Breaking the defense? Germany's opponent slammed the Chinese team: he only dives to live for the gold medal, and he has not seen his family for 3 years

On August 8, Beijing time, Germany diver Timo Basel, who is participating in the Paris Olympics. In an interview with the Germany media "Bild", he expressed doubts about the successful model of the Chinese diving team. He said that although Chinese athletes are very good at diving, they only live for the championship, and they can even not see their families for three years for the gold medal.

At this Olympics, Timo Basel with partner Jayden Eckermann. Participated in the men's 10-meter double diving platform competition. In the end, they only scored 364.41 points and ranked 7th, and the gold medal was won by China's Lian Junjie/Yang Hao with a total score of 490.35 points. The German pair was thrown away by the Chinese gold medal partner by nearly 126 points, and it can be said that the two pairs are not opponents in the same class at all.

Perhaps it was jealousy or numbness to lose, and Timo Basel began to frantically complain about the Chinese diving team in an interview with the motherland media "Bild". First of all, the German athlete admits that the Chinese diving team is too strong: "The Chinese divers are really good, they can jump perfectly in every round," I don't know if I have seen 490 points in the Olympic arena before, (the Chinese athletes) is a very cool performance. ”

But then Timo Basel turned around and began to complain frantically: "In Germany, medals are very important, but compared with China, it is still completely different, Chinese players are gold-medal-only, and not winning the championship means failure." ”

Timo Basel also frantically questioned the training and life of the Chinese players: "They (the Chinese athletes) live in a boarding school, 4 people in a room, they train 12 hours a day, and they probably don't know anything except diving. They don't have a private life like we do, they can go out with their girlfriends, eat ice cream, go to restaurants, go to spend time with their families. Sometimes they don't see their families for 3 years for training and competitions.”

Timo Basel bluntly said: "That's what sets us apart from the absolute world-class level. But the question is: are you willing to do this? Do you want to have such a life in order to get a gold medal? Although I get 20,000 euros for an Olympic gold medal in Germany, I won't put my whole life aside for this, money doesn't matter to me. ”