Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 25 (Reporter Lu Yuchen) The first stop of the 2024 FIG Trampoline World Cup in Baku ended on the 25th Beijing time, and the Chinese trampoline team won 3 golds and 2 silvers, making a "good start".
This World Cup is a qualifying tournament for the Paris Olympic Games, and it is also the first appearance of the Chinese trampoline team on the international stage this year. According to the rules, a total of five World Cup sub-tournaments last year and this year are Olympic qualifying events, and the Chinese trampoline team has achieved full Olympic qualification last year.
With Russian and Belarusian athletes allowed to compete as neutral athletes by the FIG, this year's two World Cups will not only help the Chinese trampoline team test the results of their winter training, but also provide a good opportunity for the team to find out the true level of their main rivals in Paris.
There are two gold medals in trampoline at the Paris Olympics, one for the men's individual and the other for the women's individual. The Chinese team in Baku sent Yan Langyu, Wang Zisai, **Yu, and ** to participate in the men's online individual event, and Hu Yicheng, Zhu Xueying, Lin Qianqi, and Fan Xinyi participated in the women's online individual event.
Chinese teenager Wang Zisai contributed the highest difficulty score of 18 in the men's online individual final0 and with a total score of 62160 points to win the championship. Yan Langyu with 61Runner-up with 990 points.
Maybe I didn't have a good experience in the competition before, so before this competition, I actually didn't have much confidence. I focused on my technique in this fight, and winning this title is an encouragement for me and gives me more confidence in my future training. Wang Zisai said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency.
Olympic champion Zhu Xueying contributed a textbook-level performance in the final, finishing with 56920 points won the women's online individual championship. Hu Yicheng won the fourth place.
In addition, the Chinese men's double synchronized pair Zhou Jie and Fu Weijian won the championship, and the women's double synchronized pair Cao Yunzhu and Zhang Xinxin won the silver medal.
Feng Zhenxiang, the leader of the Chinese trampoline team, said that some opponents such as the British veteran Page did not play well this time, but their strength should not be underestimated; The difficulty and height of the Russian and Belarusian competitors stand out. This competition helped the team to strengthen their confidence, but it also exposed the team's shortcomings. In the face of the Paris Olympics, the team must continue to pay close attention to the details of preparation and training, and strive to improve stability and hard power.