Having had dinner with the swimming team, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao immediately boarded the car to the water sports center to watch the upcoming men's and women's three-meter board diving final, which was destined to be a visual feast.

In the past week, the Chinese diving team has won another 6 Olympic gold medals. The strong strength of the Dream Team makes people unable to resist!

In the past 9 Olympic Games, the Chinese diving team has won a total of 27 gold medals, accounting for more than 11% of the 228 gold medals, making it the biggest contributor to the Chinese Olympic delegation.

Since 1984, the Chinese diving team has won gold medals in every Olympic Games, and as the diving dream team continues to become stronger, the monopoly has become increasingly obvious.

At this Olympics, the Chinese diving team is expected to achieve the feat of winning all 8 gold medals, and this situation is also something that everyone talks about.

In order to achieve the finals of these two games, Huaxia CCTV Channel even promoted and warmed up the competition two days in advance, attracting many TV viewers to adjust their time and locked the Olympic channel in front of the TV.

The final of the women's three-meter board started at 8 pm local time in Tokyo. With a quarter of an hour left before the start of the competition, CCTV's Olympic channel's ratings were as high as 6%. Although this number is not as high as the swimming final, it is quite high.

After all, not all people can appreciate the diving competition. The code names of various technical actions alone are already dazzling and can’t understand!

Therefore, among the audience watching diving competitions, except for a very small number of viewers who watch the excitement, most of them are real sports fans, and they are quite proficient in various technical terms in diving events.

In the past, Xiao Feng only watched diving competitions on TV, and he was an absolute diving fan. After all, the athletes' technical movements stretching in the air and the wonderful feeling of the moment they entered the water are really attractive.

Today, it is Xiao Feng’s first time watching a diving competition on the spot, and watching the diving team’s training at the training base, which doesn’t count!

Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao appeared in the stands and caused a commotion. The live director gave the camera to Xiao Feng and his wife, and the audience immediately cheered!

On TV stations in various countries, the commentators gave positive comments on the appearance of Xiao Feng and his wife, believing that they were a beautiful landscape in the stands of this Olympic Games. With their presence, many TV broadcasts became more lively.

In fact, in addition to Xiao Feng, many celebrities often appear in the stands for various Olympic competitions, and they form part of the Olympic Games.

Super rich, international superstars, sports giants and even political and business celebrities, the Olympic Games is a huge stage. Putting aside the happiness brought to people by sports, celebrities are also using the Olympic Games platform to increase exposure.

Especially the stars in the Asian entertainment industry have tried every means to appear in the stands. First, they can win the camera through the TV broadcast, and second, they can interact with fans through social software platforms to exert greater influence.

Not to mention others, even Xiao Feng's various scarves watching the game were forwarded by millions of fans, and the attention was extremely high. If Xiao Feng was the kind of star who needed to use exposure to attract sponsors, he could win a lot of income during the Olympics alone.

For TV broadcasts, celebrities in the stands have always been their most popular guests. Because with these celebrities, the broadcast will not seem too boring, but it is a very good situation.

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For Xiao Feng and all Chinese audiences, watching the diving competition is more important to appreciate the wonderful performances of the contestants. As for the victory or defeat, it has long been destined, so there is no uneasy feeling.

After all, the zero-point scene in 2004 did not happen every time. In most games, the players of the Chinese diving team have always reassured all Chinese people!

As expected, after the competition officially began, among the first three prescribed actions, Xiao Nan, a 16-year-old young player who represented China to the Olympics for the first time, performed well. Almost every move was scored by the referee 10 points, and soon opened the distance between him and other players.

For the Chinese diving team, the younger they are, the easier it is to achieve results. In Barcelona in 1992, 14-year-old Mingxia became the youngest champion in the history of the Olympics. This record has not been broken so far. In the Chinese diving team, there are many athletes who have started to take the lead at the age of fifteen or sixteen, so it is already common for the audience to see the immature faces who win gold and silver in international competitions.

