris Olympics, she won the women's singles 10-meter platform championship in the last Tokyo Olympics, and became famous in one fell swoop, this time Quan Hongchan's goal is to defend the title. In order to accomplish this goal, Quan Hongchan has been very careful in her preparations throughout the Paris Olympic cycle, including team leader Zhou Jihong, who has found Chen Ruolin as her coach, who is the 5 gold medalist of the women's Taiwan Olympics, who has perfectly passed the development barrier, and is the most suitable head coach for Quan Hongchan at this stage!
Throughout 2023, Quan Hongchan's comprehensive results in many competitions are not as good as teammate Chen Yuxi, and she once lost to Chen Yuxi in the finals 7 times in a row and ranked second. This means that it is not easy for Quan Hongchan to defend the Paris Olympics, after all, Chen Yuxi has not won the Olympic gold medal in the women's singles 10-meter platform, and every outstanding athlete wants to win the Olympic gold medal in their event, and no one wants to lose. In particular, Chen Yuxi has completed three consecutive World Championships and won the World Cup gold medal, and is just one short of a women's singles 10-meter platform Olympic gold medal.
Therefore, Quan Hongchan will not be under much pressure at that time, and she needs to do better in preparation and training, and strive to complete the goal of winning and defending the title by then.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)