On March 1, local time, in the sixth round of the women's short board repechage of the 2024 World Surfing Games held in Puerto Rico, Chinese player Yang Siqi played well and won the first place in the group. Not only did they qualify, but they also secured a place to qualify for the Paris Olympics. This is also the first time that the Chinese team has qualified for the Olympic surfing event.
Yang Siqi qualified for the Paris Olympics (**International Surfing Sports Association official website).
15-year-old Chinese teenager Yang Siqi has achieved his dream of qualifying for the Olympics
Yang Siqi is a strength player, and the coach commented that she has a good sense of water, courage, comprehensive and explosive skills, and a large range of movements.
In this competition, her strength and accuracy earned her the highest score of the day in the women's single wave of 7With five points, she also ensured that she was one of the 24 women to compete in surfing at the Paris Olympics.
Official website of the International Surfing Association.
Yang Siqi previously participated in the 2023 World Surfing Games in El Salvador, when she reached the fifth round of the repechage, ranking 31st out of more than 130 women. Although she did not qualify for the Olympics, her performance attracted a lot of foreign media attention at the time, and the International Surfing Association said on its official website that the 14-year-old "performed eye-catching and improved significantly".
Yang Siqi (data map).
In addition, Yang Siqi and her teammates also beat the Japanese team in the 2023 Asian Surfing Championships Aloha Cup relay race to win the championship.
How much do you know about surfing at the Paris Olympics?
Surfing is an outdoor extreme sport that can be enjoyed by spectators. Since surfing competitions take place in the sea, wave conditions, wind strength, wind direction, and the rise and fall of the tides are all important factors that affect surfing. Every wave is different, and surfers compete against each other while contending against changing natural conditions.
Surfing made its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will compete in Tahiti, an archipelago in French Polynesia, located in the Pacific Ocean.
On January 13, 2024 local time, a surfer surfed in Tahiti (**Visual China).
There are 48 tickets for surfing at Paris 2024, with 24 men and 24 women. The total number of athletes has increased by eight compared to the Tokyo Olympics. France, as hosts, automatically qualify for one quota place for men and one for women.
What to watch in a surfing competition
The scoring criteria for surfing take into account the variety and difficulty of technical movements, the combination and cohesion of movements, and the innovativeness of movements.
For surfers, maintaining balance and a solid center of gravity is crucial. The goal is to keep your body low enough to get as close to the board as possible so that you can handle it better.
Surfers can adjust the center of gravity by changing the angle of the board, and moving the tail of the board can lift the head of the board. In any technical move, the water pushes the bottom of the board as it turns, affecting the board's course of movement.
Surf technique moves are classified as beginner, intermediate, and advanced, and the more challenging a move is, the more points you get.
Wave tube ride. Wave tube riding is an advanced maneuver and one of the most appealing in surfing, made when the waves are forming an arc. At this time, the athlete can move through the hollow waves. The longer a surfer spends in the "pipe", the more complete the wave tube ride will be, and the more high points can be earned for the surfer.
Blue sea and blue sky
Ride the waves
May the Chinese girls be at the Paris Olympics
Another great achievement!
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