The Chinese audience watched the game with a relaxed mood, especially after entering the optional action stage, Xiao Nan's difficulty was much higher than other contestants. The unparalleled aerial movements and extremely low-pressure splashes made every appearance of her visual feast!

In the end, Xiao Nan successfully won the women's three-meter board championship. This was the seventh gold medal of the Chinese diving team in this Olympics. It was only one step away from the feat of winning all the gold medals!

The women's three-meter board award ceremony was then held, which was also the 38th time of the Chinese national anthem in this Olympics, and it was also the 22nd time of the water sports center. It really made the Chinese people very excited!

Even Xiao Feng was quite excited to see the bright red national flag rising slowly in the majestic national anthem. This emotion has nothing to do with wealth and social status, but is purely related to a simple patriotic enthusiasm.

In addition to bringing a strong body to the people, international sports competitions can also enhance the people's national self-esteem and cohesion, which is also an important reason why various countries increase their investment in sports.

Of course, the sports industry has also driven a huge industrial chain and occupied an important position in the national economic system. This is also an important reason for the active investment of governments and consortiums in various countries.

In the sports industry, major events such as football, basketball, tennis, and swimming and athletics have great influence, and the cakes you get are the largest. Small events like diving are relatively poor.

Generally speaking, diving athletes have extremely low commercial value. Even in countries like China that attach great importance to diving, only a very small number of athletes with outstanding strength, temperament and appearance can obtain huge sponsorship contracts.

In the history of the Chinese diving team, only two or three athletes have become the darlings of the media and sponsors. After retiring, they are still active in the public eye. Most champions are quite low-key after retiring, and most of them serve as civil servants in the sports system.

Even so, Chinese people still have extraordinary enthusiasm for diving. Every Olympic diving competition, the ratings of diving events are often higher than many other events.

This final is no exception. Although the women's basketball quarter-finals are being played on another channel, most Chinese audiences still locked the remote control on the Olympic channel.

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After the award ceremony, the highlight of this Olympic diving event and the last competition, the final of the men's individual three-meter board officially began. Eight athletes from 8 countries represent the highest level of diving in the world today.

Compared with the 10-meter jump, the three-meter board puts higher requirements on the athlete's ability, especially the athlete's experience and competition temperament, which are quite high.

Many 10-meter platform star players often turn to three-meter boards in the middle and late stages of their careers, because the three-meter board has lowered their strength requirements, but they have higher requirements for competition experience.

In the past few Olympic Games, the three-meter board individual event has almost become the retained event of the Chinese diving team. Even if there are occasional mistakes, it will soon be able to recover the lost ground.

The player in the men's three-meter board individual event representing China to the Tokyo Olympics is Cao Yuan, the champion of the 2016 Olympics. As the defending champion, he has been highly expected by the Chinese people from the very beginning!

After all, in the past Olympic cycle, Cao Yuan maintained a complete victory in the World Cup, World Championships and even domestic competitions. His outstanding record made it impossible for people to imagine the situation where this gold medal was lost.

Unfortunately, although Cao Yuan is in a very good state and his competition results show an overwhelming dominance, he is a sports star with a very low presence in the eyes of the media and the public. If it weren't for the major international competitions, people wouldn't have noticed Cao Yuan at all. This is far from the diving prince of the Chinese diving team before.

The media and the public are not so concerned about Cao Yuan, so naturally the sponsors will not care too much. Cao Yuan’s commercial value as an Olympic champion is far from being reflected.

As the defending champion, Cao Yuan ranked first in the preliminary round, so he played at the finale. When he appeared, he received warm applause from the scene and in front of the TV.

Cao Yuan's performance in the first three prescribed actions was quite stable, which almost made the referee unable to find out the problem of deducting points, and almost all got a full score of 10 points; after all, for the top experts of the Chinese diving team, actions such as 105b and 205c are just the level of training warm-up, and the more difficult ones are still in the subsequent optional actions.

