Quan Hongchan s injury-impacting Grand Slam: The ultimate showdown between physical development and competition system reform

On May 2, Beijing's "Water Cube" will usher in the ultimate competition in the 2025 World Cup finals. Quan Hongchan, the leading actress of the Chinese diving team, admitted before the game: "The high-intensity preparation after two consecutive stops, has indeed not returned to the best state." Behind this sentence is not only the frankness of an athlete, but also a complex game about youth, body and competitive rules. The double attack of "development level" and "207C Curse"

Quan Hongchan's dilemma began with physical development after the Paris Olympics: height increased from 1.50 meters to 1.53 meters, weight increased by 7 kg, the speed of rotation in the air accelerated but the time of stagnation in the air was shortened, resulting in the increase in the water splash of the landmark action 207C (turning backward for three and a half weeks) She lost to Chen Yuxi with a slight difference in the World Cup in both times this season due to a 207C turnover, and her score did not exceed 420 points, while her normal behavior was above 430 points. Coach Chen Ruolin revealed that the team is adjusting the technology through 8 hours of high-intensity training every day, repeating hundreds of decomposition movements a day, and even introducing an AI analysis system to optimize the details of the movement. The "life and death battle" under the new competition system: One jump determines the universe

The finals adopt the "three-stage elimination system" for the first time. The preliminary, semi-finals and finals are completed in one day. In each round of "one-on-one" duels, you can be eliminated with one mistake. This "life-gambling" competition system puts higher requirements on Quan Hongchan's stability - if the 207C moves make mistakes, it may directly ruin the Grand Slam journey. But opportunities coexist: in the preliminary round of the branch competition, Quan Hongchan defeated Chen Yuxi with 404.15 points, proving that she still has explosive power.

Balance between training and traffic: 24% of the cost of shrinking training

After the Tokyo Olympics, Quan Hongchan's business activities surged, with the average weekly training time dropped from 42 hours to 32 hours, a decrease of 24%. Although she has assumed the role of public welfare roles such as "Guangdong Cultural and Tourism Promotion Ambassador", the weakening of physical energy reserves and public opinion pressure (such as extreme remarks such as "refunding endorsement fees") have caused her status to fluctuate. In contrast, Chen Yuxi maintained a stable training rhythm, had better body management, and her psychological advantages gradually accumulated.

Home Battle: The last piece of the Grand Slam puzzle

If you win the championship, Quan Hongchan will collect gold medals for the Olympics, World Championships, World Cup, National Games and Asian Games, becoming the first "Classlam" player in the history of the women's 10-meter platform. But Chen Yuxi also pointed to the three crowns (single, double 10-meter platform and mixed group). The two made the last 10 confrontations, and Quan Hongchan only won 3 times. The audience shouts from the Water Cube may be able to stimulate her potential, but the accuracy of technical details is the winner.