Jimu News reporter Hu Dikai
Correspondents: Li Ning, Liu Lu
On the morning of July 13, the mobilization meeting for the establishment of the Chinese sports delegation for the Paris Olympics was held in Beijing, and the Chinese sports delegation was composed of 716 people, including 405 athletes, including 136 male athletes and 269 female athletes.
On the afternoon of July 13, the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau held a press briefing to introduce the participation of Hubei athletes in the Paris Olympic Games. Jimu News reporter learned that a total of 13 Hubei athletes were selected for the Chinese team for the Paris Olympics, and they will participate in diving, swimming, rowing, track and field and other major events, including Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Zongyuan, as well as Olympic rookies Chang Yani and Zheng Qinwen.
Olympic champions lead the way
The Paris Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to August 11, 2024, and the Chinese sports delegation has qualified for 30 sports, 42 sub-events and 236 sub-events in the Paris Olympic Games, which is the largest number of foreign countries participating in the Olympic Games.
Wang Zongyuan
Chang Yani
A total of 13 athletes from Hubei were selected for the Chinese sports delegation to the Paris Olympics, including 6 male athletes and 7 female athletes. They are diving: Wang Zongyuan, Chang Yani (female); Swimming: Sun Jiajun, Peng Xuwei (female); Rowing: Liu Zhiyu, Wang Zifeng (female); Kayaking: Sun Yuewen (female); Track and field: Wu Zhiqiang, Lv Huihui (female), Xiong Shiqi (female); Tennis: Zheng Qinwen (female); Archery: Covin Chao; Rock climbing: Pan Yufei.
Covin Chao
According to reports, the average age of the 13 Hubei athletes who went to the Paris Olympics is less than 26 years old, and there are 8 "post-00" athletes. Among them, 35-year-old Lu Huihui is the oldest player selected for Hubei athletes, and the youngest is 20-year-old Xiong Shiqi. They will compete in 8 events and 20 events (subject to availability) at the Paris Olympics in diving, swimming, rowing, canoeing, athletics, tennis, archery and rock climbing.
Sun Jiajun
The reporter combed and found that among the 13 selected Hubei athletes, Wang Zongyuan had won the Tokyo Olympic championship, Sun Jiajun, Peng Xuwei, Liu Zhiyu, Wang Zifeng, Wu Zhiqiang, Lu Huihui, Pan Yufei and others had participated in the Tokyo Olympics and had Olympic experience. Chang Yani, Sun Yuewen, Xiong Shiqi, Zheng Qinwen, Kao Wenchao and others are participating in the Olympic Games for the first time, and they have performed well in the previous Paris Olympic trials.
Pan Yufei
In the first 10 Olympic Games, Hubei had a total of 126 people participating in the competition, the largest number was 24 people in the last Tokyo Olympics, and the least was 6 people in the 2004 Athens Olympics, and 13 athletes were selected this year, ranking fifth in history. In the list of the first 10 Olympic Games, Hubei has 5 sessions led by Olympic champions and 5 sessions without Olympic champions.
The diving event is full of highlights
As a traditional strength of Hubei, a total of 5 Hubei divers have won 8 gold medals in the previous Olympic Games. In this Paris Olympic Games, Wang Zongyuan and Chang Yani will participate in the men's and women's 3-meter springboard doubles and singles competitions respectively, with a total of 2 people and 4 events.
Wang Zongyuan
In the last Tokyo Olympics, Wang Zongyuan participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, he and the national team partner Xie Sicheng competed, won the gold medal in the men's double 3-meter springboard, and he also won the silver medal in the single 3-meter springboard final, and the young players who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time emerged. After the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Zongyuan and his national teammate Long Daoyi made a new combination, and in the World Cup and World Championships in recent years, they basically won the gold medal in the men's double 3-meter springboard event with excellent cooperation and superb strength.
At the Paris Olympics, Wang Zongyuan will face the old opponent Xie Siyi, who is also the national team, who has returned from injury, but Wang Zongyuan's chances of winning gold are still very high.
Chang Yani
Although Chang Yani is participating in the Olympic Games for the first time, in the past two years in the World Cup, World Championships and other competitions, she and the national team partner Chen Yiwen have won gold medals in the women's double 3m springboard competition, and their pair also has the hope of winning gold in the Paris Olympics.
It is worth mentioning that according to the current schedule of the Paris Olympic Games, the final of the women's double 3-meter springboard event will be held at 17 o'clock on July 27, Beijing time, and the 10-meter air rifle mixed team competition will be held at the same time.
Veterans and rookies attack more
In addition to diving events, the strength of many traditional projects in Hubei has also rebounded. In the track and field event, a total of 3 athletes from Hubei were selected, and Lu Huihui will participate in the Olympic Games for the fourth time; Xiong Shiqi participated in the women's long jump event, and her successful selection filled the gap in the Hubei track and field jumping event. In the water event, Sun Yuewen participated in the canoe sprint competition, which was the second time that the Hubei canoe sprint event participated in the Olympic Games after a 28-year absence at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Xiong Shiqi
In the tennis project, Zheng Qinwen, a rising tennis star in recent years, was selected, and in the 2024 Australia Open, she won the women's singles runner-up, which is the best record of a Chinese player in a Grand Slam after Li Na, and she was successfully selected for the Paris Olympics, which is the return of Hubei tennis players to the Olympic stage after two Olympic Games. In addition to the singles event, Zheng Qinwen also qualified for the mixed doubles event, and if finalized to play, he will also have the hope of hitting for a medal.
Zheng Qinwen
Sun Jiajun in the swimming event, in addition to participating in the men's 100-meter breaststroke and butterfly competition, he also won the men's and women's 4× 100-meter medley relay, men's 4× 100-meter medley relay qualifications, and will eventually be determined by the national team's line-up to determine whether to play, both of which The Chinese team has the hope of competing for medals. In the archery event of the Paris Olympics, Hubei athlete Ko Wenchao was successfully selected, which also achieved a breakthrough in the Hubei archery project to participate in the Olympic Games.
In addition, in addition to the 13 selected athletes, Hubei also has 4 coaches, 1 team doctor and 1 referee selected for the Chinese sports delegation, namely: coaches: Lv Gang (track and field), Yang Ming (badminton), Qin Cong (shooting), Wang Xuan (diving); Team Doctor: Yao Feng (diving); Referee: Xu Yajie (tennis).
Zheng Lihui, a member of the party group and deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau, said in an interview that compared with the Tokyo Olympics, the number of Hubei athletes in the Paris Olympics has increased the number of gold medals, and the average age of the 13 athletes participating in the Paris Olympics is less than 26 years old, of which the "00" is the main force, which also shows the sufficient development stamina of Hubei competitive sports, and looks forward to them breaking through themselves in the Olympic arena and winning glory for the country!
(Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)
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