Among the optional actions, the two movements 107b and 5253b are not much different in difficulty, and Cao Yuan's completion is also quite good. He established a leading advantage of nearly 20 points in the first five jumps.

In the last jump of the optional action, Cao Yuan chose the most difficult 5255b in the world, and slurped backward for two and a half weeks and rotated the body for two and a half weeks, with a difficulty coefficient of 3.8!

With Cao Yuan's perfect jump, everyone realized that the championship would no longer fall. Everyone gave the applause to the veteran, congratulations on becoming another successful diving champion with the title!

In the end, Cao Yuan's last jump score exceeded 100, and the high score of 112 points became the highest score in this Olympic diving competition, which also allowed Cao Yuan to lock in the final championship and successfully defend the title!

In the history of the Olympic Games, Cao Yuan also became the first male player to successfully defend the three-meter board, which increased his position in the international sports world. I believe his position in the domestic system will be more stable in the future.

Compared with other countries, there are so many hidden benefits that the Chinese Olympic champion can get, which is also a benefit of the national system. As the saying goes, "One general succeeds in thousands of dead bones"!

With Cao Yuan winning the championship, the Chinese diving team also became the first team in Olympic history to win all 8 Olympic gold medals, setting history!

In Peking 12 years ago, the Chinese diving team almost created a miracle, but in the last jump of the 10-meter platform, the Australian player jumped out of a super high score of 112.2 and finally achieved a reversal, shattering the Chinese diving team's dream of winning 8 gold.

Now, the Chinese diving team has finally made a long-cherished wish and dominate the world at the Tokyo Olympics. This moment will be remembered by history forever!

From then on, in addition to the Chinese table tennis team and the badminton team, the Chinese delegation has added a super dream team that won all gold medals, and this kind of scene will naturally be talked about by people.

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The award ceremony ended with the exciting national anthem, and Xiao Feng stood up again to pay tribute to Cao Yuan, who won the championship. It was precisely because of the sweat and hard work of countless athletes that Huaxia Sports won more respect for Chinese people in the international community.

Although it is no longer the era when it was bullied, the touch and motivation brought to the Chinese nation by sports has not disappeared. Generations of sports people have continued to write the glory of Chinese sports!

When leaving the water sports management center, Xiao Feng was blocked by some domestic reporters, so he took the opportunity to accept an interview. After all, it is not easy for other reporters to get up early and work.

"The Diving Dream Team is well deserved, and the Chinese diving athlete is a good one!" In front of the reporter, Xiao Feng gave the Chinese diving team a high evaluation, and he believed that they deserved this praise!

In this Olympics, Chinese athletes perform quite stably and rarely experience abnormalities. This is also the reason why the concept of "gold medal theory" of Chinese citizens gradually disappears. Athletes can face fierce competitions with the best mentality.

Moreover, as the post-95s and post-00s athletes gradually stepped onto the competition stage, the new generation with personality has brought more novelty to the competition field, which also makes the competition more humane.

"Tomorrow, I hope that the athletes of the Chinese table tennis team can continue to work hard, win all gold medals again, and show the style of another 'dream team'." Xiao Feng also happily accepted the question from the media reporter and expressed his outlook for the men's and women's singles competition of table tennis.

For every Chinese, it is quite pleasant to see the Olympic athletes in their country win gold and silver at the Olympics.

When being interviewed, Xiao Feng analyzed from the perspective of an ordinary citizen, not considering what benefits the Olympic gold medals will bring to the "Jinghu Group" and the "Ginkgo Base". Of course, Xiao Feng's statement in the interview was also quite recognized by the public.

With the end of advantageous events such as diving, the scenes of the Chinese delegation conquering cities and land at the Tokyo Olympics may gradually decrease, but the spirit of each team showed in the competition still left a very deep impression on people.

Now there are only 17 left before the 51 Olympic gold medals record in 2008. Everyone is looking forward to a new breakthrough, so everyone will wait and see!
Chapter completed!