The world-renowned Paris Olympics in France are in full swing! So far, the Chinese delegation has won 16 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 9 bronze medals. The race is coming to the 10th day, and this result is still far from what I expected! There were big mistakes in some events! This is the case with women's trampoline events!
Trampoline has been an official sport since the 2000 Sydney Olympics! And in this project, the Chinese trampoline has a good performance. In the past Olympics, trampoline events have produced a total of 36 medals. Of these, 14 were won by the Chinese trampoline team, including 4 gold medals. At the last Tokyo Olympics, Zhu Xueying won the gold medal in this event.
As the reigning Olympic champion, Zhu Xueying's performance in the Paris Olympic cycle has been even more impressive. Last year, Zhu Xueying only had to compete to get on the podium. In this year's 5 Olympic Games points competition, Zhu Xueying ended with 4 championships and 1 runner-up. It's clear that Zhu hopes to replicate Canada's McLennan as the defending champion. Hu Yicheng is also an outstanding athlete in China's trampoline event. At the 2022 World Championships, Hu Yicheng helped the Chinese trampoline team win the women's team championship and become a veritable world champion. In last year's United States competition, Hu Yicheng also became the champion, and at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Hu Yicheng won the second place. From the above introduction, I believe you can see that Hu Yicheng and Zhu Xueying both have good strength. Therefore, at the Paris Olympics, the Chinese trampoline team sent two people to form a double insurance to impact the gold medal.
In the preliminaries, Zhu Xueying and Hu Yicheng performed steadily, and the two advanced to the final together. A total of 8 athletes participated in the finals. Defending champion Zhu Xueying made her second appearance. However, Zhu Xueying, who played with an injury, performed averagely, scoring only 55.510 points. Such a result must be good for the average player! But on the stage of the Olympic Games, Zhu Xueying wants to be on the podium or hit the championship, it is definitely not enough! In the end, only fourth, Olympic champion Zhu Xueying missed the podium. Hu Yicheng was the last to play! Perhaps it was the first time to participate in the Olympic Games, and it was the final again, and Hu Yicheng was preparing to perform well when he made a serious mistake. The final score was 11.790 points, and it ended up in eighth place. After the game, the two of them also cried silently!
The double insurance failed to rush for gold, and the Olympic champions and world champions were out of the podium one after another, and it is estimated that the Chinese women's trampoline team did not expect it at all. But the Olympics is not only about technology, but also about mentality! Obviously, Zhu Xueying's injury has had a lot of impact, and she was unable to train normally when she arrived in Paris. And Hu Yicheng is obviously a matter of mentality. Failure is not terrible, as long as you find the reason for failure! I also hope that the Chinese women's trampoline team will have a more exciting performance in the next competition! Come on!