Diving World Cup has strengthened the field of China, it has distributed 88 Olympic places and operations for the Olympic Games
Diving World Cup had six days of competition at the Maria Lenk (Photo: Alexandre Loureiro / 2016)
Less than six months for the opening ceremony on August 5, you could say that the 2016 Games are a leap here. Or rather: a jump. On Wednesday (24) the FINA Diving World Cup, 24 test event for the Olympic Games came to an end. And if the sport athletes are evaluated by issues such as presentation and implementation, it is not much different with the Heat Rio championships:
"I rate 8.5 because taking 10 heels is very difficult. There remain some minor adjustments, such as painting for the installation host the Olympic Games," said the executive director of the International Swimming Federation (Fina) Cornel Marculescu.
High technical level brand competition
Who got a score of 10 was the Chinese Ren Qian. One of the new generation of symbols that has been doing pretty in sport, the athlete has achieved a perfect jump on Sunday (21) and was responsible for one of the six gold medals in his country - a total of eight races sailed in the event (the same sport Olympic tournament). Amid the global elite sport, which is presented in Rio, the Chinese won all four women's events and two men.
With the last podium of the event, on Wednesday (24), won by Qiu Bo, the only evidence not won by the Chinese were the 3m male: the German duo Stephan Feck and Patrick Hausding in sync, and the Mexican (representing Fina) Rommel Pachecho, individual, managed to stick to Chinese rule.
Qiu Bo of China took the gold in the individual 10m platform (Photo: Alexandre Loureiro / 2016)
Towards Rio
In addition to the medals, the event also distributes all 88 Olympic places that were still open in diving. Even without the formal confirmation of the fine for the individual events, the obtained positions closed the list of participants of the evidence synchronized at the Olympic Games (in bold, classified this event):
Synchronized 10m Platform: Brazil, China, Canada, North Korea, Malaysia, Britain, the United States and Mexico / Fine
Synchronized Springboard 3m: Brazil, China, Canada, Australia, Italy, Malaysia, Germany and Britain
Synchronized 10m Platform: Brazil, China, Russia, United States, Ukraine, Germany, Great Britain and Mexico / Fine
Synchronized Springboard 3m: Brazil, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, Italy, United States and Mexico / Fine
Brazilian Hugo Parisi (who dropped out of the semifinal of the fourth because of back pain), Juliana Veloso and Cesar Castro had their individual Olympic vacancies confirmed by the Brazilian Confederation of Aquatic Sports.
Heat in both directions
Athletes compete with full house - and satisfied. The diverse and participatory audience that occupied the stands of the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center approved the event. According to research commissioned by Rio 2016, more than 80% of the spectators had their expectations met or exceeded in the World Cup:
"I was surprised to compete on a Tuesday and see the full stands supporting me. Out of the Pan, had never seen this in Brazil"
Hugo Parisi, athlete of the Brazilian national diving
The fans who attended the Maria Lenk had an unusual reinforcement - and we're not talking about the professional National Force. Most of the event competitors came from the northern hemisphere, where it is winter. Imagine leaving the 5 ° C cold come and compete in the Rio summer ... Result: as the competition was defining their podiums and athletes were no major commitments, attended the stands to support his teammates - and took the opportunity to pick up a bronze in the chairs Maria Lenk.
Athletes enjoying the sunshine on the sidelines of the Maria Lenk to get a bronze while twisting (Photo: 2016 / Alexandre Loureiro)
"I loved the pool here, the structure is pretty cool. I'm enjoying jumping in the open. And all in Brazil are very friendly, I hope to return in August."
Maddison Keeney, young promise of diving in Australia
approved multipurpose arena
Despite the lack of coverage, which was the Fina's concerns about the arena, the Aquatic Center Maria Lenk, who inaugurated improvements to host three Olympic sports in August, has won praise from athletes from around the world. The jumpers did not feel hampered by heavy rain that fell in the first four of the six days in the competition arena. The competition is only paralyzed by the lightning, which happened on Sunday (21).
One of the problems detected in the test event that will be corrected for the Olympic Games is the supply of energy in the arena. With heavy rains that ravaged the city in recent days, always around 19h, there was a service outage in the entire region surrounding the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center.
The generators were in operation, however, will not be the same used in the Olympics. one for the emergency area and one for the area of competition: For now, the two auxiliary equipment of the facility itself are sedo used. So the power outage of the screens and sound system. "They are complementary and very important of course, but without them the tournament was not interrupted, and that was the most important," said Gustavo Nascimento, general manager of Rio 2016 Committee premises "The new equipment will be installed. The situation is now resolved, "he said with conviction, Cornel Marculescu.
In addition to the diving, the Maria Lenk will host synchronized swimming and water polo at the Games (Photo: 2016 / Alex Ferro)
Tower jumps or Babel?
Who was with all the energy during the test event were employees of Rio 2016 Committee Interpreters volunteers who acted for the first time in a test event, provided the translation of six languages: Mandarin, Russian, German, French, English and Spanish. Without them, the press present at the event would not have been able to talk to the Chinese, for example, the best jumpers in the world:
"We feel very important. It was because of us that the speeches of athletes ran the whole world"
(Manshin Li, who adopted the name Patricia in Brazil and interpreter in Mandarin)
The Manshin Li interpreter (center) surrounded by journalists in the interview with the Chinese (Photo: Alexandre Loureiro / 2016
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