XI’AN, April 13 (Xinhua) — Olympic champions Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi, Wang Zongyuan from China, and Jack Laugher from Britain will lead a area of prime divers within the World Aquatics Diving World Cup 2023, to be held within the historic Chinese metropolis of Xi’an from April 14-16.
A complete of 63 divers from 13 groups will compete in 9 occasions utilizing a brand new, easier World Cup competitors format as a preliminary-to-final for particular person occasions and a straight-to-final for synchronized and group occasions.
Tokyo Olympic champion Quan Hongchan will face off towards her synchro associate and world champion Chen Yuxi within the girls’s 10m platform, whereas Wang Zongyuan, males’s 3m springboard synchro winner in Tokyo, will compete in each the 3m particular person and synchro, in addition to within the group occasion.
Yang Hao, a local of Xi’an, will take part within the males’s 10m platform and synchro and group occasions. Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani will purpose to defend their repute in girls’s 3m springboard.
“I’m thrilled to compete in my hometown Xi’an and hopefully I can perform my best in front of the local audience,” stated 23-year-old Yang. Jack Laugher, Rio Olympic champion in males’s synchro 3m springboard, stated: “China has a long history of diving, and I believe it’s one of their national sports. But I think our team is doing a fantastic job, and it’s always good fun to keep trying to chase China.”
“I will always try my best to defeat my opponents, and it’s a great honor to have the ability to compete against them,” stated the triple champion in final yr’s Commonwealth Games.
Xi’an is the primary leg of the Diving World Cup, with the second cease in Montreal, Canada, from May 5-7 and the Super Final in Berlin, Germany, from August 4-6.